Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
In a setback for Black Lives Matter, mayoral campaigns shift to ‘law and order.’ By Tim Craig / Wash Post
NY Attorney General Letitia James announces run for governor. By Aaron Katersky / ABC News
D.C. statehood is a voting rights issue. By Michael D. Brown / Wash Post
Ideologues exist on the left and the right. Only one side threatens the country. By Michael Gerson / Wash Post
Fighting to preserve Trump’s legacy: Manchin and Sinema cement his only legislative achievement. By Heather Digby Parton / Salon
Families Of Charleston Shooting Victims Reach $88 Million Settlement With Justice Dept. By Sarah Ruiz-Grossman and Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost
For Black and Latino gun owners, being armed “evens the playing field.” By Grace Baek / CBS News
How Big Tobacco made menthol racial. By Mary Elizabeth Williams / Salon
Atlanta, long known as the seat of Black economic and political power, votes on its future in mayoral election. By Tim Craig and Vanessa Williams / Wash Post
Derek Chauvin jurors speak out for first time about George Floyd’s murder. By Ray Sanchez / CNN
Kids were fighting in school. Dads began patrolling campus, and the violence stopped. By Sydney Page / Wash Post
Facing Up to the Racist Legacy of America’s Immigration Laws. By Reece Jones / NYT
How the Attica prison uprising started — and why it still resonates today. By Dave Davies / NPR
Torpedoing Black Radicalism: The Case of Hugh Mulzac. By Tony Pecinovsky / AAIHS
“If Black Women Were Free”: An Oral History of the Combahee River Collective. By Marian Jones / The Nation
Debate over teaching books by Black authors has roots in violent 1974 clash in West Virginia. By Sarah Posner / Wash Post
Yes, anti-lynching laws are mostly symbolic. That’s what makes them important. By Theodore R. Johnson / Wash Post
They put a spell on us: Black musicians and spooky tunes for Halloween. By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
Jay-Z Is Inducted Into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. By Jon Blistein / Rolling Stone
At World Series, Atlanta Finally Gets Its Tribute to Hank Aaron. By David Waldstein / NYT
NAACP calls on professional athletes to not sign with Texas sports teams. By Jonathan Franklin / NPR
HBCU-Power Five partnerships seek to accomplish ‘more than just scheduling games.’ By Glenn A. Hill / Wash Post
New Netflix series on Kaepernick is a ‘springboard’ to conversations on race, privilege. By Amna Nawaz and Anne Azzi Davenport / NPR
Virginia governor race highlights irony of banning ‘Beloved’ from schools. By Dana A. Williams / NBC News
Glenn Youngkin Reaches for the Dogwhistle in the Election’s Final Week. By Timothy Noah / TNR
Why ‘Evangelical’ Is Becoming Another Word for ‘Republican.’ By Ryan Burge / NYT
