Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
‘You Don’t Belong Here’: Young Black Hockey Players Reveal the Racism They Experienced On the Ice, Player Made ‘Monkey Noises’ and Hurled Racial Slurs. By Ashley Turner / Atlanta Black Star
Coco Gauff Wins a Title. And Then She Wins Another. By Christopher Clarey / NYT
How do Americans feel about the anthem at sporting events? It depends which Americans you ask. By Michael Lee, Scott Clement and Emily Guskin / Wash Post
The Phoenix Suns Are Chris Paul’s Latest Project. By Scott Cacciola / NYT
America’s right-wing political monsters are real — and they are coming for you. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
Race Inquiry Digest (May 27) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured The Party of White Grievance Has Never Cared About Democracy. By Steve Phillips / The Nation
In aftermath of Andrew Brown’s killing, echoes of North Carolina’s awful history of scapegoating Black people. By William Barber and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove / CNN
NPR Poll: Race, Discrimination, Policing, Chauvin Verdict. By Domenico Montanaro / NPR
Democrats confront reality on voting rights: Congress probably isn’t coming to the rescue. By Mike DeBonis / Wash Post
Rep. Liz Cheney Calls Trump A ‘Continuing Danger,’ Urges Unity Against Him. By Nina Golgowski / HuffPost
Florida Rep. Val Demings planning to run for Senate against GOP’s Marco Rubio. By Rachel Scott / ABC News
Ed Gainey to Become Pittsburgh’s First Black Mayor As Bill Peduto Concedes. By Jack Dutton / Newsweek
How Kamala Harris became a victim of the barriers she broke. By Anita Kumar / Politico
After Helping Her Husband Gain Freedom, Maya Moore Savors Her Own. By Kurt Streeter / NYT
Hate crime bill propelled by anti-Asian attacks passes House, awaits Biden’s signature. By Sarah D. Wire / LA Times
After she concealed her race, Black Indianapolis owner’s home value more than doubled. By Antonio Planas / NBC News
UT-Austin’s Latino enrollment reflects Hispanic progress, legacy of racism. By Suzanne Gamboa / NBC News
Tulsa race massacre survivors, advocates testify before House committee. By AP and PBS
Examining the American Medical Association’s racist history and its overdue reckoning. Yamiche Alcindor and Claire Mufson / PBS
From Charleston to Minneapolis, America grapples with symbols of slave-owning past. By Kimeko McCoy / The Undefeated
The Achievement of Barry Jenkins’s “The Underground Railroad.” By Doreen St. Félix / The New Yorker
White supremacists attacked Johnny Cash for marrying a ‘Negro’ woman. But was his first wife Black? By Sydney Trent / Wash Post
Breaking up with your favorite racist childhood classic books. By Valerie Strauss / Wash Post
‘Respect’: Trailer for Aretha Franklin Biopic. By Daniel Kreps / Rolling Stone
‘What’s Going On’ at 50 – Marvin Gaye’s Motown classic is as relevant today as it was in 1971. By Tyina Steptoe / The Conversation
Dawn Richard, ‘Second Line’: Album Review. By Jon Dolan / Rolling Stone
The Making of ‘High on the Hog,’ Bringing Black Food History to TV. By Kim Severson / NYT
Life Lessons from Georgetown’s Basketball Coach John Thompson. By Maurice Jackson / AAIHS
Even with the recent push for diversity, fewer Black coaches getting top FBS head-coaching jobs. By Adam Rittenberg / The Undefeated
How Naomi Osaka Became Everyone’s Favorite Spokesmodel. By Sheila Marikar / NYT
