Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Reparations can’t wait for Congress. Try the local option. By Robin Rue Simmons / Wash Post
Biden nominee would be first Black man to hold top federal prosecutor job in Manhattan. By Reuters / NBC News
Biden must act to get racism out of automated decision-making. By ReNika Moore / Wash Post
Racism, diversity in the military: Republicans ignore Black troops. By Anthony G. Brown / USA Today
Cleveland residents look to take police reform into their own hands. By Emmanuel Felton / Wash Post
Black Colleges, From the Start, Were Given Less and Expected to Do More. By Anthony Abraham Jack / NYT
Tuskegee descendants, hip-hop anthems and hustlers are all being deployed to convince Black people to get vaccinated. By Lonnae O’neal / The Undefeated
Gates Foundation awards $1 million to improve math education for Black students K-12. / The Grio
For Black Mothers, Joy Is a Weapon. By Leah Wright Rigueur / The Atlantic
No Common Ground” Makes the History of Confederate Monuments Clear By Eric Herschthal / The New Republic
The Black Reporter Who Exposed a Lie About the Atom Bomb. By William J. Broad / NYT
An Undersung Master of Jazz Gets His Day. By Sheldon Pearce / The New Yorker
Giannis Is What Happens When N.B.A. Dreams Come True. By Mirin Fader / NYT
$6M in NBA grants go to Black-owned businesses and youth-focused groups. By Curtis Bunn / NBC News
Olympic Gold Medalist Sherone Simpson and Sports Psychologist Dr. Candice Williams Weigh In on the Mental Fragility of Some Black Female Athletes. By Rae Williams / Atlanta Black Star
Coco Gauff’s tennis success has given her a platform. She wants to use it. By Liz Clarke / Wash Post
Follow the money: Understanding the deep roots of Donald Trump’s coup attempt. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
Race Inquiry Digest (Aug 19) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured 20 years ago Rep. Barbara Lee told America what would happen if we went into Afghanistan. By Lauren Floyd / Daily Kos
Race Inquiry Digest (Aug 16) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Obama poses a question that we still cannot answer. By John Blake / CNN
What’s Really Behind the 1619 Backlash? An Interview With Nikole Hannah-Jones and Ta-Nehisi Coates. By Ezra Klein / NYT Podcast
Narrowing the U.S. wealth gap is important. Narrowing the racial wealth gap is urgent. The Editorial Board / Wash Post
Our Families Fought for Civil Rights. Don’t Let Jim Crow Stand. By Myrlie Evers and Henry Scott Wallace / NYT
Jim Crow Republicans seek to repeat America’s dark history. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
Instead of ‘Defund the Police,’ Solve All Murders. By Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic
Biden Said He’d Cut Incarceration in Half. So Far, the Federal Prison Population Is Growing. By Samantha Michaels / Mother Jones
What Philadelphia Reveals About America’s Homicide Surge. By Alec MacGillis / Propublica
Nina Turner defeated by Democratic establishment — her loss is the oligarchy’s gain. By Norman Solomon / Salon
How Flint Closed the Gap Between Black and White Suffering Under COVID. By Edwin Rios / Mother Jones
New Black female editors at newspapers shatter journalism’s glass ceiling. By Rodney Brooks / The Undefeated
Gretchen Whitmer Says Kamala Harris Is Unfairly Treated Because of Race and Gender. By Steve Friess / Newsweek
