Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
How the Nation of Islam Pioneered Prison Protest. By Joshua Clark Davis / AAIHS
Ta-Nehisi Coates isn’t ready to celebrate America just yet. By Helena Andrews-Dyer / Wash Post
“The Reagans” shows how the Gipper paved the way for political actors pretending they aren’t racist. By Melanie McFarland / Salon
Smokey Robinson on Marvin Gaye, ‘My Girl’ and new Audible memoir. By Patrick Ryan / USA Today
First all-Black NFL officiating crew to work Monday Night Football game. By Kevin Seifert. ESPN
Tiger Woods and the fight with his body, his game and his motivation. By Bob Harig / ESPN
Racial Tension is Driving an Increase in Black Gun Ownership. By Melissa Chan / Time
Race Inquiry Digest (Nov 23) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured A Blueprint for Racial Healing in the Biden Era. By Sheryll Cashin / Politico
Black voters delivered Democrats the presidency. Now they are caught in the middle of its internal battle. By Eugene Scott / Wash Post
So-called “Latino vote” is 32 million Americans with diverse political opinions and national origins. By Lisa Garcia Bedolla / Salon
Trump’s racist appeals powered a White evangelical tsunami. By Dana Milbank / Wash Post
What Democrats Are Up Against in Georgia. By Joseph Crespino / NYT
Record Number Of Women Of Color Are Headed To Congress. By Sarah Ruiz-Grossman / HuffPost
In ‘A Promised Land,’ Barack Obama Thinks — and Thinks Some More — Over His First Term. By Jennifer Szalai / NYT
Police reform measures were a winner this election. By Rachel Ramirez / Vox
California may have foreshadowed the end of affirmative action. By Charles Lane / Wash Post
Biden’s COVID-19 Response Must Start With Most Vulnerable : Shots – Health News: By Abraar Karan, Ranu Dhillon, David Walton and Ingrid Katz / NPR
As winter approaches, America’s racist produce distribution system makes food insecurity worse. By Ashlie D. Stevens / Salon
A Black man will lead VMI for the first time in history, amid racism investigation. By Ian Shapira / Wash Post
‘Stand your ground’ in Florida could be expanded under DeSantis’ ‘anti-mob’ proposal. By Erik Ortiz / NBC News
Segregation policies in federal government in early 20th century harmed Blacks for decades. By Guo XU and Abhay Aneja / The Conversation
How the FBI Tried to Drive Martin Luther King Jr. to Suicide. Melissa Leon / The Daily Beast
Fort Hood is named for a Confederate traitor. Is it time for ‘Fort Benavidez’? By Alex Horton / Wash Post
Harris will be the first female, Black and Asian VP. But not the first VP of color. By Gillian Brockell / Wash Post
‘You love Black culture, but do you love me?’: Black athletes and artists in new ad. By Ree Hines / Today
Miami Marlins name Kim Ng 1st female general manager in Major League Baseball history. By Kelly McCarthy / ABC News
