Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
More Americans, especially Black adults, are dying before they can access Medicare benefits, study finds. By Sadie Harley / Medical Express
DEI Rollbacks Are Eroding First-Generation, Low-Income Student Supports. By Sena Ho / The Progressive Magazine
Charlie Kirk’s Group Wants to Grow. Its Latest Target: Black Colleges. By Jasper Smith / The Chronicle of Higher Ed.
In a basement at Howard University, scholars work to preserve Black newspapers. By Ira Porter and Cameron Pugh / CSM
House Republicans say a Virginia college president lied to Congress over DEI. By Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff / Wash Post
Africa Is Rising. The World Shouldn’t Turn Its Back. By Howard W. French and Lydia Polgreen / NYT
Prominent Afrikaners refuse to be ‘pawns,’ and hit back at Trump’s claims about South Africa. By Kate Bartlett / NPR
Caribbean Leaders Call for Unified Latin American Resistance to US Attacks. By Michael Fox / Truthout
Shared songs with new meaning. By Melissa Florer-Bixler / The Christian Century
T.D. Jakes moves from pastoring to podcasting as his next focus. By Adelle M. Banks / RNS
Christian Nationalism Shapes Trump’s Disjointed Foreign Policy in Africa. By Jessica Washington / The Intercept
Memorial Honoring Black WWII Soldiers Silently Removed From U.S. Military Cemetery In The Netherlands. By Jeroslyn JoVonn / Black Enterprise
The Ideal That Underlies the Declaration of Independence. By Walter Isaacson / The Atlantic
2026 Grammy Nominations Reflect Black Artist Excellence. By Mary Spiller / Black Enterprise
Lenny Wilkens, N.B.A. Hall of Famer as Both Player and Coach, Dies at 88. By Richard Goldstein / NYT
Allen Iverson’s 2001 Sixers embodied Philly’s brash, gritty soul − and changed basketball culture forever. By Jared Bahir Browsh / The Conversation
The Moment Magic Johnson’s HIV Announcement Changed Everything. By Angela Johnson / The Root
Deion Sanders and the fall of Camelot. By William C. Rhoden / Andscape
Collaboration in a Time of Authoritarian Drift. By Ronald J. Sheehy, Editor / Race Inquiry digest
Race Inquiry Digest (Nov 22) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured A Pot of Gold: Why Math Literacy Must Become a Black Educational Priority. By Ronald J. Sheehy, Editor and Franca E. Sheehy / Race…
There’s Still a Shared American Story, and JD Vance’s Blood-and-Soil Vision Isn’t It. By Colin Woodard / NYT
Verdict Number One: America Has Big-Time Buyer’s Remorse About Trump. By Michael Tomasky / TNR
Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani Wins Historic NYC Mayoral Race: “The Future Is in Our Hands.” By Amu Goodman / Democracy Now
Make No Mistake: Trump Is an Albatross. By Jamelle Bouie / NYT
Mayor of Orange County Will Run for Florida Governor as a Democrat. By Patricia Mazzei / NYT
Barack Obama Is Now Not So Sure America Can Survive Under Donald Trump. By Ethan Cotler / The Daily Beast
Trymaine Lee Calls Out The Media’s Lack Of Coverage As Violence Against Black People Rises. By Taryn Finley / Newsone
The end of federal food aid could hit Black Americans hardest. By Terry Tang, Jaylen Green and Graham lee Brewer / AP
Priced Out Of The Mecca: The Emotional Cost Of Belonging At A Black University In A White City. By Duwayne Portis / Newsone
An anti-KKK law was used to end a scholarship for Black students. By Anumita Kaur and Praveena Somasundaram / Wash Post
