Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
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
Why this “originalist” Supreme Court would disappoint the founders. By William M. Treanor / Slate
House passes protection for same-sex, interracial marriages with bipartisan support. By Marianna Sotomayor , Leigh Ann Caldwell and Paul Kane / Wash Post
Fake news speaks many languages, but it’s particularly fond of Spanish. By Lizette Alvarez / Wash Post
Philadelphia reaches a ‘devastating’ 300 homicides for the year. By Emily Shapiro / ABC News
Relatives of Breonna Taylor and Jacob Blake Went to Ohio to Protest. Then the Cops Came After Them. By Samantha Michaels / Mother Jones
Pro-Israel hardliners spend millions to transform Democratic primaries. By Chris McGreal / The Guardian
Senate Confirms Michelle Childs To Powerful D.C. Circuit Court Of Appeals. By Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost
After 246 years, Marines set for their first Black four-star general. By Rachel Chason and Dan Lamothe / Wash Post
The Gospel and All That Jazz. By Joy Marie Clarkson / Christianity Today
SCOTUS and the Catholic Authoritarian Vanguard. By Piotr H. Kosicki / The Nation
The White Liberals’ Burden. By Eve Fairbanks / The Atlantic
Excavation of graves begins at site of colonial Black church. By Ben Finley / Religion News
Emmett Till’s Chicago home will get historic preservation funds. By AP and NPR
When Tribal Nations Expel Their Black Members. By Philip Deloria / New Yorker
Poet Sonia Sanchez received the Edward MacDowell Medal. By Hillel Italie / PBS
