Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
The environmental racism of North Carolina’s hog farming industry, explained. By Jamie Berger / Vox
Latinos have many skin tones. Colorism means they’re treated differently. By Rachel Hatzipanagos / Wash Post
Nigeria-Born Tope Awotona Poured His Life Savings Into Calendly. Now He’s One Of America’s Wealthiest Immigrants. By Amy Feidman / Forbes
What Kind of Love is Needed to Heal Racial Divides? By Derwin Gray / Christianity Today
Moving lightly through this world: Reflections on the weight of white Christian innocence. By Robert P. Jones / Religion News
Young Black Catholics are still here and flourishing more than their peers. By Josh Packard Byron / Religion News
Churches played an active role in slavery and segregation. Some want to make amends. By Michela Moscufo / NBC News
A slaveholding president’s estate faces a modern racial controversy. By The Editorial Board / Wash Post
Ancestral Land In Virginia Returned To Rappahannock Tribe. By Sebastian Murdock / HuffPost
A historic all-Black town wants reparations to rebuild as a ‘safe haven.’ By Emmanuel Felton / Wash Post
Racism as Theory: A Historiography of White Supremacy Ideology. By Bala James Baptiste / AAIHS
The “Radical” King and a Usable Past. By Robert Greene II / AAIHS
‘Go, Mississippi’: State could ditch song with racist roots. By Emily Wagster Pettus / ABC News
First Black Woman Pilot Bessie Coleman to be Honored on US Quarter in 2023. By Noah A. McGee / The Root
In the Face of Black Pain, Elizabeth Alexander Turns to Art. By Michell S. Jackson / NYT
Why have rappers been virtually shut out of the Grammys’ album of the year category? By Justin Tinsley / Andscape
Colin Kaepernick is bigger than football. It’s time for him to stop looking back. By Candace Buckner / Wash Post
South Carolina’s Dawn Staley has emerged as her generation’s John Thompson. By William C. Rhoden / Andscape
The Deion Sanders Effect Is Real: 30 of 32 NFL Team Reps Show Up to FAMU Pro Day To Scope HBCU Talent. By Atlanta Black Star
When a Black team entered Charleston’s Little League tournament in 1955, all hell broke loose. By Chris Lamb / Andscape
The Emmett Till Antilynching Act Will Protect All of Us. By Maya Wiley / The New Republic
Race Inquiry Digest (Apr 11) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Can We Be Worthy of Ukraine? By George Packer / The Atlantic
Two-thirds of Americans back Judge Jackson for Supreme Court. By John Fritze / USA Today
As momentum builds in Congress to do something about Thomas, impeachment needs to be an option. By Joan McCarter / Daily Kos
In ‘social-emotional learning,’ right sees more critical race theory. By Laura Meckler / Wash Post
Watch “Minneapolis Public School Teachers Strike (A Black Perspective) Pt. 3 .” By Ralph Crowder / You Tube
The “race-obsessed liberal” nightmare: “We have to fight for a country that doesn’t love us back.” By D. Watkins / Salon
A new civil war? Maybe so — but it won’t look anything like the first one. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
Biden signs legislation named for Emmett Till making lynching a federal hate crime. By Kiara Alfonseca / ABC News
Infant mortality and Black women’s health get attention at conference. By Cristela Gierra / NPR
