Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
PBS’ ambitious & fraught “Black Church” takes a tour of America’s complex history, music and faith. By Melanie McFarland / Salon
A Black Soldier’s Heroism, Overlooked in 1965, May Finally Be Lauded in 2021. By Dave Phillipps / NYT
Obsessed with Duke Ellington, one man is determined to illuminate the jazz composer’s stunning output. By Eddie Dean / Wash Post
Why Idris Elba Chose Comedy to Tell His Most Personal Story. By Salamishah Tillet / NYT
A searing, all-star art show explores Black grief from the civil rights era to now. By Sebastian Smee / Wash Post
Draymond Green strikes another blow against white control of Black athletes. By Jesse Washington / The Undefeated
Steph Curry Is Still Steph Curry, and He Is Pulling Off Something Remarkable. By Nick Greene / Slate
Alexis Ohanian supports Serena Williams with ‘greatest athlete’ T-shirt. By Hayley FitzPatrick / GMA
Republican Party is now a terrorist organization — and none of this is a surprise. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
Race Inquiry Digest (Feb 22) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured In Netflix’s stirring “Amend,” stars anguish over the injustices that led to the 14th Amendment. By Melanie McFarland / Salon
A Broken Party Acquitted Donald Trump In His Second Impeachment. By Paul Blumenthal / HuffPost
In Georgia, a New District Attorney Starts Circling Trump and His Allies. By Danny Hakim and Richard Fausset / NYT
The “For the People Act” Would Make America a Democracy. By Jon Schwartz / The Intercept
Pentagon appoints adviser for Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on diversity. By Alex Ward / Vox
Latino Republican Senators Cruz, Rubio and the backing of Trump’s caudillo playbook. By Suzanne Gamboa / NBC News
GOP freshmen of color eyeing Dem-dominated minority caucuses. By Melanie Zanona and Sarah Ferris / Politico
As attacks against Asian Americans spike, advocates call for action to protect communities from hate. By Harmeet Kaur / CNN
Trump’s COVID response was deadly — but decades of dreadful, racist policy set up the catastrophe. By Igor Derysh / Salon
Biden’s vaccine push runs into distrust in the Black community. By Cleve R. Wootson Jr. and Frances Stead Sellers / Wash Post
This Organization Fights For Black Girls Targeted By Overpolicing And School Pushout. By Kimberley Richards / HuffPost
How Parents Can Help Their Kids Make Lasting Interracial Friendships. By Kelsey Borresen / HuffPost
He joined the Freedom Rides of the ’60s for what he thought would be a weekend. It turned out to be two years. By Rachel Hatzipanagos / Wash Post
Renowned as a Black liberator, Harriet Tubman was also a brilliant spy. By DeNeen L. Brown / Wash Post
‘The Three Mothers’ honors the women who made Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X and James Baldwin. By Lisa Page / Wash Post
Trump made an arts commission all White, all male and almost entirely mediocre. By Philip Kennicott / Wash Post
The Unsettling Message of ‘Judas and the Black Messiah.’ By Elizabeth Hinton / The Atlantic
