Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Race Inquiry Digest (Aug 4) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Trump Has Big Plans for 2025. By Thomas B. Edsall / NYT
Race Inquiry Digest (Vacation from 7/26 – 8/4)
Race Inquiry Digest (Jul 25) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Jackie Robinson Made the Hall of Fame 60 Years Ago. His First Year in the Big Leagues Was Hell. By Ian Gordon / Mother…
Race Inquiry Digest (Jul 21) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Legal Scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw: We Must Reclaim Critical Race Theory from Right-Wing Fearmongering / Democracy Now
We Are Political Hostages. By Charles M. Blow / NYT
If Herschel Walker wins in Georgia, America will have lost its mind. By Eugene Robinson / Wash Post
Republicans’ gains among Latinos reflect Democrats’ shift in values. By Alexis Martinez Johnson / USA Today
“White life” and the fascist movement: Hey, at least they’re being honest. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
Detroit limits use of cash bail, aiming to relieve racial inequality. By Aaron Morrison / Christian Science Monitor
Democratic Lawmakers Ask Biden To Support Overturning Racist Court Precedents. By Paul Blumenthal / HuffPost
H.R. 40, the federal bill to study reparations, appears stalled once again. By Jesse Washington / Andscape
Episcopalians approve fact-finding commission on Indigenous boarding schools. By Emily McFarlan Miller / Religion News
Native American Pastor Leads Southern Baptists to Decry Forced Conversions. By Aiden Hobson / Christianity Today
So where did all this right-wing religious nuttery come from? By Thom Hartmen / Salon
The Right’s Antisemitism Problem—and the Left’s. By David Masciotra / The Bulwark
US Military Bases Honoring Confederate Figures Slated to Get New Names. By Dora Mekouar / VOA News
Aretha Franklin’s $7.8 million tax debt paid, sons look to take reins. By Brian McCollum / Detroit Free Press
July Cover: Martin Lawrence. By Ronda Racha Penrice / Ebony
Nipsey Hussle’s legacy inspires 3 years after his murder. By AP and NBC News
NBA to pay former ABA players $24.5 million under new pension program. By Dana Hunsinger Benbow / USA Today
Why Jeremy Lin hopes for more than ‘the next Jeremy Lin or Yao Ming.’ By Max Gao / NBC News
Condoleezza Rice added to new Broncos ownership group. By Pat Graham / ABC News
Wimbledon Needs More Arthur Ashe Moments, On and Off the Court. By Kurt Streeter / NYT
Jan. 6 committee’s Bennie Thompson, a historic Black lawmaker, sees echoes of America’s ‘dark history.’ By Kyla Guilfoil / ABC News
Race Inquiry Digest (Jul 18) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Jan. 6 hearings: A national civics lesson on the dangers of fascism. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
The Self-Fulfilling Prophecies of Clarence Thomas. By Corey Robin / New Yorker
