Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Taraji P. Henson wants Black people to talk more openly about mental health. Her new show does just that. By Bethonie Butler / Wash Post
LeBron James: TIME’s Athlete of the Year 2020. By Sean Gregory / Time
Supreme Court says it will hear case challenging NCAA’s athlete-compensation rules. By Steve Berkowitz / USA Today
Vickie Johnson and the hope of second chances for Black coaches. By Sean Hurd / The Undefeated
Cleveland’s Baseball Team Will Drop Its Indians Team Name. By David Waldstein and Michael S. Schmidt / NYT
My church will replace our Black Lives Matter sign. Will America replace its racist myth? By William H. Lamar IV / Wash Post
Race Inquiry Digest (Dec 21) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Exceptional Leaders of Color in Every Field of Endeavor are Changing America – Ambassador Reuben E. Brigety II, 17th Vice-Chancellor, The University of the…
‘We can’t engage in the intellectual justification of discrimination,’ says lawyer representing George Floyd’s family. By KK Ottesen / Wash Post
Republicans want more than a coup: Trump’s loyalty test exposes their hatred for democracy. By Amanda Marcotte / Salon
Covid Meds Are Scarce, but Not for Trump Cronies. By Michelle Goldberg / NYT
Experts warn of low Covid vaccine trust among Black Americans. By P.R. Lockhart / NBC News
What Biden’s cabinet picks really say about diversity. By Paul Begala / CNN
More US churches commit to racism-linked reparations. By David Crary / ABC News
The Retirement Crisis Facing Black Americans. By Rodney Brooks / US News
For Air Force Leader, Making Video On Racism He’s Faced Was ‘The Right Thing To Do.’ By Rachel Martin / NPR
The Senseless Killing of Brandon Bernard. Bridget Read / MSN News
Minneapolis Shifts $8 Million In Police Funding, Keeps Force At Current Level. By Avie Schneider / NPR
Descendants of enslaved Blacks explore Virginia history. By Susan Svrluga / Wash Post
The Elusive Promise of the Underground Railroad. By Eric Herschthal / The New Republic
The founder of Johns Hopkins owned enslaved people. Our university must face a reckoning. By Martha S. Jones / Wash Post
In viral anti-racism PSA, “Steven Universe” character Pearl challenges our whitewashed history. By Ashlie Stevens / Salon
“40 Years a Prisoner” confronts the police we’re supposed to trust “telling bold-faced lies.” By D. Watkins / Salon
In a year of Black Death, the movies showed us Black Life. By Ann Hornaday / Wash Post
Why Is Publishing So White? By Richard Jean So / NYT
Charley Pride, Trailblazing Country Music Star, Dies At 86. By Mark Kennedy / HuffPost
Deion Sanders is inspiring hope at Jackson State. But what happened at Prime Prep? By Candace Buckner / Wash Post
