Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Chris Dickerson, champion bodybuilder and first Black Mr. America, dies at 82. By Harrison Smith / Wash Post
Michael Jordan’s teammate takes issue with Scottie Pippen portrayal. By Scooby Axson / USA Today
American Democracy is Only 55 Years Old – And Hanging by a Thread. By Van R. Newkirk / The Atlantic
Race Inquiry Digest (Jan 17) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday and Jan. 6 offer two competing visions for America. By John Blake / CNN
Joe Biden’s January 6 Speech Is a Turning Point For His Presidency. By Walter Shapiro / TNR
A second civil war: One year after Trump’s violent insurrection, how worried should we be? By Amanda Marcotte / Salon
Republican legislatures want to jam through more voting restrictions ahead of 2022 midterms. Igor Derysh / Salon
Imagine another America: One where Black or brown people had attacked the Capitol. By Chauncey DeVega / Salon
Michelle Obama wades into 2022 election cycle, urging Americans to ‘Fight For Our Vote.’ By Rachel Janfaza / CNN
Hate Crimes Trial In Arbery Killing To Put Racism Front And Center By Russ Bynum / HuffPost
Why Did Keisha Lance Bottoms Quit? By Zak Cheney-Rice / NY Magazine
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Randall Kennedy Says It Loud. By Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins / The Nation
Pioneering Civil Rights Lawyer Lani Guinier Dead At 71. Jessica Gresko and Gary Fields / HuffPost
Even in this time of fear, HBCUs continue the African American spiritual tradition of hope. By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
How Christian nationalism drove the insurrection: A religious history of Jan. 6. By Kathryn Joyce / Salon
Major GOP donor sends mass email tying Jews to vaccine genocide conspiracy. By Aldous J Pennyfarthing / Daily Kos
Idaho church window once depicting Robert E. Lee now honors Black female bishop. By Adelle M. Banks / RNS
In praise of Archbishop Gómez’s anti-racism. By Charles C. Camosy / Religion News
Earth: One of God’s failed experiments? By Thomas Reese / RNS
Martin Luther King, Jr.,’s History Lessons. By Jelani Cobb / The New Yorker
U.S.’ oldest surviving WWII veteran, Lawrence Brooks, has died at the age of 112. By Walter Einenkel / Daily Kos
The two Kentucky CRT bills: Only white history allowed. By Berry Craig / Daily Kos
The Power of Reclaiming My Asian Name. By Marian Chia-Ming Liy / Wash Post
‘If not us, then who?’: inside the landmark push for reparations for Black Californians. By Vivian Ho / The Guardian
The Vitality of Black Criticism. By Daphne A. Brooks / NYT
