Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
‘Nobody Can Give You Freedom’: A closer look at Malcolm X’s words. By Ken Makin / CS Monitor
Amid debate about U.S. history, Harlem Hellfighters receive Congressional Gold Medal. By Alana Wise / NPR
The Story of Vanessa Williams, The Controversial First Black Miss America. By Angela Johnson / The Root
Maya Moore’s Hall of Fame career is the least important reason she’s an all-time great. By David Aldridge / The Athletic
Carmelo Anthony deserves to be in the Hall of Fame after delivering on his NBA career. By Zach Harper / The Athletic
All About Félix Auger-Aliassime’s Parents, Marie Auger and Sam Aliassime (Who Trained Him for 10 Years). By Emily Blackwood / People
HBCUs Under Pressure: Navigating Political Threats. By Ronald J. Sheehy / Race Inquiry Digest Weekend Edition (Graves Hall Morehouse College)
Race Inquiry Digest (Sep 15) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Charlie Kirk Didn’t Shy Away From Who He Was. We Shouldn’t Either. By Jamelle Bouie / NYT
The Unreal Spectacle of Trump’s Authoritarianism. By Jamelle Bouie / NYT
Aligning With Trump’s Toxic Whiteness Will Never Keep You Safe. By Kali Holloway / The Nation
Rising inequality is turning US into an autocratic state, billionaire warns. By Phillip Inman / The Guardian
The Terror and Cruelty of Trump’s Deportation Machine. By Sasha Abramsky / The Nation
White Social Media on The Real Reason White America Didn’t Vote for Kamala Harris. By Phenix S. Halley / The Root
First Black Law School Dean At LSU Steps Down, Claims She Is Being Discriminated Against. By Nahlah Abdur-Rahman / Black Enterprise
Racist Lies About College “Quotas” Stoke Support for Trump’s War on Higher Ed. By Bedelia Nicola Richards / Truthout
Why an ‘America First’ Approach to Teaching Won’t Work. By Glenn Sacks / The Progressive Magazine
The Excruciating Question Confronting Black College Applicants. By Justin Driver / NYT
Bolsonaro, dubbed “Trump of the tropics,” faces coup trial verdict in Brazil. By Carrie Kahn / Morning Edition – NPR
Thanks to Trump, China claims mantle of the post-World War II order. By Ishaan Tharoor / Wash Post
Pope demands end to the ‘pandemic of arms’ as he prays for victims of Minnesota school shooting. By Nicole Winfield / RNS
Racial Reconciliation Is on the Move. By Stephen R. Haynes / Christianity Today
Supporting religious diversity on campus is a surprising consensus among faculty across the red-blue divide. By Matthew J. Mayhew / The Conversation
Slavery Was Not Just Forced Labor but Sexual Violence Too. By Channing Gerard Joseph / The Nation
Labor Day Special Featuring Howard Zinn & Voices of a People’s History of the United States. By Amy Goodman / Democracy Now
Trump’s ‘crusade to rehabilitate the Confederacy’ has backfired: conservative analyst. By Robert Davis / Raw Story
This 45-year-old case explains the “Jim Crow juries” that still haunt Louisiana. By Richard A. Webster / Salon
Black America has put Red Lobster back on the map–CEO Damola Adamolekun was betting on it. By Kay Wicker / The Grio
Why does Naomi Osaka play for Japan? Explaining tennis star’s relinquished USA dual citizenship. By Daniel Chavkin / Sporting News
‘You don’t trade a generational player’: Micah Parsons trade a Packers no-brainer, Cowboys head-scratcher. By Jason Reid / Andscape
Michael Vick kicks off coaching career close to home at Norfolk State: ‘It’s just in me.’ By Grace Raynor / The Athletic
