Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
NAACP calls on professional athletes to not sign with Texas sports teams. By Jonathan Franklin / NPR
HBCU-Power Five partnerships seek to accomplish ‘more than just scheduling games.’ By Glenn A. Hill / Wash Post
New Netflix series on Kaepernick is a ‘springboard’ to conversations on race, privilege. By Amna Nawaz and Anne Azzi Davenport / NPR
Virginia governor race highlights irony of banning ‘Beloved’ from schools. By Dana A. Williams / NBC News
Glenn Youngkin Reaches for the Dogwhistle in the Election’s Final Week. By Timothy Noah / TNR
Why ‘Evangelical’ Is Becoming Another Word for ‘Republican.’ By Ryan Burge / NYT
Republicans, once hesitant to back Herschel Walker, rally to support football star and Senate candidate. By Eugene Scott / Wash Post
1 in 4 Jews in the U.S. experienced antisemitism in the last year, report says. By Joe Hernandez / NPR
Kyle Rittenhouse and the New Era of Political Violence. By Charles Homans / NYT Magazine
Judicial inquiry begins looking into Eric Garner’s death at hands of NYPD. ByKiara Alfonseca andAaron Katersky /ABC News
White House builds bridges with one of Black community’s most powerful groups. By Eugene Daniels / Politico
Latina economic expert, in new Treasury role, foster racial equity. By Nicole Acevedo / NBC News
Economic toll of COVID pandemic hits Black and Latino households hard. By Laurel Wamsley / NPR
Howard University students protest mold, rodents in campus dorms. By Maya Eaglin and Deon J. Hampton / NBC News
Why many Black employees don’t want to return to the office. By Khristopher J. Brooks / CBS News
Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen envision a more unified America. By Sharon Pruitt -Young, Audie Cornish, Matt Ozug and Courtney Dorning / NPR
A 19th-Century Law Dismantled The KKK. Now It Could Bring Down A New Generation Of Extremists. By Lyz Lenz / HuffPost
Nearly 100 Confederate Monuments Were Toppled Last Year. What Happened to Them? By Melissa Lyttle / Mother Jones
A White mob dragged a Black man from a Maryland jail in 1887. Now a memorial will mark the lynching. By Michael E. Ruane / Wash Post
Claudette Colvin was arrested in 1955 for refusing to give up her seat on a bus. Now she’s fighting to get her record expunged. By Devon M. Sayers / CNN
Black men in ‘Groveland Four’ case may get rape convictions, indictments dismissed. By Kiara Alfonseca / ABC News
A California Law School Reckons With the Shame of Native Massacres. By Thomas Fuller / NYT
The Fearlessness of Passing. By Charles Taylor / Dissent
TV Diversity Is Improving On Screen. Behind The Camera, It’s Still Mostly White And Male. By Marina Fog / HuffPost
Gil Scott-Heron changed my life – and his humane message still resonates. By Abdul Malik Al Nasir / The Guardian
‘Colin in Black & White’ and ‘Swagger’ review. By Brian Lowry / CNN
The N.F.L.’s Problems Are Bigger Than Gruden. By jane Coaston / NYT
Candace Parker brings the WNBA title home to Chicago with a Game 4 win over Phoenix. Kareen Copeland / Wash Post
The White Stuff: A Field Guide to White Supremacy. Brian Gilmore / The Progressive Magazine
Jen Senko on how Fox News brainwashed her dad — and is now prepping its audience for fascism. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
Race Inquiry Digest (Nov 4) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured American Psychological Association apologizes for contributing to systemic racism. By Nicole Chavez / CNN