Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
M.L.B. Pledges Millions to Build Black Participation. By James Wagner / NYT
Candace Parker becomes first woman featured on cover of NBA 2K. By Des Bieler / Wash Post
How a Ban on a Swim Cap Galvanized Black Swimmers. By Evan Nicole Brown / NYT
We need Nelson Mandela’s example more than ever today. How the South African leader’s radical empathy can help the US today. By John Blake / CNN
Race Inquiry Digest (Jul 26) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Republicans Hate Voting Rights Because They Threaten White Power. By Elie Mystal / The Nation
Race Inquiry Digest (Jul 22) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Our ‘Racial Reckoning’ Is Turning Out to Be a White Lie. By Kali Holloway / The Nation
Biden chides Republicans on voting laws: ‘Have you no shame?’ By Laura Barron Lopez and Jonathan Custodio / Politico
Texas Democrats fled the state over a GOP voter suppression bill. Here’s why. By Ian Millhiser / Vox
How Tucker Carlson became the voice of White grievance By Michael Kranish / Wash Post
The power of the Big Lie: Why do 30% of Americans cling to Trump’s dark fantasy? By Chauncey Devega / Salon
The Voter Fraud Fraud. By Charles M. Blow / NYT
Republicans’ racist 2022 playbook is the same one that lost them the House, Senate, and White House. By Kerry Eleveld / Daily Kos
Critical race theory battles are driving frustrated, exhausted educators out of their jobs. By Tyler Kingkade / NBC News
Robin DiAngelo Wants White Progressives to Look Inward. By Isaac Chotiner / The New Yorker
What 2021 is showing us about Black lives mattering. By Richard J. Reddick / CNN
The Violence of Latinx Erasure Starts With Undercounting Victims. By Robert Lovato / The Nation
Eric Adams’s Win Is a ‘Watershed Moment’ for Black Leaders in New York. By Katie Glueck and Jeffery C. Mays / NYT
25-year-long study of Black women links frequent use of lye-based hair relaxers to a higher risk of breast cancer. By Kimberly Bertrand / The Conversation
In an effort to combat rising Asian hate, Illinois requires schools to teach Asian American history. By Aysga Qamar / Daily Kos
Ada Wright, the Scottsboro Defense Campaign, and the Popular Front. By Ashley Everson / AAIHS
How a Harlem Skyrise Got Hijacked—and Forgotten. By Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts / The Nation
Black female WWII unit hoping to get congressional honor. By Michael Casey / AP and ABC News
What Thurgood Marshall Taught Me. By Stephen L. Carter / NYT
Stacey Abrams prods our constitutional imagination. By E.J. Dionne Jr / Wash Post
Anatomy of a shutout: Why the Emmys snub Beyoncé despite her continuing to innovate on TV. By Melanie McFarland / Salon
Shohei Ohtani’s double-duty feats are a reminder: The Negro Leagues are still overlooked. By Kevin B. Blackistone / Wash Post
