Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Diversity Is For Show; Harvard Study Shows Harvard Is For Rich People. By Jason Weisberger / Boingboing
After The Birmingham Bombing, A Rosh Hashana Sermon To Remember. By Mark Silk / RNS
Wheaton College Releases Report On Its History Of Racism. By Daniel Silliman And Kate Shellnutt / Christianity Today
The Resilient Voice Of Justice: The Role Of The Black Church In Response To The Affirmative Action Ruling. By Antonio L. Ellis / Diverse Issues In Higher Ed
Catholic Clergy Abuse Survivors Of Color Endure Compounded Trauma. By Katie Collins Scott / NCR
What Does America Owe The Victims Of Racial Terrorism? By Charles M. Blow / NYT
The Monticello Plantation Hides Secrets About The Thomas Jefferson Mystery. By Linda Edwards / Showsnob
Unforgettable: The Sad Day In 1965 That We Lost Nat King Cole. By Paul Sexton / Discover Music
Hip-Hop Is The Music Of Vinyl Librarians. By Dan Charmas / NYT
Media Mogul Byron Allen Places $10B Offer For Disney Networks Including ABC And FX, Report Says. By Ngozi Nwanji / Afrotech
Colorado Rallies Back To Beat Colorado State In Double Overtime Thriller. By Pat Graham / HuffPost
Why Deion Sanders was beloved by MLB teammates: ‘He wasn’t Prime Time all the time.’ By Cody Stavenhagen and C. Trent Rosecrans / The Athletic
How Stephen A. Smith Got His Revenge. By Zito Madu / The Nation
Vikings’ Alexander Mattison Racially Abused By Fans After Eagles Loss. By Jesse Yomtov / USA Today
Who Are The Highest-Paid Black Athletes In The World? By Noah A. McGee / The Root
Alabama will mark the 60th anniversary of the 1963 church bombing that killed four Black girls. By The AP and NBC News
Race Inquiry Digest (Sep 25) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Black leaders say threats to undermine US democracy appear aimed at their community. By Ayanna Alexander / AP
Race Inquiry Digest (Sep 21) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured The Idea That Biden Should Just Give Up Political Power Is Preposterous. By Jamelle Bouie / NYT
Experts on Judge Chutkan and Trump: “Despite her encouraging words, she has yet to take action.” Chauncey Devega / Salon
What Do Nikki Haley and Tim Scott Really Want? By A.B. Stoddard / The Bulwark
Analysis: Here’s why many Black people despise Clarence Thomas. (It’s not because he’s a conservative.) By John Blake / CNN
Diversity rhetoric plummets among execs after affirmative action ruling. By Redd Brown and Bloomberg / Fortune
Don’t Listen to Eric Adams. Immigrants Make New York City. By Brad Lander / The Nation
Five former officers charged with federal civil rights violations in Tyre Nichols beating death. By AP and Andscape
Suicide rates among Black Americans are increasing by double digits. By Dwayne Bray / Andscape
Historically Black Colleges Land $124 Million Donation to Boost Enrollment, Graduation Rates. By Melissa Korn / WSJ
He Became the Nation’s Ninth Vice President. She Was His Enslaved Wife. By Shadowblot1 / The Daily Kos
How the Underground Railroad Got Its Name. By Scott Shane / NYT
7 state flags still have designs with ties to the Confederacy. By Gillian Brockell / Wash Post
The story of Emmett Till is the story of America. By Robert P. Jones / RNS
