Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
The Artists Turning Nina Simone’s Childhood Home Into a Creative Destination. By Adam Bradley / NYT
Jamaican Leaders Shun Prince William, Kate Middleton Visit, Demand Slavery Reparations. By Danica Coto / HuffPost
Deion Sanders names the NFL teams not at Jackson State pro day. By Khari Thompson / USA Today
Detained WNBA star Brittney Griner in ‘good condition’ in Russia says U.S. State Department official. By The Athletic Staff
In his 19th season, LeBron James is more aware than ever of his place in NBA history. By Candace Buckner / Wash Post
Booker brings out emotion during Jackson hearing. By Myah Ward / Politico
Race Inquiry Digest (Mar 28) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Hillary Clinton: Madeleine Albright Warned Us, and She Was Right / NYT
Senate Republicans Plot Ugly Attacks On Ketanji Brown Jackson For Gitmo Work. By Jessica Schulberg / HuffPost
Florida Republicans are living in a Trumped-up dystopia — and everyone’s invited. By Lizette Alvarez / Wash Post
Mail Ballot Rejections Surge in Texas, With Signs of a Race Gap. By Nick Corasaniti / NYT
How the Census Undercount Leaves Communities of Color Worse Off. By Adam Mahoney / Mother Jones
What Racism Taught an American Journalist About Covering the War. By Ruby Cramer / Politico
Watch “Minneapolis Public School Teachers Strike (A Black Perspective)”. By Ralph Crowder / You Tube
UNCF to launch HBCUv online learning platform targeting Black colleges. By The Grio Staff
Calling Asians ‘robotic’ is a racist stereotype with a long, troubled history. By Long T. Bui / The Conversation
Is gun ownership among Black Americans driving up suicide rates? By Alex Smith / KCUR
Black adult hospitalizations reached a pandemic high during the omicron wave, CDC study finds. Akilah Johnson / Wash Post
Number of Hispanic Serving Institutions falls as pandemic cuts Latino enrollment. By Suzanne Gamboa / NBC News
Where State Farm Sees ‘a Lot of Fraud,’ Black Customers See Discrimination. By Emily Flitter / NYT
Researchers warn that Christian nationalists are becoming more radical and are targeting voting. By Michelle Boorstein / Wash Post
Ketanji Brown Jackson knows what it means to ‘act justly and love mercy. By Barbara Williams-Skinner / RNS
Nikole Hannah-Jones, ‘1619 Project’ author, recalls struggles of attending Notre Dame. By Catherine M. Odell / NCR
The Story Behind James Brown’s Rikers Island Show. By Billy Heller / NYT
‘The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois’ wins book critics award. By AP and The Grio
Portraits on the Wall. By Tiana Reid / Dissent
What Should We Do About Kanye West? Maybe…Nothing. By Inye Komonibo / Refinery 29
