Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Wealth Is the Third Rail of American Politics. Let’s Grab It. By Ezra Klein / NYT Podcast
Black veterans are denied VA health benefits more often than white veterans, new data shows. By Courtney Kube / NBC News
Hispanics, Asians drove post-pandemic U.S. population growth, data shows. By Tara Bahrampour / Wash Post
She didn’t expect to get melanoma. Why Black people need sunscreen. By Amudalat Ajasa and Teddy Amenabar / Wash Post
To quell racism, tell more stories that welcome the stranger. By Joshua Seftel and Simran Jeet Singh / RNS
The Largest and Fastest Religious Shift in America Is Well Underway. By Jessica Grose / NYT
Antisemitic hate crimes’ rise seen firsthand at Rutgers, US colleges. By Deena Yellin / USA Today
Inside the Black church fighting for reparations from California. By Scott Wilson / Wash Post
Mother Mary Lange, founder of first African American religious congregation, declared venerable. By Hannah Brockhaus / CNA
How ex-Confederates spread racist attitudes far and wide after the Civil War. By Curtis Bunn / NBC News
In Charleston, a Museum Honors a Journey of Grief and Grace. By Holland Cotter / NYT
‘Let the world know’: elderly survivors of the Tulsa race massacre push for justice. By David Smith / The Guardian
Detroit, NAACP unveil MLK statue on 60th anniversary of “I Have a Dream” speech in Detroit. By Raymond Strickland / CBS News
Black Music Sunday: Let’s celebrate Justice Sotomayor’s birthday with some New York City salsa. By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
Queen Latifah, Dionne Warwick chosen for Kennedy Center Honors. By AP and Andscape
Tyler Perry Reportedly Objects to $3B Asking Price For BET. By Ny MaGee / Eurweb News
Ja Morant shows how a ‘good guy with a gun’ can never be Black. A. Joseph Dial / The Conversation
Why Eagles LB Nakobe Dean is an ‘NFL unicorn’ determined to finish his college degree. By Zach Berman / The Atheletic
Ron DeSantis pushes racist tropes in latest comments about basketball and baseball players. By Mike Freeman / USA Today
Why the right is so terrified of “woke”: There are truths it just can’t face. By Kirk Swearingen / Salon
Race Inquiry Digest (Jul 3) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured The Supreme Court struck down admissions programs at Harvard and the University of North Carolina that used race in college admissions Thursday.
The Supreme Court could end to the affirmative action culture war. By Fabiola Cineas / Vox
Texas Gov. Abbott signs law shutting diversity offices at public universities. By Reuters and NBC News
Georgia poll workers accused in Trump-backed conspiracy theories cleared of election fraud allegations. By Lucien Bruggeman / ABC News
“Decline into anocracy”: Experts outline Trump’s retaliation plan. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
How Hakeem Jeffries Learned to Fight Dirty. By Calder McHugh / Politico
Native American Families Broken Up Despite Federal Law Meant to Keep Them Together. By Jessica Lussenhop and Agnel Philip
Mental health: Black experts on how to heal from racial discrimination. By Kenya Hunter / Vox
William Spriggs Was the Economist Who Fought for the Entire Working Class. By John Nichols / The Nation
William Barber departs pulpit of Greenleaf Church with an ode to the power of disability. By Yonat Shimron / RNS
