Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
John Lewis’s posthumous new graphic novel will be out this summer, in time for a new battle over voting rights. By Michael Cavna / Wash Post
The Black Woman Artist Who Crafted a Life She Was Told She Couldn’t Have. By Concepción de León / NYT
Sports Should Boycott Georgia. By Jemele Hill / The Atlantic
How Blowing Up College Sports Became a Rallying Cry for Some in Washington. By Alan Blinder / NYT
Don’t blame Facebook: How Fox News became the beating heart of the white nationalist movement. By Heather Digby Parton / Salon
Race Inquiry Digest (Apr 5) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Don Lemon Breaks Down Sobbing During Cornel West’s Searing Commentary on George Floyd and Police Violence. By Tommy Christopher / Mediaite
What Jim Crow looks like in 2021. By Nicole Hemmer / CNN
Republicans have taken up the politics of bigotry, putting US democracy at risk. By Robert Reich / The Guardian
Raised to identify as Black, Harris steps into role as a voice for Asian Americans amid rise in hate incidents. By David Nakamura / Wash Post
What Derek Chauvin’s trial in the death of George Floyd means for America. By Holly Bailey / Wash Post
Researchers put a number to the lives lost due to Trump’s mishandling of the pandemic: 400,000. By Mark Summer / Daily Kos
Trump tried to defund DOJ peacemakers used to ‘repair race relations.’ By Kevin Johnson / USA Today
Pelosi Names D.C. National Guard Commander As New House Sergeant-At-Arms. By Barbara Sprunt / NPR
A Volunteer Army’s Mission: Vaccinate Black People in the Rural South. By Andrew Jacobs / NYT
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says only 0.1 percent of Trump administration’s covid farm relief went to Black farmers. By Laura Reiley / Wash Post
Maryland to Pay Four Black Colleges $577 Million. By Douglas Belkin / WSJ
The Social Justice Purge at Idaho Colleges. By Michelle Goldberg / NYT
Evanston is the first U.S. city to issue slavery reparations. Experts say it’s a noble start. By Char Adams / NBC News
Ethnic studies pioneer Rudy Acuña on neoliberalism, Trump and the future of academia. By Jeff Biggers / Salon
I Survived 18 Years in Solitary Confinement. By Ian Manuel / NYT
Why don’t we treat Asian American history the way we treat Black history? By Michael Eric Dyson / Wash Post
Georgia voting: Why these slave narratives compiled after the Civil War are more relevant than ever. By Eva Rothenberg / CNN
The Life and Work of Mary Church Terrell. By Malaurie Pilatte / AAIHS
Sure, erase the names of history’s racists. That won’t undo their messes. By Noam Cohen / Wash Post
Charlottesville mayor’s poem about city, racism ‘hits nerve.’ By Ben Finley / AP and ABC News
Capturing how Aretha Franklin could “alchemize her pain into sonic gold.” By Melanie McFarland / Salon
With Captivating Performances, Black Figure Skaters Strike More Than Gold. By Patrice Peck / NYT
How Black Players Propelled Cleveland To A 1948 World Series Win. By Scott Simon / NPR
Charli Collier of Texas Honors Her Father’s Memory With Resilience. By Giullian R. Brassil / NYT
From prized QB to pariah: What don’t we know about the Deshaun Watson situation? By William C. Rhoden / The Undefeated
