Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Hampton University Establishes School of Religion. By Arrman Kyaw / Diverse Issues In Higher Ed.
Left Out of Pat Robertson’s Obits: His Crazy, Antisemitic Conspiracy Theory. By David Corn / Mother Jones
Black or white? Christian minister redefines racial and ethnic identity in a mixed world. By Kathryn Post / RNS
Southern Baptists Move to Purge Churches With Female Pastors. By Elizabeth Dias and Ruth Graham / NYT
Generations After Slavery, Georgia Neighbors Find Freedom and Repair in Christ. By Melissa Morgan Kelley / CT
How Black Americans combated racism from beyond the grave. By David B. Parker / The Conversation
Louisiana Army Based Named after WWI Sgt. William Henry Johnson. By Kalyn Womack / The Root
Liberals love Teddy Roosevelt – but his racism paved the way for Donald Trump and Tucker Carlson. By Matthew Rozsa / Salon
Slave cases are still cited as good law. This team is trying to change that. By Rachel Treisman / NPR
Memory of Samuel J. Bush, Black man lynched by mob, remembered by family, activists. By Okelo Pena / ABC News
Remembering Medgar Evers, 60 years after his death. By Julian Ring / NPR
Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokić has time before ‘of all time.’ By William C. Rhoden / Andscape
Track Star Tori Bowie Died in Childbirth. By Talya Minsberg / NYT
Kerrick Jackson Appointed Head Baseball Coach for University of Missouri, First Black Head Baseball Coach in Southeastern Conference. By Arrman Kyaw / Diverse Issues in Higher Ed
He’s the first Black high school athlete to run a sub-four-minute mile. By Ian Decker / Wash Post
Affirmative Action Never Had a Chance. By Zak Cheney-Rice / New York Magazine
Race Inquiry Digest (Jun 22) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured “Red states are forming ‘a nation within a nation’ with laws that recreate ‘a pre-1960s world.’ By Brad Reed / Raw Story
Supreme Court Rejects Voting Map That Diluted Black Voters’ Power. By Adam Liptak / NYT
The Failed Affirmative Action Campaign That Shook Democrats. By Michael Powell and Ilana Marcus / NYT
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s first major opinion saves Medicaid. By Ian Millhiser / Vox
Trump’s indictment is tragic for our country but an imperative for justice. By E.J. Dionne Jr. / Wash Post
Randy Cox New Haven police brutality case settled for $45M. By TaMaryn Waters and Claire Thornton / USA Today
Black workers at California Tesla factory allege rampant racism, seek class-action status. By AP and NBC News
UDC names scientist and HBCU leader as its new president. By Susan Svrluga / Wash Post
How Pat Robertson made white evangelicals Republican. By Mark Silk / RNS
Three years after George Floyd’s death, faith groups quietly advance racial healing. By Adelle M. Banks / RNS
