Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Black NFL Coaches Are in an Impossible Situation. By Jemele Hill / The Atlantic
HBCUs giving former NBA players rare opportunities as college head coaches. By Pete Croatto / The Undefeated
Black Mississippi senators protest bill to ban critical race theory. By AP and NPR
Race Inquiry Digest (Jan 27) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured When Whiteness Starts Seeing Itself. By Kali Holloway / The Nation
Republicans in Florida can’t keep their messaging on voting rights straight. By Jon Skolnik / Salon
Florida GOP Pushes Bill To Shield White People From ‘Discomfort’ Of Racist Past. By Brendan Farrington / HuffPost
Why Millions Think It Is Trump Who Cannot Tell a Lie. By Thomas B. Edsall / NYT
Stacey Abrams wants to finish the job she started four years ago. Here’s what’s different this time. David Nir / Daily Kos
George Floyd’s murder sparked a movement. The officers who stood by as he died also triggered change. By Janelle Griffith / NBC News
Latino Voters Are Key to 2024, and They’re Not Always Buying What Democrats Are Selling. By Geraldo L. Cadava / NYT
Two High-Powered Black Attorneys Confront a Justice System’s Flaws. By David Lat / NYT
Minneapolis’ 1st Black police chief leaves quietly. By AP and NBC News
Jay-Z’s Team Roc puts pressure on DOJ to investigate Kansas City, Kansas, police. By Erik Ortiz / NBC News
Why Are Minority-Owned Banks Disappearing? Washington Holds the Smoking Gun, By Gene Ludwig / Politico
Why It’s Scary to Be Jewish in America Today. By Deborah E. Lipsstadt / NYT
How Do We Confront White Christian Nationalism? By Rev Dr. Liz Theoharris / The Nation
Young Black Catholics confront nature, racism and the church’s way forward. By Brian Roewe / NCR
What Howard Thurman can teach Catholics about responding to racism today . By David E. DeCosse / NCR
What 13th-century Christian theologian Thomas Aquinas can teach us about hope in times of despair. Christopher Beem / The Conversation
More enslaved Africans came to the Americas through this port than anywhere else. Why have so few heard of it? By Terrence McCoy / Wash Post
America’s Ugliest Confederate Statue Is Gone. Racism Isn’t. By Margaret Renkl / NYT
On Route 66, a family is restoring the only gas station built for Black travelers. By Kristi Eaton / Fast Company
New Jersey requires K-12 schools to teach Asian American history. Mary Chao / USA Today
Highways, High-Rises And Food Deserts. By E. James West / AAIHS
Celebrated Tuskegee Airman Charles McGee dies at 102. AP and NPR
‘A Lot of People Knew:’ Watch the Official Trailer for W. Kamau Bell’s Bill Cosby Docuseries. By Tomas Mier / Rolling Stone
‘Abbott Elementary’ gets an ‘A’ in its first season. By David Dennis Jr. / The Undefeated
André Leon Talley Has Died At 73. By Emilia Petrarca / New York Mag
Bullerengue Legend Petrona Martinez Continues To Inspire. By Julyssa Lopez / Rolling Stone
‘I never thought about giving up or quitting’: Oscar Robertson on MLK’s legacy. By Martenzie Johnson / The Undefeated
