Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Where are the people of color at the Winter Olympics? By Chris Bumbaca / USA Today
Monumental’s Sashi Brown stepping down to become Baltimore Ravens president. By Kareem Copeland / Wash Post
Whoopi Goldberg’s baffling claim forced many to ask tough questions about race and identity in the US. By Brandon Tensley / CNN
Race Inquiry Digest (Feb 10) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Donald Trump’s fantasies of racial violence reflect an all-too-real history. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
When All-White Was All Right. By Charles M. Blow / NYT
Trump escalates racist rhetoric at recent rallies and plays on white grievance. By Domenico Montanaro / NPR
Glenn Youngkin’s No-Guilt History of Virginia for Fragile White People. By Dana Milbank / Wash Post
Mitch McConnell’s moment of truth: For many whites, Black people aren’t real “Americans.” By Chauncey Devega / Salon
Bomb Threats Made To Historically Black Schools Across U.S. By AP and HuffPost
Georgia’s Stacey Abrams raised $9.25 million in governor bid. By AP and ABC News
Black communities are most victimized by gun violence. Too often it’s assumed we are to blame. By Gregory Jackson Jr. / The Guardian
Anti-Asian hate crimes increased 339 percent nationwide last year, report says. By Kimmy Yam / NBC News
Cervical cancer kills Black women at a disproportionately higher rate than whites. By Alana Wise / NPR
What the SAT’s waning relevance really tells us. By Nicole Hemmer / CNN
California could pay Black Americans reparations after 2023. By Orlando Mayorquin / USA Today
Black neighborhoods at risk as climate change accelerates flooding. By Patrick Galey / NBC News
Leonard Peltier is America’s longest-held Indigenous prisoner. He should be freed. By Janene Yazzie and Nick Estes
The Supreme Court’s Christian conservative revolution is upon us. By Ian Millhiser / Vox
First African American picked for key Southern Baptist Convention post. AP and NPR
Josephine Baker’s life asks Catholics to imagine new ways to respect all — especially Black women. By Patrick Saint-Jean / NCR
ABC Suspends Whoopi Goldberg Over Holocaust Comments. By Jenny Gross and Neil Vigdor / NYT
The Racial Politics of Demobilizing USCT Regiments. By Holly A. Pinheiro, Jr / AAIHS
The story behind Black History Month — and why it’s celebrated in February. By Jonathan Franklin / NPR
Family trees fill in the gaps for Black people seeking their ancestral roots. By Curtis Bunn / NBC News
Remembering Harry T. Moore, a forgotten fighter for civil rights. By Greg Allen / NPR
Lorraine Hansberry was ahead of her time. By Wendy Smith / Wash Post
