Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
People of color face higher rental costs than Whites: Zillow. By Kristopher J. Brooks / ABC News
Legalized Pot Was Supposed to Help Build Black Wealth in Los Angeles. It Failed. By Amanda Chicago Lewis / The New Republic
Lawsuit Charges For-Profit University Preyed on Black and Female Students. By Erica L. Green / NYT
An Arizona power plant’s expansion galls environmentalists — and sows dread in a Black enclave. By Jon Schuppe / NBC News
After meeting 17 years ago, sisters now helm the country’s largest Black-owned wine brand. By Randi Richardson / NBC News
Chicago church’s plan to fast from ‘whiteness’ for Lent gets pushback. By Emily McFarian Miller / Religion News Service
War in Ukraine is testing some American evangelicals’ support for Putin as a leader of conservative values. Melani McAlister / The Conversation
‘A Womanist Theology of Worship’ reclaims communal and spiritual authority through African legacies. By Diana L. Hayes / NCR
‘Blackness Deserves a Seat at the Seder.’ By Kayla Stewart / NYT
Rihanna embodies the sacrament of pregnant joy. By Nicole Symmonds / NCR
What Claudia Rankine learned from talking to white people. By Diep Tran / Andscape
‘Bridgerton’ star Charithra Chandran shares realities of colorism many South Asians face. By Brahmjot Kaur / NBC News
Pitmaster Bryan Furman: ‘Black Culture Doesn’t Get Recognition For Its Part In Barbecue.’ By Abbe Wichman / HuffPost
Long-forgotten family portrait sells at auction for $1.4 million. By Maisie Linford / CNN
Two Black Coaches Join Brian Flores’s Lawsuit Against the N.F.L By Ken Belson / NYT
Go Ahead, Count Naomi Osaka Out. By Linsay Crouse / NYT
Tiger Woods’ Masters return a reminder of the Black golf fandom he ignited. By Ferrell Evans / Andscape
Dwayne Haskins, Steelers QB and Former Top Draft Pick, Dies At 24. By Keith Reed / The Root
Magic Johnson on learning to accept his gay son: ‘He changed me.’ By Variety / NBC News
Ebony Magazine, Black Baseball and Identity in America. By Robert Greene II / AAIHS
J.R. Smith, HBCUs and the challenges of golfing while Black. By Kent Babb / Wash Post
Can We Be Worthy of Ukraine? By George Packer / The Atlantic
Race Inquiry Digest (Apr 14) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured ‘A plot to destroy democracy’: civil rights group raises alarm at threats to US elections. By Maya Yang / The Guardian
Ketanji Brown Jackson and the color blind society of Martin Luther King Jr. By Bev Freda Jackson / The Conversation
It’s Bennie Thompson’s Moment to Defend Democracy. By Grace Segers / The New Republic
Federal Judge Strikes Down Portions Of Racist Florida Election Law. By Brandan Farrington / HuffPost
What Can Biden Do Now to Protect the Ballot? We Asked Eric Holder and Six Other Voting Rights Experts / By The New Republic
Milwaukee Chooses First Black Elected Mayor in 176 Years. By Cavalier Johnson / The Root
Amir Locke: No charges will be filed in fatal police shooting. By Omar Jimenez and Brad Parks / CNN
Watch “Prince Rogers Nelson & Minneapolis Public School Teachers Strike (A Black Perspective) Pt. 4.” By Ralph Crowder / YouTube
