Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, Black Power Activist Known as H. Rap Brown, Dies at 82. By Paul Vitello / NYT
The NFL Pretends It’s Above Politics. It Never Was. By Tim Miller / The Bulwark
NBA Legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Announces Off-Court Move. By Angelo Guinhawa / Athlon Sports
Overhyped or underrated? What to make of Browns QB Shedeur Sanders’ first start. By Jeff Howe / The Athletic
Marquette King was one of the NFL’s best punters, then he was gone: ‘I’m definitely blackballed.’ By Michael-Shawn Dugar / The Athletic
The Echoes of America’s Revolutions. By Ronald J. Sheehy, Editor
On Race in America (Dec 6) – Stories, Insight and Perspective
Featured The Cherry Tree and the Crisis of American Character. By Ronald J. Sheehy, Editor
Unlocking the Nation’s Untapped Genius. By Ronald J. Sheehy, Editor / Race Inquiry Digest
Zohran Mamdani Is Following a Trail That Jesse Jackson Blazed. By Steve Phillips / The Nation
Judge rejects ‘racially gerrymandered’ maps in Texas that gave Republicans extra districts. By Rachel Leingang / The Guardian
Trump’s war on immigrants is a war on Black Americans, too. By Jonathan Jean-Baptiste / USA Today
Maps Show How Latinos Who Shifted Right in 2024 Snapped Back Left in 2025. By Christine Zhang and Shane Goldmacher / NYT
The Case for a Third Reconstruction. By K. Sabeel Rahman / Dissent
So DEI doesn’t work. OK, what would be better? By Nina Stachenfield / The Fulcrum
Are Black Women Still The ‘Most Educated’ Group In America? By Shannon Dawson / Newsone
MacKenzie Scott Channels Over $700 Million to HBCUs in Historic Giving Spree. By Walter Hudson / Eduledger
Universities Said Black Lives Mattered In 2020. Texas A&M Just Proved They Didn’t Mean It. By Stacey Patton / Newsone
Judge indefinitely bars Trump from fining UC over alleged discrimination. By AP and NPR
U.S. pushes new Ukraine peace plan as Trump’s Army secretary visits Kyiv. By Adam Taylor et al. / Wash Post
Israel needs to face accountability for our genocide. And so does the US. By Yuli Novak / The Guardian (Image NYT)
Haitians displaced by violence face deportation after fleeing to Dominican Republic. By Ali Rogin et.al. / PBS
Trump Boat Bombings Take Dark, Unnerving Turn with Leaked Memo Stunner. By Greg Sargent / TNR
A Christian Answer to Trump and Trumpism Is Finally Here. By David French / NYT
‘Trump is inconsistent with Christian principles’: why the Democratic party is seeing a rise of white clergy candidates. By David Smith / The Guardian
California’s Oldest AME Church Celebrates Historic 175th Anniversary. By Antonio Ray Harvey / Eurweb
The Ken Burns Case for Breaking the Myth of the American Revolution. By Lex Pryor / The Ringer
Meet the first self-ruled community of Black freedmen called Mitchelville — still standing on Hilton Head’s shores. By Natasha S. Alford / The Grio
Ruby Bridges’ Legacy: The Lessons America Still Hasn’t Learned. By Shannon Dawson / Newsone
The remains and stories of Native American students reclaimed from a Pennsylvania cemetery. By Mark Scolforo / NCR
Black Music Sunday: Celebrating W.C. Handy, ‘The Father of the Blues.’ By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
