Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
African American history museum adds a hockey exhibit, including a statue of Willie O’Ree. By Scott Allen / Wash Post
Simone Biles In Extreme Slow Motion Is Something Else. By Lee Moran /HuffPost
‘Nobody Wants White Kids to Feel Bad About Their Race.’ By Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic
Race Inquiry Digest (Jun 10) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Analysis: Obama and Trump intensify their battle over democracy. By Stephen Collinson / CNN
100 Experts Express ‘Growing Alarm’ That Republicans Are Endangering Democracy. By Josephine Harvey / HuffPost
Biden in Tulsa: “This Was Not a Riot. This Was a Massacre.” By Abigail Weinberg / Mother Jones
What Tulsa Can Teach Us. By Hannibal B. Johnson / NYT
The Tulsa Race Massacre was 100 years ago. But it’s not too late to pay reparations. By Chief Egunwale Amusan / NBC News
The Brewing Political Battle Over Critical Race Theory. By Barbara Sprunt / NPR
Obama Explains How America Went From ‘Yes We Can’ to ‘MAGA.’ By Ezra Klein / NYT Podcast
Black women’s next targets: Governorships and Senate seats. By Bill Barrow / AP and ABC News
The Promise and Pressures of Deb Haaland, the First Native American Cabinet Secretary. By Elizabeth Williamson / NYT
Donna Brazile, one of Fox News’ last remaining liberals, quietly leaves network. By Zachary Petrizzo / Salon
As graduates cheered, an HBCU president announced that their debt to the university was wiped away. By Jaclyn Peiser / Wash Post
Second Amendment is not about guns — it’s about anti-Blackness, a new book argues. By John Blake / CNN
Before Tulsa, this Georgia county forced out nearly all Black residents. By Ryann Young / CNN
The Reconstruction Origins of Black Wall Street. By Alexander E. Stern / AAIHS
Shot 55 years ago while marching against racism, James Meredith reminds us that powerful movements can include those with very different ideas. By Aram Goudsouzian / The Conversation
Katherine Johnson of ‘Hidden Figures’ tells her story in her own words. By Lisa Page / Wash Post
Service, patriotism and the promise of Black liberation. By E.J. Dionne Jr. / Wash Post
The Beautiful, Flawed Fiction of ‘Asian American.’ By Viet Thanh Nguyen / NYT
Exhibit explores ‘the national emergency of Black grief.’ By Julianne McShane / NBC News
Interracial couple representation in pop culture isn’t as progressive as we think. By Rebecca Theodore-Vachon / The Undefeated
‘Black Is Beautiful’ Beer By Black Brewer Helps Pour Money Into Social Justice Reform. By John Burnett / NPR
Naomi Osaka stands up for all athletes by refusing to be exploited at the cost of her mental health. By Kylie Cheung / Salon
After water bottle thrown toward Kyrie Irving in Boston, Nets star compares arena to ‘human zoo.’ By Des Bieler / Wash Post
NBA agent Rich Paul says white American athletes don’t want a Black agent. By Jack Baer / Yahoo Sports
Jim Crow Killed Voting Rights for Generations. Now the GOP Is Repeating History. By Ari Berman / Mother Jones
Race Inquiry Digest (Jun 7) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured ‘Nobody Wants White Kids to Feel Bad About Their Race.’ By Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic
Biden Calls Texas Voting Restrictions Bill ‘Un-American.’ By Chas Danner / New York Magazine
