Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
New movies to stream this week: ‘Rise Again: Tulsa and the Red Summer,’ ‘Luca’ and more. By Michael O’Sullivan / Wash Post
Soul food, summer sun, and family reunion tunes for Father’s Day. By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
The legacy of Joe Louis’ loss to Max Schmeling on Juneteenth. By Ben Wyatt / The Guardian
Thirty-five years after his death, Len Bias’s story continues to resonate. By Scott Allen / Wash Post
A Quiet Demonstration and a Long Shadow. By Jeré Longman / NYT
Why Juneteenth Matters. It was black Americans who delivered on Lincoln’s promise of “a new birth of freedom.” By Jamelle Bouie / NYT
Race Inquiry Digest (Jun 28) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured The Harlem Cultural Festival footage is getting wider recognition in the new ‘Summer of Soul’ documentary. By Farrell Evans / The Undefeated
Race Inquiry Digest (Jun 24) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Have We Entered America’s Third Era of Reconstruction? By Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharris / The Nation The racist and violent backlash to Reconstruction was…
Senate passes bill to make Juneteenth, day commemorating the end of slavery, a federal holiday. By Mike DeBonis and Felicia Sonmez / Wash Post
This is the Republicans’ back-up plan in case they can’t suppress enough votes. by Fred Hiatt / Wash Post
Former Harvard psychiatrist Lance Dodes: Trump’s psychosis is still an “enormous danger.” By Chauncey Devega / Salon
White House Unveils Strategy to Combat Domestic Extremism. By Zolan Kanno-Youngs / NYT
We should rethink how we think about Vice President Harris. Perry Bacon Jr. / Wash Post
Biden nominated as many minority women to be judges in four months as Trump had confirmed in four years. By Adrian Blanco / Wash Post
Biden pressed to go ‘big and bold’ in rooting out housing discrimination. By Katy O’Donnell / Politico
SCOTUS Justices Consider Harvard Affirmative Action Case. By Mark Sherman / HuffPost
Southern Baptist Convention’s focus on mission recalls history of promoting white dominance. By Janet Kragt Bakker / The Conversation
Wrongly denied funding, Black colleges are fighting back. By Kristopher J. Brooks / CBS News
How the Death Penalty Discriminates. By Robert Davis / The Progressive
Interracial marriages now more common, but not without challenges. By CBS News
Dr. Dre helping bring new school to Southern California. CBS News
The last known slave ship and the community founded by its survivors. By Anderson Cooper / CBS News
Watch a Never-Before-Aired James Baldwin Interview From 1979. By Adrienne Westenfeld / Esquire
Lin-Manuel Miranda apologizes for lack of Afro-Latino representation in ‘In the Heights.’ By Doha Madani / NBC News
Oprah’s latest Book Club pick, ‘The Sweetness of Water,’ is a miraculous debut. By Ron Charles / Wash Post
Hollywood’s treatment of Latinos is an open wound. Healing it requires a reckoning. By Daniel Hernandez / LA Times and Yahoo Sports
