Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Josephine Baker Was the Star France Wanted—and the Spy It Needed. By Lauren Michele Jackson / The New Yorker
Black Music Sunday: Chicago and the urban electric blues. By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
The Unfinished Business of Michael K. Williams. By Saki Knafo / NYT
From 1973 till infinity: How LL COOL J is keeping hip-hop culture alive. By Adam Aziz / Andscape
When integration was front and center at the Little League World Series. By Chris Lamb / Andscape
Janet Hill, with a Hall of Fame son and an all-pro husband, was a selfless star. By Kevin B. Blackstone / Wash Post
Vanessa Bryant Is Suing L.A. County Over Kobe Bryant Crash Photos: What to Know. By Jonathan Abrams / NYT
LeBron James Agrees To New Contract That Will Him Make Highest-Paid NBA Player Ever. AP and HuffPost
Byron Allen’s HBCU Go streamer strikes deal with CBS stations to air HBCU football games. By Variety and NBC News
Watson Suspended 11 Games, Fined $5 Million in Sexual Misconduct Case. By Jenny Vrentas and Ken Belson / NYT
I Taught My 4th Grade Class About White Privilege And Their Response Was Eye-Opening. By Justin Mazzola / HuffPost
Race Inquiry Digest (Aug 29) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Is Martin Luther King’s dream still alive? By Peniel E. Joseph / CNN
How will the Inflation Reduction Act help Black communities? Garren Keith Gaynor / The Grio
St. Louis combats opioid crisis as overdose deaths skyrocket among Black Americans. By John Yang and Mike Fritz / PBS
Are Latino voters really moving right? The end of Roe may muddy the picture. By Salome Gomez-Upegui / The Guardian
Black Mississippi Residents Sue Police Department for Racial Harassment. By Kalyn Womack / The Root
2 Former Minneapolis Officers Say They Rejected Plea Deals In George Floyd Killing. By Steve Karnowski / HuffPost
Black farmers say Inflation Reduction Act reneges on promises. By Khristopher J. Brooks / ABC News
California becomes first state to break down Black employee data by lineage. By Jaclyn Diaz / NPR
Byron Allen aims to add more inclusion in the news and media industry through purchase of Black News Channel. By Claretta Bellamy / NBC News
Building Black Medical Schools. By Denise Hawkins / Diverse Issues in Higher Education
J. Deotis Roberts, a pioneer of Black theology, dies at 95. By Harrison Smith / Wash Post
Catholic Order Struggles to Raise $100 Million to Atone for Slave Labor. By Rachel L. Swan / NYT
Interfaith summit dreams of America as a potluck, not a battlefield. By Bob Smietana / RNS
The God I Know Is Not a Culture Warrior. By Tish Harrison Warren / NYT
American Democracy Was Never Designed to Be Democratic. By Louis Menand / The New Yorker
