Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Behind church doors: White evangelicals are quietly fueling Trump’s Big Lie. By Amanda Marcotte / Salon
The Day the Civil-Rights Movement Changed. By David Dennis / The Atlantic
Lawsuit Seeking Reparations From 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Can Move Forward, Judge Says. By Nina Golgowski / HuffPost
A New Orleans community center rises from its ugly history as a segregated school. By Connie L. Schaffer, Martha Graham Victor and Meg White / The Conversation
W.E.B. Du Bois and the making of Black Reconstruction. By Gerald Horne / The Nation
‘Fear and Confusion’: A Tale of Internment. By Jake Whitney / The Progressive Magazine
Janelle Monáe to Star in Josephine Baker TV Series. By Stephanie Holland / The Root
Dave Chappelle attacked onstage at L.A.’s Hollywood Bowl. By Tucker Reals, Zoe Christen Jones / CBS News
For Dusty Baker, 2,000 wins are a testament to his generational impact. By Claire Smith / Andscape
U.S. says WNBA’s Brittney Griner is being wrongfully detained in Russia. By Joe Hernandez / NPR
Gregory Odom Jr. represents Howard, HBCU golf at PGA Tour Wells Fargo. By Chris Bumbaca / USA Today
The Supreme Court’s Abortion Decision Would Have Severe Implications for Black Americans. By Margo Snipe and Christina Carrega / Capital B
Race Inquiry Digest (May 9) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Yet Again, A Judicial Counterrevolution Looks To Chain The Country To An Imagined Past. By Paul Blumenthal / HuffPost
Mayor Eric Adams Is Stuck on Ideas From 1994 for Crime in 2022. By Mara Gay / NYT
“Tucker Carlson stands in nativist American tradition running from Father Coughlin to Pat Buchanan.” By Annieli / Daily Kos
A Georgia City Reckons With a New District, Led by Marjorie Taylor Greene. By Maya King / NYT
Most parents don’t disapprove of what schools are teaching, poll finds. Anya Kamenetz / NPR
Racist Minneapolis Cops Spied on Black Leaders While Ignoring White Hate Groups. By Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone
More Black people sought births outside hospitals in 2020, report finds. By Lateshia Beachum / Wash Post
A man left prison after three decades. Now, he might be sent back. By Brittany Shammas / Wash Post
Arab American Heritage Month: ‘Being counted as White doesn’t reflect our day-to-day experiences.’ By Mirna Alsharif and Brandon Tensley / CNN
Spelman College Names Dr. Helene D. Gayle President. Rebecca Kelliher / Diverse Issues In Higher Education
From the Pilgrims to QAnon: Christian nationalism is the “asteroid coming for democracy.” By Kathryn Joyce / Salon
American Muslim women are finding a unique religious space at a women-only mosque in Los Angeles. By Tazeen M. Ali / The Conversation
What Rodney King Understood About Getting Along. By Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic
Muhammad Ali: What his conviction teaches us today. By Ken Makin / CS Monitor
Here is a hard historical truth: Slavery powerfully shaped Harvard. By Lawrence S. Bacow and Tomiko Brown-Nagin. Wash Post
Harriet Tubman led military raids during the Civil War as well as her better-known slave rescues. By Kate Clifford Larson / The Conversation
Boston breaks ground on a Martin Luther King memorial. By Tovia Smith / NPR
House unanimously passes Asian American and Pacific Islander museum bill. By Kimmy Yam / NBC News
