Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Janet Hill, with a Hall of Fame son and an all-pro husband, was a selfless star. By Kevin B. Blackstone / Wash Post
Vanessa Bryant Is Suing L.A. County Over Kobe Bryant Crash Photos: What to Know. By Jonathan Abrams / NYT
LeBron James Agrees To New Contract That Will Him Make Highest-Paid NBA Player Ever. AP and HuffPost
Byron Allen’s HBCU Go streamer strikes deal with CBS stations to air HBCU football games. By Variety and NBC News
Watson Suspended 11 Games, Fined $5 Million in Sexual Misconduct Case. By Jenny Vrentas and Ken Belson / NYT
I Taught My 4th Grade Class About White Privilege And Their Response Was Eye-Opening. By Justin Mazzola / HuffPost
Race Inquiry Digest (Aug 29) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Is Martin Luther King’s dream still alive? By Peniel E. Joseph / CNN
How will the Inflation Reduction Act help Black communities? Garren Keith Gaynor / The Grio
St. Louis combats opioid crisis as overdose deaths skyrocket among Black Americans. By John Yang and Mike Fritz / PBS
Are Latino voters really moving right? The end of Roe may muddy the picture. By Salome Gomez-Upegui / The Guardian
Black Mississippi Residents Sue Police Department for Racial Harassment. By Kalyn Womack / The Root
2 Former Minneapolis Officers Say They Rejected Plea Deals In George Floyd Killing. By Steve Karnowski / HuffPost
Black farmers say Inflation Reduction Act reneges on promises. By Khristopher J. Brooks / ABC News
California becomes first state to break down Black employee data by lineage. By Jaclyn Diaz / NPR
Byron Allen aims to add more inclusion in the news and media industry through purchase of Black News Channel. By Claretta Bellamy / NBC News
Building Black Medical Schools. By Denise Hawkins / Diverse Issues in Higher Education
J. Deotis Roberts, a pioneer of Black theology, dies at 95. By Harrison Smith / Wash Post
Catholic Order Struggles to Raise $100 Million to Atone for Slave Labor. By Rachel L. Swan / NYT
Interfaith summit dreams of America as a potluck, not a battlefield. By Bob Smietana / RNS
The God I Know Is Not a Culture Warrior. By Tish Harrison Warren / NYT
American Democracy Was Never Designed to Be Democratic. By Louis Menand / The New Yorker
How Policing Black Women’s Bodies Built the Modern City. By Simon Balto / AAIHS
Academy apologizes to Sacheen Littlefeather, who refused an Oscar on Marlon Brando’s behalf. By Scottie Andrew / CNN
Julius Eastman’s Great Expectations. By David Hajdu / The Nation
All comedy is Black: How Richard Pryor killed the white comedian. By Michael Harriot / The Grio
Solange Knowles becomes the first Black woman to compose music for NYC Ballet. By Claretta Bellamy / NBC News
Snoop Dogg Launches ‘Snoop Loopz’ Breakfast Cereal. By Jazmin Tolliver / HuffPost
NBA Won’t Host Election Day Games In Effort To Increase Voter Turnout. By Lydia O’Connor / HuffPost
In His Football Return, Deshaun Watson Tries a New Move — Contrition. By Jenny Vrentas / NYT
Learning and Healing in the Archive of Black Thought. By Edna Bonhomme / The Nation
Race Inquiry Digest (Aug 25) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Jan. 6 hearings are about race even if it’s not being talked about. Sandhya Dirks / NPR