Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
A century ago, a Black-owned team ruled basketball − today, no Black majority owners remain. By Jared Bahir Browah / The Conversation
Race Inquiry Digest (Nov 9) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured The 2024 election one year out: Don’t wait to panic about the polls. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
Joe Biden Knows What It Actually Means to Be President. By David French / NYT
Forensic psychological expert: MAGA “victimhood” is a major recruitment tool for violence. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
Cornel West’s Improvisational Run for President: ‘It’s Jazz All the Way Down.’ By Charles Homans / NYT
Why race and colonialism matter in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. By karen Attiah / Wash Post
A judge says Georgia’s congressional maps must be redrawn. By Sam Gringlas / NPR
New Clarence Thomas ethics questions about forgiveness on luxury RV loan. By Nina Totenberg / NPR
For the 1st time since Covid, anti-Asian hate dropped. What’s behind the 33% decrease. By Kimmy Yam and Sakshi Venkatraman / NBC News
SCOTUS struck a ‘blow’ to Black students, but it puts ‘spotlight’ on HBCUs: Advocates. By Arthur Jones II / ABC News
I studied 1 million home sales in metro Atlanta and found that Black families are being squeezed out of homeownership by corporate investors. By Brian Y. An / The Conversation
I Teach at Boston University—They Need to Show They Have Ibram X. Kendi’s Back. By Joshua Pederson / The Daily Beast
What role Speaker Mike Johnson’s religious views play in his politics. By Sarah Beth Hensley / ABC News
What is antisemitism? How the meaning of an age-old hate has evolved. By Anna Kaufman / USA Today
Poll: More religious Americans support the use of political violence. By Fiona Andre’ / RNS
Robert E. Lee Confederate statue in Charlottesville melted down. By Debbie Elliott / NPR
Septima Clark and the Fight for Civil Rights. By Tara Kirton / AAIHS
Stop Messaging Me, A Black Journalist, About White Irish “Slaves.” By Garrison Hayes / Mother Jones
The Killing of Breonna Taylor Still Reverberates in Kentucky Politics. By Grace Panetta / Capital B
Back in the 1960s, the push for parental rights over school standards was not led by white conservatives but by Black and Latino parents. By Jerald Podair / The Conversation
Black Music Sunday: Tricking and treating to the ‘Zombie Jamboree’ for Halloween. By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
Despite Owning $5.81 Billion LA Franchises, Magic Johnson’s 8YO Venture Lands Him Spot Alongside Michael Jordan. By Prateek Singh / Essentially Sports
LeBron’s NBA Is Harder Than Jordan’s Was. By Ross Andersen / The Atlantic
‘He’s still a player inside’: An oral history of Michael Jordan’s 13-year run with the Hornets. By Mike Vorkunov / The Athletic
Kanye and Adidas: Money, Misconduct and the Price of Appeasement. By Megan Twohey / NYT
On opening night, one NBA coach could only talk about Maine. By Cindy Boren / Wash Post
Dusty Baker finally walks away, leaving baseball better than he found it. By Chelsea Janes / Wash Post
On Race, Mike Johnson Says His Views Were Shaped by Raising a Black Child. By Adam Nagourney / NYT
Race Inquiry Digest (Nov 6) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured What the 2024 Election Is Really About for Trump Supporters. By Jonathan D. Karl / The Atlantic
Imagine Handing This F****d-Up World Back to Donald Trump. By Michael Tomasky / The New Republic
