Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
‘Big George Foreman’ Trailer: Boxer Gets New Movie From Sony – Variety. By Ej Panaligan / Variety
5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Mary Lou Williams. By Giovanni Russonello / NYT
Smithsonian’s Afrofuturism exhibit explores the funk of outer and inner space. By Lonnae O’Neal / Andscape
Biden press secretary clarifies White House invitation is for LSU’s women’s team. By Jonathan Franklin / NPR
‘Air’ shows huge impact of Black mothers. As Kevin Durant’s mom, it’s a role I know well. By Wanda Durant / USA Today
Steph Curry to Star in NBC Comedy Series ‘Mr. Throwback.’ By Daniel Chavkin / Sports Illustrated
How the 1876 presidential election enabled Jim Crow. By Tom Hanks and Jeffery Robinson / Wash Post
Race Inquiry Digest (Apr 20) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured America is being destroyed by domestic hate, National Urban League report says. By Justin Gamble / CNN
Race Inquiry Digest (Apr 18) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Race Inquiry Digest (Apr 13) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured The real message behind expelling the Black members of the ‘Tennessee Three.’ By Jemar Tisby / CNN
Race Inquiry Digest (Apr 10) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Tenn. GOP deepens racial tension after expelling Black lawmakers. By Annie Gowen and Hadley Green / Wash Post
Are Republicans Winning the War on Public Schools? By Grace Segers / TNR
When Republicans Say They Want to Protect Children, Don’t Believe Them. By Jamelle Bouie / NYT
The Liberal Maverick Fighting Race-Based Affirmative Action. By Anemona Hartocollis / NYT
The West Coast Think Tank Helping to Orchestrate DeSantis’s War on the Woke. By Jennifer C. Berkshire / The Nation
Mississippi Legislature votes to expand Capitol Police over objections in Jackson. By Jon Schuppe / NBC News
Large share of Latinos don’t identify with current race categories, census Bureau numbers show. By Nicole Acevedo / NBC News
Tim Scott’s Capitol Hill fans question his chances in 2024. By Marianne Levine / Politico
Elon Musk’s Twitter pushes hate speech, extremist content into ‘For You’ pages. By Faiz Siddiqui and Jeremy B. Merrill / Wash Post
From Senate subcommittee to Easter sermon: Raphael Warnock on life as a pastor-politician. By Adelle M. Banks / RNS
Why My Church Partners With ‘He Gets Us.’ By Bryan Carter / Christianity Today
Martin Luther King Jr. Looks to God in New Statue. By Kate Shellnutt / Christianity Today
Pilgrimage and revolution: How Cesar Chavez married faith and ideology in landmark farmworkers’ march. By Lloyd Daniel Barba / The Conversation
Enslaved people built Davidson College and its campus. A new memorial will honor them. By Anna Maria Della Costa / The Charlotte Observer
What We’ll Be Celebrating When Harriet Tubman Appears on the 20-Dollar Bill. By Clarence Lusane / The Nation
Zora Neale Hurston’s Anthropological Legacy. By Ida E. Jones / AAIHS
