Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Grand Master Jay, founder of all-Black armed activist group, faces federal charge after FBI says he aimed a rifle at officers. By Amir Vera and Rebekah Riess / CNN
Racial disparities create obstacles for Covid-19 vaccine rollout. By Alicia Victoria Lozano / NBC News
Brandon Bernard Is Scheduled To Be Executed. 5 Jurors Who Sentenced Him Don’t Think He Should Die. By Jessica Schulberg / HuffPost
Facebook to start policing anti-Black hate speech more aggressively than anti-White comments, documents show. By Elizabeth Dwoskin, Nitasha Tiku and Heather Kelly / Wash Post
Democrats Push ‘Abolition Amendment’ To Fully Erase Slavery From U.S. Constitution. By Brakkton Booker / NPR
Indian Country Has Entered a Devastating New Phase of the Pandemic. By Delilah Friedler / Mother Jones
Montgomery Bus Boycott: The WPC and Black women’s leadership today. By Safiya Charles / Montogomery Advertiser
Four police officers shot Amadou Diallo 19 times. A new photography project names them. By Geoff Edgers / Wash Post
As Supreme Court reconsiders Jim Crow-era split juries, past cases could earn new trials. By Erik Ortiz / NBC News
How Selena’s glorious legacy shows off the vast complexity of Latinos. By Brandon Tensley / CNN
MSNBC gives weekend shows to Tiffany Cross and Jonathan Capehart. By Jeremy Barr / Wash Post
Appreciation: Rafer Johnson was more than a great athlete; he was a great man. By Helene Elliott / LA Times and Yahoo News
The lack of Black college football coaches is still glaring, and so are the excuses behind it. By Ivan Maisel / ESPN
Talking About Race Made Falcons Teammates Matt Ryan and Ricardo Allen Partners in Activism. By Ken Belson / NYT
How athletes built a voter-turnout machine for 2020 and beyond. By Michael Lee / Wash Post
This Time, a Cartoon Depiction of Naomi Osaka Is More True to Life By Tiffany May / NYT
Ijeoma Oluo’s “Mediocre: The Dangerous legacy of White Male America.”
Race Inquiry Digest (Dec 10) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured President Barack Obama Talks to Jesmyn Ward About A Promised Land / Vanity Fair
The 80-Million-Vote Man Has a Very Fragile Coalition. By Thomas B. Edsall / NYT
In neighboring Georgia counties, election revealed a growing divide that mirrors the nation. By Haisten Willis and Griff Witte / Wash Post
How Dinkins and Giuliani Foretold the Future of American Politics. By Michael Tomasky / NYT
Donald Trump’s mini-monster: Stephen Miller wasn’t born that way. By Chauncey DeVega / Salon
Seven civil rights groups want a meeting with Joe Biden. The agenda: Appointing Black officials in top roles, not lower-ranking ones. By Annie Linskey and Matt Viser / Wash Post
Louisville police ‘no-knock’ warrants mostly targeted Black residents. By Matt Mencarini, Darcy Costello and Tessa Duvall / Louisville Courier Journal and USA Today
When Covid-19 closed schools, Black, Hispanic and poor kids took biggest hit in math, reading. By Erin Einhorn / NBC News
Bill that could help Black farmers reclaim millions of acres ‘a step in the right direction.’ By Mariya Mosely / ABC News
