Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
New stamps honor Japanese American vets, Chinese American physicist. By Saloni Gajjar / NBC News
Southern history textbooks: A long history of deception. By Brian Lynn / Montgomery Advertiser
VMI removes statue of Confederate Gen. Stonewall Jackson after long resistance. By Ian Shapiro / Wash Post
Review | Black America, White violence and generations of unhealed wounds. By Michael A. Fletcher / Wash Post
Reviving a Crop and an African-American Culture, Stalk by Stalk. By Kim Severson and Photographs by Rinne Allen / NYT
August Wilson, American Bard. By Maya Phillips / NYT
2 Major Movies and a Life Shadowed by Pain and Perfectionism. By Jenna Marotta / NYT
Mariah Carey Might Be As Close to Pop Perfection As We Get. By Craig Jenkins / New York Vulture
In ‘Red White, and Blue,’ Steve McQueen Exhibits One of His Most Exciting Modes as a Director: Cool Anger. By K. Austin Collins / Rolling Stone
Inside the cottage industry trying to revive Aunt Jemima and other brands with racist roots. By Beth Kowitt / Fortune
In His Autobiography, the College Basketball Giant John Thompson Is Plainspoken and Profound. By Dwight Garner / NYT
Naomi Osaka 2020 Sportsperson of the Year activist athlete – Sports Illustrated. By Martina Navratilova / SI
President Barack Obama Talks to Jesmyn Ward About A Promised Land / Vanity Fair
Race Inquiry Digest (Dec 14) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured The Spiritual Tradition of Black Folk Finds Expression in the Candidacy of Raphael Warnock. By Otis Moss III / Wash Post
Why the Trumpists’ Calls for Dictatorship Should Worry Us. By Sasha Abramsky / The Nation
Georgia Senate runoff: The GOP is the party of civil war. By William Saletan / Slate
Obama’s Curious Cautiousness. By Charles M. Blow / NYT
Biden’s New Top Economist Has a Longtime Focus on Workers. By Jim Tankersley and Jeanna Smialek / NYT
Kamala Harris is on the cusp of power, but has to tread carefully. By Noah Bierman / LA Times
Bryan Stevenson Wins “Alternative Nobel”: We Must Overturn This Horrific Era of Mass Incarceration. By Amy Goodman / Democracy Now
Wisconsin’s not so white anymore – and in some rapidly diversifying cities like Kenosha there’s fear and unrest. By John M. Eason et al. / The Conversation
Race, Violence, and Resistance in Puerto Rico. By Don S. Polite Jr. / AAIHS
The Voice of Black America? By Rachelle Hampton / Slate
Grand Master Jay, founder of all-Black armed activist group, faces federal charge after FBI says he aimed a rifle at officers. By Amir Vera and Rebekah Riess / CNN
Racial disparities create obstacles for Covid-19 vaccine rollout. By Alicia Victoria Lozano / NBC News
Brandon Bernard Is Scheduled To Be Executed. 5 Jurors Who Sentenced Him Don’t Think He Should Die. By Jessica Schulberg / HuffPost
Facebook to start policing anti-Black hate speech more aggressively than anti-White comments, documents show. By Elizabeth Dwoskin, Nitasha Tiku and Heather Kelly / Wash Post
Democrats Push ‘Abolition Amendment’ To Fully Erase Slavery From U.S. Constitution. By Brakkton Booker / NPR
Indian Country Has Entered a Devastating New Phase of the Pandemic. By Delilah Friedler / Mother Jones
Montgomery Bus Boycott: The WPC and Black women’s leadership today. By Safiya Charles / Montogomery Advertiser
