Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Coronavirus pandemic tearing through Latino communities – and it may get worse. By Jorge L. Ortiz / USA Today
Lebron James, Other Athletes Help Pay Debt of Former Felons. By Ishena Robinson / The Root
Jackie Robinson’s Inner Struggle. By Jon Meacham / NYT
Ruth Ben-Ghiat on Trump and the bitter American truth: “We do not have a real democracy.” By Chauncey DeVega / Salon
Race Inquiry Digest (Jul 30) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – Biden unveils economic plan to combat racial inequality, slams Trump for stoking tensions. By Adam Edelman and Marianna Sotomayor / NBC News
John Lewis’ Legacy Is the Right to Vote. And It’s Under Attack. By Ari Berman / Mother Jones
Georgia Democrats Nominate Nikema Williams To Succeed John Lewis. By Tara Golshan and Daniel Marans / HuffPost
An Inside Look at Weeks of Demonstrations Following the Killing of George Floyd. By Katie Orlinsky / Mother Jones
Trump’s Portland Offensive Fits a Long Pattern. Trump Is Determined to Split the Country in Two. By Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic
Susan Rice Talks Watching Trump Dismantle Her Pandemic Response Unit. By Jon Blistein / Rolling Stone
What Coronavirus Job Losses Reveal About Racism in America. By Lena V. Groeger / ProPublica
House Votes to Remove Confederate Statues From U.S. Capitol. By Catie Edmondson / NYT
Civil rights leaders plan August demonstration on steps of Lincoln Memorial. By Marissa J. Lang / Wash Post
250 Asian American and Pacific Islander elected officials, leaders announce Biden endorsement. By Kimmy Yam / NBC News
Pentagon’s No. 2 Officer Says Military Must Do Better On Diversity. By Tom Bowman / NPR
‘Do you belong here?’: Lawsuits allege Hilton, other hotels discriminated against Black guests. By Chris Woodyard and David Oliver / USA Today
Mineola, Texas, removes a fence separating historically segregated cemeteries. By Alisha Ebrahimji / CNN
Where Lynching Terrorized Black Americans, Corporal Punishment In Schools Lives On. By Rebecca Klein / HuffPost
Viola Davis: “My Entire Life Has Been a Protest.” By Sonia Saraiya / Vanity Fair
Tracy McGrady and Jermaine O’Neal Have Been Talking. They’re Starting a Sports Agency. By Marc Stein / NYT
Chance the Rapper’s Art and Activism, and the Perils of Prison Reform. By David Remnick / The New Yorker Radio Hour
Will the MLB Confront Its Racist History? By Peter Dreier / Dissent
Black Lives Matter Protests Spawn Push for Athletes to Attend Historically Black Colleges. By Annika Hammerschlag / NYT
Bryan Stevenson on how America can heal. By Ezra Klein / Vox
Race Inquiry Digest (July 27) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – Ruth Ben-Ghiat on Trump and the bitter American truth: “We do not have a real democracy.” By Chauncey DeVega / Salon
C.T. Vivian, Civil Rights Leader And Champion Of Nonviolent Action, Dies At 95. By Colin Dwyer / NPR
