Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
America’s schools are more diverse than ever. But the teachers are still mostly white. By Laura Meckler and Kate Rabinowitz / Wash Post
In heavily white Iowa, Democratic candidates focus on minority communities. By Maura Barrett and Deepa Shivaram / NBC News
Buying Black, Rebooted. By Anthonia Akitunde / NYT
From Taylor Swift To Dr. Dre: The 10 Top-Earning Musicians Of The Decade. By Zack O’Malley / Forbes
The Highest-Paid Athletes Of The Decade: Mayweather, Ronaldo And LeBron Dominate. By Kurt Badenhausen / Forbes
Serge Ibaka Still Can’t Believe He’s a Champion Now. By Alex Wong / NYT
The Dark History of New Year’s Day in American Slavery / By Olivia B. Waxman / Time
Race Inquiry Digest (Jan 2) – Happy New Year
Featured – The Decade We Changed Our Minds. By Charles M. Blow / NYT
Remembering the Poor on Christmas. By Charles M. Blow / NYT
Black, Homeless and Burdened by L.A.’s Legacy of Racism. By Jugal K. Patel, tim Arango, Anjail Singhvi and Jon Huang / NYT
Review: Jordan and Foxx shine in urgent drama ‘Just Mercy.’ By Mark Kennedy / AP
Impeachment won’t slow the global rise of the radical right — but an alternative vision might. By Chauncey DeVega / Salon
The Tyranny of the 63 Million. Impeachment didn’t undermine democracy. It vindicated it. By Michelle Goldberg / NYT
25 Jewish members of Congress call on Trump to fire Stephen Miller over leaked emails. By Sara Sidner / CNN
Trump Reelection Aide Taped Admitting GOP Has Historically Relied On Voter Suppression. By Kate Riga / Talkingpointsmemo
Senate GOP apparently deleted “white nationalist” from plan to screen military recruits. By Igor Derysh / Salon
When Native Americans Are Told To ‘Go Back’ To Where They Came From. By Christopher Mathias / HuffPost
Five professors say the 1619 Project should be amended. ‘We disagree,’ says the New York Times. By Katie Mettler / Wash Post
Why Are the Democratic Candidates Talking Past Latinx Voters? By Fernanda Echavarri / Mother Jones
‘Authenticity,’ ‘Culturally Relevant’: Why Bernie Sanders Is Resonating With Latinos. By Asma Khalid / NPR
‘Later, but not late:’ Deval Patrick on his presidential bid. By Yamiche Alcindor / PBS NewsHour
How Andrew Yang’s Ideas Could Outlast the 2020 Campaign. By Elaine Godfrey / The Atlantic
Facial recognition systems show rampant racial bias, government study finds. By Brian Fung / CNN
Jennifer Hudson Wails as Aretha Franklin in First Official Teaser Trailer For Respect Biopic. By Karu F. Daniels / The Root
Clemency’ Star Aldis Hodge: Inside the Year’s Most Underrated, Heartbreaking Acting Performance. By Kevin Fallon / The Daily Beast
Herman Boone, Football Coach Of ‘Remember The Titans’ Fame, Dies. By Bill Chappell / NPR
Did Giannis Take LeBron’s Crown? By Nick Greene / Slate
Our 25 can’t-miss books of 2019. The books you’ve just got to give for the holidays. By Soraya Nadia McDonald / The Undefeated
Race Inquiry Digest (Dec 30) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – The Dark History of New Year’s Day in American Slavery / By Olivia B. Waxman / Time
Trump’s Lasting Legacy. America has changed under this president. By Charles M. Blow / NYT
