Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Amazing base: A singer wed in a D.C. ballpark, and 19,000 paid to attend. By Terence McArdle / Wash Post
Muhammad Ali won a title fight in Maryland. Then he went to prom. By Nicole Asbury / Wash Post
‘It is almost like being with Michael Jordan’: Tom Joyner has gone from radio icon to Miami Heat fan. By Marc J. Spears / Andscape
How Racist Car Dealers KO’d Joe Louis. By Silke-Maria Weineck / The Nation
Vida Blue, who won 3 World Championships with the Athletics, dies at 73. By Ayana Archie / NPR
Whose Queen? Netflix and Egypt Spar Over an African Cleopatra. By Vivian Yee / NYT
Race Inquiry Digest (May 18) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured DeSantis signs bill to defund DEI programs at Florida’s public colleges. By Jack Stripling / Wash Post
Grand jury may review NYC subway chokehold killing. By Josh Margolin, Kiara Alfonseca, and Aaron Katersky / ABC News
Tucker Carlson, ‘White Men’ and the Lynch Mob Mentality. By Charles M. Blow / NYT
A Cordial Invitation to Justice Clarence Thomas to Join Our Summer Vacation. By Terri Gerstein / The Progressive
Herschel Walker was joke candidate but now center of campaign scandal. By Mike Freeman / USA Today
Andrew Gillum, Ex-Candidate For Florida Governor, Acquitted Of Lying To FBI. By Anthony Izaguirre / HuffPost
Battle for Feinstein seat splits top Democrats. By Hanna Trudo and Caroline Vakil.
A Spirited Governor’s Race Brings Hope in Mississippi. By David Firestone / NYT
The Gospel of Candace Owens. By Clare Malone / The New Yorker
Kentucky governor’s race: Daniel Cameron and Kelly Craft turn GOP primary into a knife fight. By Ben Jacobs / Vox
How Rep. James Clyburn Protected His District at a Cost to Black Democrats. By Propublica and Daily Kos
Statehouses’ Targeting of Diversity and Tenure Is Starting to Scare Away Faculty Job Candidates. By Megan Zalneis / Chronicle of Higher Ed
Black mothers trapped in unsafe neighborhoods signal the stressful health toll of gun violence in the U.S. By Loren Henderson and Ruby Mendenhall / The Conversation
I was young, Black, gay … and angry. By Darren Walker / Andscape
On Tucker Carlson and the Fear of Being Replaced. By Russell Moore / Christianity Today
Latino faith leaders continue pressure against Gov. Ron DeSantis’ immigration bill. By Alejandra Molina / RNS
12 modern disciples follow the subversiveness of Jesus in ‘People Get Ready.’ By Shannon Wimp / NCR
Slavery and Disability in Antebellum America. By Christopher D.E. Willoughby / AAIHS
White power movements in US history have often relied on veterans — and not on lone wolves. By Kathleen Belew / The Conversation
Tennessee Has Two White Faces. I’ve Seen Both of Them. By Ishmel Reed / Politico
