Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Lloyd Price, singer and early rock influence, dies at 88. By Hillel Italie and Andrew Dalton / AP and PBS
Barry Jenkins on Bringing ‘The Underground Railroad’ to TV Form. By Camonghne Felix / Vanity Fair
The mothers of Malcolm X, MLK and James Baldwin: New book explores how they shaped their sons. By Gillian Brockell / Wash Post
Stacey Abrams Contains Multitudes. By Sarah Lyall / NYT
N.C.A.A. Chief, Pressured by State Laws, Pushes to Let Athletes Cash In. By Alan Blinder / NYT
Zion Williamson’s Year in College Was Worth More Than He Got. By Kurt Streeter / NYT
Naomi Osaka celebrated at ‘Oscars of Sport’ as Lewis Hamilton’s social justice work is recognized. By Ben Morse / CNN
Lewis Hamilton steps out in stylish green camouflage dungarees ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix. By Amelia Wynne / Daily Mail
Richard Wright’s Novel About Racist Police Violence Was Rejected in 1941; It Has Just Been Published. By Amy Goodman / Democracy Now
Race Inquiry Digest (May 13) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Race and White Supremacy in American Policing: An Investigation. By Steve Volk / Rolling Stone
The space filled by Al Sharpton’s prayers and politics. By Robin Givhan / Wash Post
Trump’s Big Lie Devoured the G.O.P. and Now Eyes Our Democracy. By Thomas L. Friedman / NYT
Despite business warnings, GOP moves ahead with voting bills. By Acacia Coronado and Bill Barrow / ABC News
Attorney General Merrick Garland cites domestic terrorism and civil rights in defending budget to House lawmakers. By Christina Carrega, Chandelis Duster and Jessica Schneider / CNN
Asian-American Business Leaders Fund Effort to Fight Discrimination. By Andrew Ross Sorkin and Edmund Lee / NYT
Justice Clarence Thomas, Long Silent, Has Turned Talkative. By Adam Liptak / NYT
Help, We Can’t Stop Writing About Andrew Yang. By Ben Smith / NYT
Is America a Racist Country. By Charles M. Blow / NYT
Joy Reid Takes Tucker Carlson’s ‘Race Lady’ Dog Whistle, Throws It Back At ‘Tuckums.’ By Lee Moran / HuffPost
As schools expand racial equity work, conservatives see a new threat in critical race theory. By Laura Meckler and Hannah Natanson / Wash Post
Some Black parents say remote learning gives racism reprieve. By Christine Fernando / AP and ABC News
Child Protective Services Investigates Half of all Black Children in California. By Julia Lurie / Mother Jones
White Covid vaccine rejectors threaten herd immunity. Can we change their minds in time? By Dr. Rob Davidson / NBC News
Erica Chidi Is Helping Black Women Understand Their Bodies In A Broken Health Care System. By Clare Fallon / HuffPost
The Entwined History of Freedom and Racism. By Olúfémi O. Táíwò / The Nation
The First Africans in America. Black America’s Neglected Origin Stories. By Annette Gordon-Reed / The Atlantic
