Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Betty Tyson, Who Was Wrongfully Imprisoned for Murder, Dies at 75. By Sam Roberts / NYT
The Enduring Meaning Behind Marvin Gaye’s Signature Hit “What’s Going On?.” By Melody Russell / American Song Writer
Asian characters with speaking roles in Hollywood jumped dramatically over the last 15 years. By Sakshi Venkatraman / NBC News
Basketball Hall of Fame a place of consensus and common purpose. By William C. Rhoden / Andscape
Chris Eubanks: ‘We haven’t had the luxury of a Black male like Serena who just dominated.’ By Kristen Doerer / The Guardian
Clervie Ngounoue, tennis’s second-ranked junior, is ready to level up. By Ava Wallace / Wash Post
Caleb Williams is ready for his encore. By Michael Lee / Wash Post
Giannis Antetokounmpo Wants It All. Even if It’s Not in Milwaukee. By Tania Ganguli / NYT
Bronny James’ cardiac arrest caused by congenital heart defect, expected to ‘return to basketball in very near future.’ By Shams Charania and The Athletic Staff / The Athletic
‘I Have a Dream,’ Yesterday and Today. By Darren Sands / NYT
Race Inquiry Digest (Aug 31) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured More schools that forced American Indian children to assimilate revealed. By Dana Hedgpeth and Emmanuel Martinez / Wash Post
“He learned from studying Hitler’s speeches”: Leading civil rights lawyer on 20 ways Trump is a copy. By Steven Rosenfeld / Salon
Guns, Republicans and “manliness”: We all suffer from the right’s mental health crisis. By Kirk Swearingen / Salon
Federal judges rule against provisions of GOP-backed voting laws in Georgia and Texas. CBS News
Proud purple to angry red: These Florida residents feel unwelcome in ‘new’ Florida. By Tom McLaughlin / USA Today
White college grads are Democrats’ new firewall. Will they hold in 2024? By Ruy Teixeira / Wash Post
Who is Vivek Ramaswamy, on center stage at Republican debate? By Marisa Lati / Wash Post
As the 2024 election revs up, Asian Americans rise as a powerful voting bloc. By Sahil Kapur / NBC News
A right-wing sheriffs group that challenges federal law is gaining acceptance around the country. By TJ L’Heureux, Adrienne Washington, Albert Serna Jr. Anisa Shabir and Isaac Stone Simonelli / ABC News
Conservative activist sues 2 major law firms over diversity fellowships. By Julian Mark and Taylor Telford / Wash Post
Supreme Court asked to hear Virginia high school admissions case concerning race. By Reuters and NBC News
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders targets teachers over African American Studies. By Laura Clawson / Daily Kos
Buffalo shooting witnesses file lawsuit over trauma they endured. By Geoff Bennett and Sam Lane / PBS
Robert Jones’ new book roots white supremacy in 500-year-old papal decree. By Yonat Shimron / RNS
When Donald Trump divides the house at church. By Clarence Page / Chicago Tribune
Donald Trump’s last line of defense: Ramp up the “transactional antisemitism.” By Chauncey Devega / Salon
Once a Force in Harlem, the Oldest Black Church in New York Hangs On. By Mia Jackson / NYT
I left the church — and now long for a ‘church for the nones.’ By Perry Bacon Jr. / Wash Post
Howard Zinn at 101: Needed Now More Than Ever. By Eleanor J. Bader / The Progressive
The Scary Third Meaning of Freedom. By Felicia Wong and Michael Tomasky / TNR Podcast
