Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Special elections ordered for Mississippi Supreme Court after voting rights violation. By Ap and NPR
How the Trump Administration Is Quietly Resegregating the American Workforce. By Madiba K. Dennie / TPM
How the GOP abuses its white Republican base. By Thom Hartmann / Alternet
Ramaswamy Challenges Conservatives on Surging Bigotry on the Right. By Pooja Salhotra / NYT
Black Men Are Committing Suicide at an Alarming Rate, But This Is How To Help. By Lawrence Ware / The Root
Racial Harassment of Students Ignored by Trump’s Department of Education. By Jennifer Smith Richards, Megan O’Matz and Jodi S. Cohen / Propublica
Black Students Face Racism In Texas Schools With No Support. By Joe Jurado / Newsone
The Confederacy Goes on Trial, Along With Schools Named Jackson and Lee. By Clyde McGrady / NYT
Venezuela Is on the Verge of a Major Humanitarian Tragedy. By James North / TNR
’60 Minutes’ segment on Trump immigration policy accidentally airs online. By Safiyah Riddle / PBS
In Gaza, another winter of despair. By Ishaan Tharoor / Wash Post
What I Saw at a Maternity Ward in Kenya After the U.S. Cut Off Food and Foreign Aid. By Anna Maria Barry-Jester / Propublica
Ghana’s president urged to rally African leaders behind push for slavery reparations. By Catarina Demony / MSN
“A path toward others”: Pope Leo calls for peace and welcoming immigrants with compassion. By CK Smith / Salon
JD Vance, playing unifier, declares the US ‘a Christian nation.’ By Mark Silk / RNS
What We Get Wrong About Christian Nationalism. By Molly Worthen / NYT
Conservatives Want the Antebellum Constitution Back. By Adam Serwer / The Atlantic
Freedom for Christmas: the extraordinary journey of an enslaved woman to Britain. By Genevieve Johnson / The Conversation
Andrew Johnson’s 1868 Christmas pardon shows how forgiveness and politics collide. By CK Smith / Salon
Kennedy Center’s Christmas Eve jazz canceled after Trump renaming. By Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill
‘Say It Louder’: Dave Chappelle Torches the Charlie Kirk–MLK Jr. Comparison — Then Drops One Line That Stops People Cold.
Stop Calling Me ‘Blackie!’ How Colorism Nicknames Still Wreak Havoc on Beautiful Black Women. By Asheea Smith / The Root
A’ja Wilson, ‘Sinners,’ Shedeur Sanders and more. Here’s our favorite sports and pop culture moments from 2025. By Sheila Matthews, Justin Tinsley and David Dennis Jr. / Andscape
Los Angeles Lakers guard Marcus Smart’s foundation is fighting cancer, empowering inner-city youth. By Marc J. Spears / Andscape
Lions fan speaks out after altercation with Steelers star. By Ryan Gaydos / Fox Sports
Black Faith and the Heresy of Christian Nationalism. By Ronald J. Sheehy, Editor / On Race in America
On Race in America (Jan 3) – Stories, Insight and Perspective
Featured A New Year, and the Shape of Hope (2026-2028). By Ronald J. Sheehy, Editor / On Race in America