Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
RFK Jr’s Unhinged Antisemitism Is No Surprise. By Jeffrey Salkin / RNS
At ‘ground zero’ for slavery, a new museum helps rewrite history. By Edward Ball / Wash Post
My Life in the Aftermath of Martin Luther King’s Assassination. By Clarence B. Jones and Stuart Connelly / The New Yorker
What America Loses Without Jesse Jackson’s Voice. By Janell Ross / Time
Racial identity is more fluid than you might think. By David Byler / Wash Post
How Do You Tell the Story of 50 Years of Hip-Hop? By Jon Caramanica / NYT
A Newly Discovered Realm of Accomplishment for John Coltrane. By Richard Brody / The New Yorker
Hannibal Buress the Rapper’s Warmup Act? Hannibal Buress the Comedian. By Carrie Battan / The New Yorker
Stephen Curry is too good to pretend his success is merely down to hard work. By Andrew Lawrence / The Guardian
Here’s Why Shohei Ohtani Is The Best Player In MLB—And Why He Might Score A $600 Million Deal. By Brian Bushard / Forbes
Aliyah Boston Has Officially Arrived. By Claire Fahy / NYT
Doc on Venus and Serena Williams’ Father Sells to Major Markets. By Manori Ravindran / Variety
Colin Kaepernick’s Defense of Black Studies. By Dave Zirin / The Nation
‘Gut-level Hatred’ Is Consuming Our Political Life. By Thomas B. Edsall / NYT
Race Inquiry Digest (Jul 24) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured The Unsung African American Scientists of the Manhattan Project. By Farrell Evans / History
Clarence Thomas Cited My Work In His Affirmative Action Opinion. Here’s What He Got Wrong. By Allison Sewart / HuffPost
Public Universities That Accept More Than 50% Of Students Who Apply. Shaun Harper / Forbes
Florida is hurting as it becomes ‘where empathy, decency and kindness go to die. By Adam Nichols / Raw Story
Tim Scott is the longshot candidate raising the most cash. By Jessica Piper / Politico
Jesse Jackson to step down as head of Rainbow PUSH civil rights organization. By AP and NPR
Mississippi discriminates against Black residents with appointed judges, Justice Department says. By Emily Wagster Pettus / AP News
Tennessee Arrests Klan Leader on Same Day It Honors 1st Grand Wizard. By Michael Daly / Yahoo News
More Mothers Are Dying. It Doesn’t Have to Be This Way. By Veronica Gillspie-Bell / NYT
Robert Smith’s Latest Deal Just Made Him $4.6 Billion Richer. By Jasmine Browley / Essence
How Confederate migration spread white supremacy in the West. By Todd A. Price / USA Today
This 93-year-old Hilton Head woman is in a legal battle for land her family has owned since the Civil War. By Nicquel Terry Ellis / CNN
