Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Investigative reporter David Neiwert: Rittenhouse verdict a “green light for right-wing extremists.” By Chauncey Devega / Salon
Report finds democracy is declining in the U.S. with Trump, Capitol attack cited. By Mano Sundaresan and Amy Isackson / NPR
Andre Dickens Elected Mayor of Atlanta. By Rachel Pilgrim / The Root
Bill Cosby: Supreme Court asked to review overturned conviction. By Maria Puente / USA Today
How the Real Estate Boom Left Black Neighborhoods Behind. By Vanessa Gregory / NYT
What to know about the trial of ex-officer Kim Potter, who killed Daunte Wright. By Becky Sullivan / NPR
After Ahmaud Arbery’s Death, This Group Demanded Change. By Margaret Coker / Wash Post
CDC says Black, Latino bisexual and gay men have higher HIV rates. By Gabriela Miranda / USA Today
Carrie Meek, Pioneering Black Former Congresswoman, Dies. By Freida Frisaro / HuffPost
Enslaved Women’s Sexual Health: Reproductive Rights as Resistance. By Crystal Webster / AAIHS
An Alabama city is facing a $25,000 fine for changing a street named after Jefferson Davis. By Christina Zdanowicz / CNN
Josephine Baker is inducted into the French Pantheon. By Eleanor Beardsley / NPR
Virgil Abloh, famed fashion designer, dies of cancer at 41. By Justin Carissimo / CBS News
‘He’s not the king of the world’: Venus and Serena Williams’ half-sister says ‘King Richard’ only tells ‘half the story.’ By Ashley Turner / Yahoo News
Lee Elder, Who Broke a Golf Color Barrier, Dies at 87. By Richard Goldstein / NYT
Rittenhouse, McMichaels verdicts show limits of NBA progressivism. By Martenzie Johnson / The Undefeated
The Teenagers Getting Six Figures to Leave Their High Schools for Basketball. By Bruce Schoenfeld / NYT
The Missing Voices In The Panic Over Critical Race Theory. By Melinda D. Anderson / HuffPost
Race Inquiry Digest (Dec 9) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Joe Louis’ decision to fight for the segregated Navy was deeply unpopular — until Pearl Harbor was bombed. By Randy Roberts / The Undefeated
Why race didn’t enter the trial over Ahmaud Arbery’s murder. By Fabiola Cineas / Vox
In Minneapolis Schools, White Families Are Asked to Help Do the Integrating. By Sarah Mervosh / NYT
After Rittenhouse, protesters are asking: What about sex-trafficking victim Chrystul Kizer? By Anne Branigin and and Jessica Contrera / The Lilly
White women backed Glenn Youngkin for Virginia governor. That shouldn’t have come as a surprise, experts say. By Karina Elwood / Wash Post
Judge vacates death sentences of Pervis Payne, who was to be executed for a crime he says he didn’t commit. By Dakin Andone / CNN
W.E.B. Du Bois’ only grandchild, Yolande Du Bois Irvin, dies at 89. By Felix Carroll / The Berkshire Eagle
$3 million Maryland grant will tackle colleges’ leadership ‘caste system. By Lauren Laumpkin / Wash Post
