Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
What we know about the flash-mob-style ransacking in Philadelphia. By Timothy Bella and Ben Brasch / Wash Post
The fruit of the Spirit is not optional, despite what you might witness online. By Karen Swallow Prior / RNS
I Want To Attend Racially-Mixed Churches, Not All-White Republican Churches. By Julie Nichols / Patheos
Black Catholics have made their mark in the history of American music. By Nate Tinner-Williams / NCR
The Man Who Became Uncle Tom. By Clint Smith / The Atlantic
America Helped My Ancestors Flee Antisemitism. The Lakota Paid the Price. By Rebecca Clarren / Politico
How Black Americans almost built a utopia. By Ranjani Chakraborty / Vox
Lessons for today from the overlooked stories of Black teachers during the segregated civil rights era. By Marlee Bunch / The Conversation
How Black WWI veterans got their own VA hospital in Tuskegee. By Debbie Elliott / NPR
Suspect arrested in Tupac Shakur killing from 1996. By Janay Kingsberry and Samantha Chery / Wash Post
Beyoncé’s journey to mastery. By Thembisa S. Mshaka / Andscape
Black Music Sunday: ‘Someday We’ll All Be Free’—Remembering Donny Hathaway on his birthday. By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
NFL Hall of Famer, Detroit Lions star Lem Barney center of family feud. By Bill Laytner / USA Today
Judge orders the end of the conservatorship between Michael Oher and the Tuohys. By Ayana Archie / NPR
Steph Curry, golfer and entrepreneur, plots his second act. By Marcus Thompson II / The Athletic
Where do Colorado, Deion Sanders go from here after falling to two top-10 teams? By David Ubben / The Athletic
Gen. Milley strikes back at Trump in farewell speech: “We don’t take an oath to a wannabe dictator.” By Tatyana Tandanpolie / Salon
Race Inquiry Digest (Oct 5) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured A Political Standoff Over Affirmative Action. By Liam Knox / Inside Higher Education
Trump committed fraud: Judge rules Trump Org. loan documents “clearly contain fraudulent valuations.” By Tatyana Tandanpolie / Salon
Biden makes history by joining striking autoworkers on the picket line. By Peter Nicholas / NBC News
SCOTUS tells Alabama it meant what it said the first time. By Joan Biskupic / CNN
Judge allows grant program for Black female entrepreneurs to continue. By Taylor Telford and Julian Mark / Wash Post
Clarence Thomas Should Not Get Away With It. By Jamelle Bouie / NYT
Sen. Tommy Tuberville says U.S. military not an ‘equal opportunity employer.’ By Chelsey Cox / CNBC
California governor signs law barring schoolbook bans based on diversity issues. By Jonathan Franklin / NPR
New report finds Black Americans remain deeply skeptical of news media. By Dwayne Bray / Andscape
How the Faith That Arose From the Cotton Fields Challenges Me. By Esau McCaulley / NYT
Hope, Faith, and Metaphor in African American History. By Nico Slate / AAIHS
National Association of Evangelicals launches test to assess, foster racial justice. By Adelle M. Banks / RNS
Why separating fact from fiction is critical in teaching US slavery. By Eric Gable and Richard Handler / The Conversation
