Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Louisiana Supreme Court upholds Black man’s life sentence for stealing hedge clippers. By Kay Jones and Leah Asmelash / CNN
Lakers’ LeBron James talks Malcolm X and Donald Trump-Goodyear feud. By Mark Medina / USA Today
Here’s What Critics Are Saying About Tenet. By Marissa Martinelli / Slate
“A Change Is Gonna Come” Has a Long History in Politics. By Dan Adler / Vanity Fair
Barack Obama Delivers a Jeremiad. By David W. Blight / NYT
Race Inquiry Digest (Aug 27) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – Isabel Wilkerson, the author of “Caste,” speaks. An interview by Ezra Klein / Vox
Why women’s suffrage matters for Black people. By Angela P. Dodson / The Undefeated
2020 Is the Struggle Between Racial Liberalism and Racial Conservatism. By Thomas B. Edsall / NYT
Donald Trump didn’t invent vote suppression — he’s just taking it to the next level. By Heather Digby Parton / Salon
The Contours of Atlanta’s Policing Debate. Why most of the city’s Black council members shot down a proposal to defund the police. By George Chidi / The Intercept
“Racism may target Black people, but it damns a democracy and it damns humanity.” By Sean Illing / Vox
Residential segregation plays a role in coronavirus disparities, study finds. By Venessa Williams / Wash Post
What MLK and Malcolm X would do today. By Sean Illing / Vox
Postal Service cuts imperil ladder to middle class for many Black Americans. By Eleanor Mueller and Kelllie Mejdrich / Politico
Black babies more likely to live when treated by Black doctors: Study finds. By N’dea Yancey-Bragg / USA Today
Philadelphia’s deadly MOVE bombing: Why we can’t settle for apologies now. By Mike Africa Jr. / Salon
The Untold Story of the Black Marines Charged With Mutiny at Sea. By John Ismay / NYT
Clemson historians searched for unmarked graves. They found dozens for enslaved people owned by a U.S. vice president. By Jaclyn Peiser / Wash Post
New law requires students to complete ethnic studies to graduate from California State University. By Phil Helsel / NBC News
“Lovecraft Country” star: “It’s a shame that men and women are being accosted and lynched” today. By D. Watkins / Salon
Toots Hibbert: A Reggae King Rises Again. By Jason Fine / Rolling Stone
The historic hiring of Jason Wright, the NFL’s first Black team president. By Jason Reid / The Undefeated
Baseball is honoring the Negro Leagues. It needs to explain why they existed. By Kevin B. Blackstone / Wash Post
Michelle Obama’s Unmatched Call to Action at the Democratic National Convention. By Doreen St. Felix / The New Yorker
Race Inquiry Digest (Aug 24) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – Barack Obama Delivers a Jeremiad. By David W. Blight / NYT
Does America Need a Truth and Reconciliation Commission? By Sarah Souli / Politico
Kamala Harris and history: With America at a crossroads, her role will be crucial. By Chauncey DeVega / Salon
Indians should use the historic VP selection of Kamala Harris to reckon with our own anti-Blackness. By Sharmita Sen / Wash Post
Shirley Chisholm’s historic presidential run helped lead to this moment. By Li Zhou / Vox
Trump, Biden and race: A history. Two men shaped by a different era are vying to lead America through a reckoning. By JM Rieger / Wash Post
