Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Browns Quarterback Deshaun Watson is suspended for 6 games. By Bill Chappell / NPR
Trump Has Big Plans for 2025. By Thomas B. Edsall / NYT
Race Inquiry Digest (Aug 8) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Viktor Orbán laid out his dark worldview to the American right — and they loved it. By Zack Beauchamp / Vox
Beto O’Rourke raises Democrats’ hopes again in Texas. By Henry J. Gomez / NBC News
The most dangerous threat to America? White male entitlement. By Paul Waldman / Wash Post
‘Where Was The Training?’ Outrage Over Police Beating Of Young Black Man In Tennessee. By Phillip Jackson/ HuffPost
Wes Moore wins: Author to be Democratic nominee for Maryland governor. By Brian Witte / USA Today
Aftershock Documentary Explores Maternal Morbidity Crisis Facing Black Women. Tonya Lewis Lee and Paula Eiselt / Daily Beast Podcast
Court approves $11 million sale of the Black News Channel media group. By Christopher Cann / Tallahassee Democrat
What the history of ‘Judeo-Christian’ can teach us about fighting Christian nationalism. By Eboo Patel and Robert P. Jones / RNS
Let’s Talk About Race like Believers, Not Babel-ers. By Timothy Muehlhoff / Christianity Today
Kendrick Lamar’s new album reminds us that even prophets are fallible. By Andre Henry/RNS
Why Slavery is So Hard to Teach in Schools. By Giulia Heyward / Capital B
Racism, policing, politics and violence: How America in 2022 was shaped by 1964. By Robert S. Mcelvaine / Salon
Alethia Tanner Day honors enslaved woman who bought her freedom. By Omari Daniels / Wash Post
Duke Ellington Deserves the 1965 Pulitzer Prize. By John McWhorter / NYT
Henry Louis Gates Jr. announced as editor-in-chief of the new Oxford Dictionary of African American English. By Claretta Bellamy / NBC News
Give “Nope” director Jordan Peele credit for his impact on Black horror. By Noah Berlatsky/ NBC News
‘Black Panther 2’: Watch the Spectacular, Moving First Trailer. By Ethan Millman / Rolling Stone
How a 23-Year-Old Phenom Named Kingfish Became the Future of the Blues. By Carlo Rotella / Wash Post
The 1990s Denzel Mystery That Should’ve Launched a Franchise. By Dan Kois / Slate
Buck O’Neil’s induction into National Baseball Hall of Fame comes 16 years after snub. By Justice B. Hill / Andscape
Charles Barkley’s flirtation with LIV Golf is one big troll. By Dan Wolken / USA Today
Noah Lyles is ready for the moment. By Rick Maese , Adam Kilgore and Joe Moore / Wash Post
Jackie Robinson Made the Hall of Fame 60 Years Ago. His First Year in the Big Leagues Was Hell. By Ian Gordon / Mother Jones
Abortion, racism and guns: How white supremacy unites the right. By Tamara Kay and Susan L. Ostermann / Salon
