Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Statue Of Lincoln With Formerly Enslaved Man At His Feet Is Removed In Boston. Bill Chappell / NPR
Native American mascots: Maine set the standard with ban on mascots. By Lorenzo Reyes / USA Today
Make Toni Morrison, James Baldwin required reading for the next generation. By Kris Rhim / The Undefeated
In 2020, Latinos had bright TV moments despite persistent lack of representation. By Nicole Acevedo / NBC News
‘Up the ante’: What players, NBA are doing for racial justice. By Randi Richardson / NBC News
With Each Run, a City Shaken by Racism Is ‘Finding the Greater Good.’ By Anna Katherine Clemmons / NYT
Doc Rivers and the mixed emotions of moving up the NBA’s wins list. By Marc J. Spears / The Undefeated
K.C. Jones Never Got His Due in Boston. Race Played a Part. By Harvey Araton / NYT
LeBron James wins AP Male Athlete of Year award. By The Associated Press
Can Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock Make History? By Timothy Pratt / The New Republic
Race Inquiry Digest (Jan 4) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured ‘Year of the Reveal’: Runoffs Follow Pandemic, Protests and a Test of Atlanta’s Promise. By Rick Rojas / NYT
Trump’s demands for $2,000 stimulus checks, explained. By Li Zhou / Vox
Labor Power Is the Key to Racial Equity. By Thomas Geoghegan / The New Republic
Ossoff, Warnock each raised more than $100 million in two months, records show. By Cleve R. Wootson Jr. and Anu Narayanswamy / Wash Post
I’ve never been courted the way I am being now. I’m a Georgia voter. By Tammy Joyner / Wash Post
After historic election, 4 African American sheriffs in Georgia aim to fix “broken” trust. By CBS News
Despite Smooth Election, GOP Leaders Still Seek Vote Restrictions. By Anthony Izaguirre and Christina A. Cassidy / HuffPost
Who Should Get the Covid-19 Vaccine Next? A Debate. By Emily Bazelon / NYT
‘It’s been shattering’: Heartache and hope in America’s Black churches. By Curtis Bunn / NBC News
Black doctors are urgently needed in US: Morehouse, groups work to fix. By nada Hassanein / USA Today
What Happened When Henry Yao Almost Went Bust. By Corina Knoll / NYT
Body cam footage shows fatal shooting of unarmed Black man in Columbus, Ohio. By David J. Lopez, Laurie Ure and Jennifer Henderson / CNN
The Haunting of Tulsa, Okla. A recently unearthed mass grave may soon provide answers about what happened to victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. By Brent Staples / NYT
Sculpture honors 1st Black president of an American college. By Lisa Rathke / ABC News
‘Most Important Indian,’ And Treaty Rights Advocate Hank Adams Dies At 77. By Jaclyn Diaz / NPR
Ancient DNA Is Changing How We Think About the Caribbean. By David Reich and Orlando Patterson / NYT
