Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
‘Muhammad Ali’ Explores the Many Layers of ‘the Greatest.’ By Finn Cohen / NYT
Black quarterbacks are taking over the NFL. But there’s still more ground to gain. By Michael Lee / Wash Post
Carmelo Anthony Still Feels Like He’s Proving Himself. By Vinson Cunningham / The New Yorker
George W. Bush compares violent domestic extremists to 9/11 terrorists. By Sarah Elbeshbishi / USA Today
Biden vowed to make racial justice the heart of his agenda – is it still beating? By Lauren Gambino / The Guardian
Black Lives Matter: How far has the movement come? By Kwasi Konadu and Bright Gyamfi / The Conversation
From ‘Ku Kluxism’ to Trumpism. By Charles M. Blow / NYT
The South’s Republicans Talk About Freedom While People Die. By Margaret Renkl / NYT
Why America needs the Black church for its own survival. By Charlie Dates / Wash Post
Black cop shoots white woman: The saga of Michael Byrd and Ashli Babbitt. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
There’s a straight line from US racial segregation to the anti-abortion movement. By Randall Balmer / The Guardian
Facing execution, Julius Jones seeks clemency — with help from an unlikely ally. By Kim Bellware / Wash Post
Facebook’s AI Seems to Have a Racism Problem. By Edwin Rios / Mother Jones
HBCUs grapple with vaccination mandates as students return to campus. By Dartunorro Clark / NBC News
Theorists, Strategists, and Histories of Slavery. By Diana Paton / AAIHS
Shattering the Hollywood Myths of the Tulsa Race Massacre. By Tirhakah Love / Daily Beast
The Pittsburgh Courier’s Discursive Power, 1910-1940. By Adam Lee Cilli / AAIHS
Michael K. Williams, Omar From ‘The Wire,’ Is Dead at 54. By Julia Jacobs, Annie Correal, Matthew Haag and Jeremy Egner / NYT
Fulton Leroy Washington Was a Prison Painter. Now He’s an Art-World Star. By Karlos K. Hill / The Nation
Asian Americans Are Finally Getting the Heroes We Deserve. By Jeff Yang / NYT
Donda: Kanye, the hype, controversy, music, & the Drake feud, explained. By Aja Romano / Vox
Sam Cunningham, who helped integrate college football, dies at 71. Paul Myerberg / USA Today
A Flood of New Hall of Famers, Followed by a Grinding Halt. By Andrea Williams / NYT
Ken Burns Names Muhammad Ali’s Secret Weapon: An ‘Uncomfortable’ 4-Letter Word. By Ed Mazza / HuffPost
Simone Biles Decimates Critics Who Called Her A ‘Quitter.’ By Carly Ledbetter / HuffPost
Sloane Stephens says she received more than 2,000 messages of ‘abuse and anger’ after US Open defeat. By Wayne Sterling / CNN
