Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Black Music Sunday: The future of jazz looks bright, thanks to Black women around the world. By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
For a few minutes, we watched director Ryan Coogler endure the trauma of anti-Blackness. By Dante Stewart / Andscape
Brittney Griner’s Plight Says More About America Than Russia. By Jemele Hill / The Atlantic
Gregg Popovich’s biggest win was making America confront uncomfortable truths. By Etan Thomas / The Guardian
Deshaun Watson Won’t Face Criminal Charges in Houston Cases, Grand Jury Decides. By Jenny Vrentas and Kevin Draper / NYT
Brian Flores wants lawsuit against NFL heard in court. By AP and NBC News
Johnny Grier, N.F.L.’s First Black Referee, Dies at 74. By Richard Sandomir / NYT
LeBron Fandom, and the Making of a Friendship in ‘King James. By Sarah Bahr / NYT
Putin and Trump have convinced me: I was wrong about the 21st century. By Robert Reich / The Guardian
Race Inquiry Digest (Mar 17) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Polo Ralph Lauren Unveils HBCU Capsule Collection for Morehouse and Spelman Colleges. By Dan Heching / People
Supreme Court Rejects Legal Theory That Would Eviscerate Voting Rights – For Now. By Paul Blumenthal / HuffPost
Know Your Enemy: A Second Civil War? With Jamelle Bouie. Matthew Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell / Dissent Podcast
Are Latino Voters Actually Fleeing the Democratic Party? By Steve Phillips / the Nation
Emmett Till Antilynching Act heads to Biden’s desk. By Kiara Alfonseca / ABC News
Demanding That Ketanji Brown Jackson ‘Show Her Papers.’ By Charles M. Blow / NYT
Supreme Court Won’t Review Decision Freeing Bill Cosby From Prison. By Maryclaire Dale / HuffPost
Is Texas Sending Melissa Lucio to Die for a Crime That Never Happened? By Liliana Segur and Jordan Smith / The Intercept
Home prices could soar another 20% this year, but Black families are struggling to benefit. By Nicole Bachaud / CNN
Can the Christian right quit Putin? By Molly Olmstead / Slate
New Netflix docuseries ‘jeen-yuhs’ chronicles Kanye West’s belief in God and himself. By Emily McFarlan Mille / NCR
Black History Month is over. Thank goodness. By Cole Arthur Riley / Wash Post
The African American Origins of Modern Asylum. By Sean Gallagher / AAIHS
He Joined the Attica Prison Uprising. He Hopes a New Documentary Can Set the Record Straight. By Eamon Whalen / Mother Jones
2022 Finalists for the Pauli Murray Book Prize in Black Intellectual History. By AAIHS Editors
Panicked White People Tried To Ban Books In The ’80s, Too — With Jerry Falwell Leading The Way. By Fred L. Pincus / TPM
Samuel L. Jackson loves his job. CBS News
