Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois’ is the kind of brilliant epic that comes around only once in a decade. By Ron Charles / Wash Post
R. & B. Nostalgia Embraces Rap Influence on “Cheers to the Best Memories.” By Sheldon Pearce / The New Yorker
R. Kelly trial: Second accuser says he pressed for sex before audition. By USA Today
Collaborations between Black women are sparking a golden age for female hip-hop. By Natachi Onwuamaegbu / Wash Post
Bianca Belair’s Shocking Summer Slam Defeat Raises Questions About Racism in WWE. By Jay Connor / The Root
Kelly Loeffler Just Lost Her WNBA Team to a Player She Refused to Meet. By Dave Zirin / The Nation
Is Shohei Ohtani ‘the New Babe Ruth,’ or Something Entirely New? By Victor Mather / NYT
WATCH: Race Matters — America After George Floyd | A PBS NewsHour Special. By Judy Woodruff / PBS News Hour
Race Inquiry Digest (Sep 2) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured How Strong Is America’s Multiracial Democracy? By Thomas Edsall / NYT
Race Inquiry Digest (Aug 30) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Washington voting rights march marks Martin Luther King anniversary. By Ankita Rao / The Guardian
Pelosi backs John Lewis Act hoping to save voting rights from the Supreme Court. By Ian Millhiser / Vox
The dark history of the “Great Replacement”: Tucker Carlson’s racist fantasy has deep roots. By Paul Rosenberg / Salon
Republicans in Texas are trying to shift blame for COVID surge to Black people. By Jon Skelink / Salon
The Congressional Black Caucus: Powerful, Diverse and Newly Complicated. By Astead W. Herndon / NYT
In Louisville, Kentucky, homicides go unsolved as number of killings climbs. By Deon J. Hampton /NBC News
Inside the Diverse and Growing Asian Population in the U.S. By Robert Gebeloff, Denise Lu and Miriam Jordan / NYT
Raw sewage polluted this Black community. Now residents are fighting back. By Erik Ortiz / NBC News
Military discipline has a racial bias problem that threatens national security. By Daniel Lam / NPR
Black professional women are exhausted. They’re finally claiming the time to rest. By Amanda Miller Littlejohn / Wash Post
A Black-owned casino bets on a Black neighborhood in the former capital of the Confederacy. By Justin Wm. Moyer / Wash Post
The Harlem Hellfighters Were War Heroes. Then They Came Home to Racism. By Precious Fondren / NYT
How Our Classrooms Became Battlegrounds. By Charles M. Blow / NYT
A new book makes the case that HBCUs are owed reparations. By Curtis Bunn / NBC News
Is There Racism in the Deed to Your Home? By Sara Clemence / NYT
For Aretha Franklin, a Grudge Was a Way to Earn R-E-S-P-E-C-T. By Christopher John Farley / NYT
Civil Rights Legend Lucille Times Dies At 100 Years Old. By Rachel Pilgrim / The Root
