Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
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
Bayard Rustin Challenged Progressive Orthodoxies. By James Kirchick / NYT
How a Culture War Over Race Engulfed a School District. By James Ross Gardne / The New Yorker
Inside Ava DuVernay’s ‘Origin’, a Global Investigation With a Personal Touch. By Rebecca Ford / Vanity Fair
The racist incident that shook baseball nine years before integration. By Frederic J. Frommer / Wash Post
N.F.L. Reporter Files Racial Discrimination Claim Against the League After Dismissal. By Ken Belson and Katherine Rosman / NYT
Alabama condemns racist, homophobic taunts at Texas football players. By Caleb / Austin American Statesman
Meet the woman behind Deion Sanders’ ‘Coach Prime’ business empire. By Bruce Feldman / The Atheletic
WNBA enters new chapter of front-office hiring. By Sean Hurd / Andscape
Novak Djokovic’s stunning tribute to Kobe Bryant after equalling Margaret Court. By Sam Goodwin / Yahoo Sports
HBCU classics are for the culture, not the competition. By AP
PragerU’s Confederate classroom propaganda: Co-opting history to prop up modern insurrectionists. By Amanda Marcotte / Salon
Race Inquiry Digest (Sep 18) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Alabama will mark the 60th anniversary of the 1963 church bombing that killed four Black girls. By The AP and NBC News