Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
‘We Were Always Men.’ One hundred and fifty years ago, Frederick Douglass understood the link between voting rights and manhood for African-Americans. By Henry Louis Gates Jr. / NYT
Did the KKK or a Pedophile Ring Murder Dozens of Black Children in Atlanta? By Cassie Da Costa / The Daily Beast
Study Shows Black Male NCAA Basketball Players More Likely to Graduate When They Have a Black Head Coach. By Daryl Nelson / Atlanta Black Star
After Jackie: Players Who Followed Robinson To MLB Also Faced Ongoing Racism. By Andrew B. Distler / The Undefeated
ESPN’s MJ Documentary Shows the Power of 30 for 30 — Even Though It Isn’t One. By Will Leitch / New York Magazine
Watch the Trailer for Damien Chazelle’s New Jazz Drama ‘The Eddy.’ By Claire Shaffer / Rolling Stone
The Veterans : The journey of black actresses in Hollywood. By Brian Keith Jackson / NYT
Erased from utopia: the hidden history of LA’s black and brown resistance. By Mike Davis and Jon Wiener / The Guardian
‘Remarkable’ woman discovered as last known survivor of transatlantic slave trade. By Jack Guy / CNN
Stop Blaming Black People for Dying of the Coronavirus. By Ibram X. Kendi / The Atlantic
Race Inquiry Digest (Apr 20) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – Straggling in a Good Economy, and Now Struggling in a Crisis. By Patricia Cohen / NYT
Amid a global pandemic, the Christian story of Easter shows us the power of hope. By Reverend William Barber and Dr. Leah Hunt-Hendrix / The Guardian
Amid Coronavirus, America Needs a More Just Society. The Editorial Board / NYT
Voter Suppression by Pandemic. By Kevin Townsend / The Atlantic Podcast
The president is the latest in a long line of conservative politicians to see minority voters as a threat. By David W. Bllight / NYT
COVID-19 Sacrifice Zones: Coronavirus Devastates Black Communities Historically Denied Healthcare. By Amy Goodman / Democracy Now
Color of Covid: The racial justice paradox of our new stay-at-home economy. By Catherine Powell / CNN
How to Save Black and Hispanic Lives in a Pandemic. By The Editorial Board / NYT
Coronavirus could ‘decimate’ Latino wealth, which was hammered by the Great Recession. By Suzanne Gamboa and Nicole Acevedo / NBC News
Our Schools Were Racist Before COVID-19. Here’s How They Could Get Worse. By Rann Miller / The Progressive
COVID-19 Death Rates Point To Racial, Urban-Rural Divisions. By Ron Elving / NPR
Investigative reporter Greg Palast: “The coronavirus is voting for Donald Trump.” By Chauncey DeVega / Salon
Philip Roth’s Dystopia Hits Awfully Close to Home. By Jeet Heer / The Nation
NBA players urge colleagues to get financially educated during work stoppage: ‘Don’t look at this as a timeout,’ Chris Paul says. By Jabari Young / CNBC
African American Scientist Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett leads the way on COVID-19 vaccine trials. By Janell Ross / NBC News
Race Inquiry Digest (Apr 16) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – Stop Blaming Black People for Dying of the Coronavirus. By Ibram X. Kendi / The Atlantic
SCOTUS Just Set the Stage for Republicans to Steal the Election. By Elie Mystal / The Nation
How the Coronavirus Pandemic Intensifies the Fight Over Voting Rights. By Jelani Cobb / The New Yorker
Covid-19 is ravaging black communities. A Milwaukee neighborhood is figuring out how to fight back. By Robert Samuels / Wash Post
Black America must wake up to this viral threat. By Van Jones / CNN
