Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
UCC elects first woman — and first woman of African descent — to lead denomination. By Emily McFarlan Miller / RNS
How my Catholic faith and Mohawk heritage teach me to embrace sustainable living. By Shauna’h Fuegen / NCR
As a Rabbi, I’ve Had a Privileged View of the Human Condition. By David Wolpe / NYT
Frederick Douglass Knew What False Patriotism Was. By Esau McCaulley / NYT
The Paragraph On Slavery That Never Made It Into The Declaration Of Independence. By Ben Railton / TPM
How an enslaved genius saved the Capitol dome’s ‘Freedom’ statue. By Gillian Brockell / Wash Post
Florida Black History and the Horrors of Slavery Not Taught in Schools. By Jess Nelson / Miami New Times
Black-owned banks, born out of post-slavery economic barriers, seek to address racial wealth gap. By Osej Serratos, Morgan Norwood, and Allie Weintraub / ABC News
On the Anniversary of ‘The Fire Next Time.’ By David Shih / The Progressive
Remembering Louis Armstrong. By CBS News
Hockey Diversity Alliance’s Akim Aliu: NHL ‘late’ on inclusion. By AP and ESPN
Venus Williams won the fight for equal prize money – that is her greatest Wimbledon legacy. By Charlie Eccleshare / The Athletic
Commanders President Jason Wright expected to be retained after sale. By Nicki Jhabvala and Mark Maske / Wash Post
Harvard legacy admissions lawsuit follows affirmative action Supreme Court ruling. By Collin Bindley / AP and Fortune.
Is racism a big problem? Black and white Americans don’t agree. By Phillip M. Bailey and Terry Collins / USA Today
Sorry Obama, Donald Trump is actually proof that some people are “above the law.” By Chauncey Devega / Salon
Education Secretary Rips Loan-Forgiven Republicans After College Debt Ruling. By Ben Blanchet / HuffPost
Republicans’ Anti-Woke, Anti-Vote Crusade Has Crashed Into the Constitution. By Charles M. Blow / NYT
State of Inequality: How deeply does our health care system discriminate? By Mark Kreidler / Daily Kos
He crushed the bar exam, but the legal profession remains disproportionately White. By Meron Moges-Gerbi / CNN
What Will It Really Take To Address The Crisis Of Missing And Murdered Native Americans? By Sage Howard / HuffPost
Mississippi Capitol Police changes rules on use of force after shootings. By Jon Schuppe / NBC News
An unlikely provocateur, Miss Texas, takes on the state’s GOP leaders. By Molly Hennessy-Fiske / Wash Post
Notes on faith: Can the U.S. be saved? The Black prophetic voice holds the hope of true liberation / The Grio
Supreme Court LGBTQ ruling: Neil Gorsuch has a problem with telling the truth, in 303 Creative v. Elenis. By Ian Millhiser / Vox
Black Catholics react to Supreme Court affirmative action decision. By Nate Tinner-Williams / NCR
California slavery reparations task force sends final report to uncertain fate in Legislature. By Jermy B. White and Sejal Govindarag /Politico
What the Birthright-Citizenship Debate Is Really About. By Martha S. Jones / The Atlantic
Benjamin E. Mays – Champions of Civil and Human Rights in South Carolina. A Digital Exhibition by the Department of Oral History at the University of South Carolina
Christine King Farris, sister of Dr. Martin Luther King, dies at 95. By Devon M. Sayers and Justin Gamble / CNN
