Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Tony Dungy’s life lesson about the Tuskegee Airmen and the meaning of humility. By William C. Rhoden / The Undefeated
By opposing Trump, activist athletes helped America rediscover its conscience. By Jerry Brewer / Wash Post
Baseball’s Black managers are celebrating Dave Roberts’ win and calling for change. By Michael Lee / Wash Post
At Augusta National, Not Talking About Race Is Tradition. By Karen Crouse / NYT
America’s Two Souls. Ibram X. Kendi / The Atlantic
Race Inquiry Digest (Nov 16) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Once a symbol of desegregation, Ruby Bridges’ school now reflects another battle engulfing public education. By Connie L. Schaffer, Matha Graham Viator and Meg…
We need to talk about the white people who voted for Donald Trump. By Fabiola Cineas and Anna North / Vox
How Black voters in key cities helped deliver the election for Joe Biden. By Janell Ross / NBC News
Juan González: The Media Has It Wrong. Record Latinx Turnout Helped Biden. White Voters Failed Dems. By Juan González / Democracy Now
Once again, Democrats have misunderstood minorities. By Fareed Zakaria / Wash Post
White Supremacy Is Baked Into Our Electoral System. By Melissa Harris-Perry and Dorian T. Warren / The Nation Podcast
Georgia preps for war with Senate majority on the line. By James Arkin, Andrew Desiderio and Elena Schneider / Politico
How Stacey Abrams and other Georgia activists laid the groundwork for 2020. By Emma Hinchliffe / Fortune
Georgia’s political shift – a tale of urban and suburban change. By Jan Nigman / The Conversation
Fox News, Murdoch-Owned Papers Urge Trump to ‘Leave Office With Dignity.’ By Benjamin Fearnow / Newsweek
‘We have to understand the motivation for why people hate,’ says former neo-Nazi leader. By KK Ottesen / Wash Post
Who Is AOC: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Her Rise to Political Power. By Michelle Ruiz / Vanity Fair
BLM Activists Demanded Police Accountability. In City After City, Voters Agreed. By Madison Pauly and Samantha Michaels / Mother Jones
Alabama votes to allow purge of racist constitutional language. By Brian Lyman / USA Today
Medical school students’ Hippocratic oath asks doctors to combat racism, misinformation. By Jacqueline Howard / CNN
Navy Has Few Black Admirals; Some Blame Discrimination. By Steve Walsh / NPR
The Visual Documentation of Racist Violence in America. By Mary Niall Mitchell /AAIHS
When a Kidnapping Ring Targeted New York’s Black Children. By Paul Sehgal / NYT
Voter suppression kept my grandfather from voting. It won’t stop me. By Otis Moss III / Wash Post
A Star of the ‘Raging Rooks,’ He Helped Change the Face of N.Y.C. Chess. By Joe Lemire / NYT
Trump demolished the walls between politics and sports. He might not like the result. By Jerry Brewer / NYT
The challenges of being a Black play-by-play announcer in the NBA. By Marc J. Spears / The Undefeated
The idea that “the country” is “deeply divided” is ludicrous. White people are divided. By Elie Mystal / The Nation
Race Inquiry Digest (Nov 12) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured America’s Two Souls. Ibram X. Kendi / The Atlantic
Be Ready for a Lengthy, Vicious Struggle. By Thomas B. Edsall / NYT
