Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Minority Entrepreneurs Struggled to Get Small-Business Relief Loans. By Stacy Cowley / NYT
Why Brown University students say it’s time for the school to offer reparations. By Randi Richardson / NBC News
How Chicago’s affordable housing system perpetuates city’s long history of segregation. By Safia Samee Ali / NBC News
White mobs rioted in Washington in 1848 to defend slaveholders’ rights after 76 Black enslaved people staged an unsuccessful mass escape on a boat. By Michael David Cohen / The Conversation
Nathan Bedford Forrest Day Still Observed In TN After Leg Stands Up For Slave Trader Again. By Matt Shuham / TPM
Why Paul Robeson’s Voice Still Rings True Today. By Tayo Aluko / The Progressive
Elderly Black Panther Has Been in Prison for Five Decades. By Natasha Lennard / The Intercept
Virginia Supreme Court clears the way for Charlottesville to take down statue of Robert E. Lee. By Gregory S. Schneider / Wash Post
Watch “Cynthia Erivo gives stirring performance of ‘Stand Up’” on YouTube
Why Hollywood is finally trying to tell slain Black Panther Fred Hampton’s story. By P.R. Lockhart / NBC News
Concrete Cowboy’ review: Dynamite teamwork of Elba and McLaughlin keeps you riveted. By Peter Travers / GMA
Did racism kill Jackie Robinson? By Tamra Burns Loeb, Alicia Morehead-Gee and Derek Novacek / The Conversation
Cleveland Indians ban Native American-themed face paint and headdresses at home games. By Des Bieler / Wash Post
Supreme Court Seems Ready to Back Payments to Student-Athletes. By Adam Liptak / NYT
‘Black coaches matter’ gains momentum as a peaceful and powerful movement. By Jamal Murphy / The Undefeated
How Steph Curry plans to show solidarity with the Asian community in Atlanta. By Nick Depaula / The Undefeated
Deshaun Watson lawsuits: 18 therapists defend Texans QB’s conduct. By Tom Schad / USA Today
Don Lemon Breaks Down Sobbing During Cornel West’s Searing Commentary on George Floyd and Police Violence. By Tommy Christopher / Mediaite
Race Inquiry Digest (Apr 8) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured If It’s Not Jim Crow, What Is It? Georgia’s new voting law has to be understood in its own peculiar historical context. By Jamelle Bouie…
Joe Biden is a war president — fighting plague, economic crisis and fascism. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
The Fate of Biden’s Agenda Hangs in the Balance. By Thomas B. Edsall / NYT
Black Executives Call on Corporations to Fight Restrictive Voting Laws. By Andrew Ross Sorkin and David Gelles / NYT
Biden Names Diverse Nominees for the Federal Bench. By Carl Hulse and Michael D. Shear / NYT
Asian Americans Report More Threats, Harassment During Pandemic. By Ying Liu / US News
No jury should accept that Derek Chauvin was doing what he was trained to do. By the Editorial Board / Wash Post
One home, many generations: States addressing Covid risk among families. By April Simpson, Susan Ferriss, Taylor Johnston and Pratheek Rebala / NBC News
North Carolina Case Tests State’s Commitment to Racial Justice. By Jacob Biba / The Intercept
In former Klan country, one Black woman decides she’s had enough. By Rebecca Tan / Wash Post
The Painful History of the Georgia Voting Law. By Jason Morgan Ward / NYT
Four Confederate statues once stood as Baltimore landmarks. Now their pedestals stand ready to send new messages. By Jonathan M. Pitts / Wash Post
