Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
From Fisk Jubilee Singers to megachurch hits, new museum celebrates Christian music. By Bob Smietana / NCR
Detroit church with Black Jesus mural to close, though family would like to see it saved. By Louis Aguilar / The Detroit News
Benjamin Watson and Russell Moore on The Just Life. By Russel Moore / Christianity Today
The Lincoln Way. How he used America’s past to rescue its future. By Jake Lundberg / The Atlantic
Donald Trump’s new “American Midnight” is upon us. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
These Iconic Landmarks Were Built By Black Americans. By Mahalia Otshudy / The Root
History shows war against immigrants will backfire on all Americans. By Eduardo Porter / The Guardian
Trump ‘OK’ with DC statue honoring Civil War leader who fought for slavery: ‘Lot of people in this room’ agree. By Andrew Feinberg / Independent
Our HBCU We Never Knew and the arts center, artists, and scholars working to keep its memory alive. WPLN
Zora Neale Hurston’s Play Comes Alive for the First Time. By Salamishah Tillet / NYT
How D’Angelo Embodied Black Genius. By Andew R. Chow / Time
Black Music Sunday: Flowers for drumming legend Art Blakey. By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
Turning Point USA Plans ‘All American Halftime Show.’ By Zack Linly / Newsone
The peerless A’ja Wilson may already be the WNBA’s greatest ever player. By Bryan Armen Graham / The Guardian
Olympian Marion Jones is done apologizing for her past. By Jason Jones / The Athletic
Colorado, Deion Sanders get vital Big 12 win, big fine for field rush. By Brent Schrotenboer /USA Today
LeBron James is defined by his hometown. Now he’s reshaping it. By Kevin Merida / Wash Post
1619 vs. 1776: Competing Origins of the American Story. By Ronald J. Sheehy, Editor / Race Inquiry Digest
Race Inquiry Digest (Oct 25) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured The Revolution Will Not Be Televised—But It Must Be Lived. By Ronald J. Sheehy, Editor / Race Inquiry Digest
Beyond the Arena: Race, Masculinity, and the Possibility of Change. By Ronald J. Sheehy, Editor / Race Inquiry
Trump’s War on America Is Expanding. By Alex Shephard / TNR
The National Guard arrives in Chicago. What now? Consider This from NPR / NPR
The Supreme Court v. Democracy. By Elie Mystal / The Nation
How the government shutdown is hitting the health care system. By Simon F. Haeder / Salon
Stephen Miller Is Going for Broke. By Jonathan Chait / The Atlantic
Black women’s unemployment & is the economy getting worse? By Brittany Luse , Corey Antonio Rose , and Neena Pathak / NPR
Senate confirms Herschel Walker as U.S. ambassador to the Bahamas. By Raquel Coronell Uribe / NBC News
Campus Civics Centers Are Getting Millions From Trump. Here’s What They’ll Use It For. By Aisha Baiocchi / The Chronicle of Higher Ed.
These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department. by Megan O’Matz and Jennifer Smith Richards / Propublica
Tribal colleges and universities aren’t well known, but are a crucial steppingstone for Native students. By Cynthia Lindquist / The Conversation
