Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Black America must wake up to this viral threat. By Van Jones / CNN
Social Distancing Is a Privilege. By Charles M. Blow / NYT
Deaths of Inequality: AOC on Black and Latinx Communities at Epicenter of Epicenter of the Pandemic. By Amy Goodman / Democracy Now
The Coronavirus Pandemic Shows America’s Prison System Is ‘Inhumane.’ By Rebekah Sager / HuffPost
The CDC must end its silence on the racial impact of covid-19. By Spencer Overton / Wash Post
Mississippi governor takes break from pandemic to declare “Confederate Heritage Month.” By Igor Derysh / Salon
Asian Americans use social media to drown out bigotry. By Associated Press / NBC News
White Supremacy’s Gateway to the American Mind. By Ava Kaufman, Moira Weigel and Francis Tseng / The Atlantic
Earl G. Graves Sr., founder of Black Enterprise, dies. By Leah Asmelash / CNN
LeBron’s New Documentary Tells The Story Of His I Promise School In Akron. By Jessie Washington / The Undefeated
Relive the night Buster Douglas shocked the world by knocking out Mike Tyson. By USA Today
Three Important Interviews on Pandemic Racism. By Jeremy Scahill / The Intercept Podcast
Race Inquiry Digest (Apr 13) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – African American Scientist Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett leads the way on COVID-19 vaccine trials. By Janell Ross / NBC News
Detroit, still clawing back from financial crisis, reels as coronavirus claims lives. By Erin Einhorn / NBC News
The Myth Of Black Immunity: Racialized Disease During The COVID-19 Pandemic. By Chelsey Carter And Ezelle Sanford III / AAIHS
The Economic Crash Is Going To Be Particularly Awful For Women And People Of Color. By Kara Voght / Mother Jones
The Real Epidemic is Poverty. By Rev. Dr. William Barber II / The Progressive
Our Right to Vote in November is in Real Danger – But it Can Still be Saved. By Doug Gordon / Newsweek
Investigative reporter Robert Evans: “We’re on the edge of an authoritarian nightmare.” By Chauncey DeVega / Salon
Black Bourgeois: A New Book About The Dilemma Of Black Middle-Class Embodiment In The Post-Civil Rights Era. By AAIHS Editors
Andrew Yang was wrong. Showing our ‘Americanness’ is not how Asian-Americans stop racism. By Canwen Xu / Wash Post
Bill Withers Was the Definition of Timeless. By Bill Wyman / Vulture
Ellis Marsalis, Jazz Pianist and Music Family Patriarch, Dies at 85. By Giovanni Russonello and Michael Levenson / NYT
Meghan Markle’s Elephant Voiceover Has Been in the Works Since 2017. By Erin Vanderhoof / Vanity Fair
How Serena And Venus Helped Two Unknown Brothers Reach Tennis’ Elite. By Sports Chew
Kobe Bryant Elected To Hall Of Fame In Posthumous ‘Peak Of His Career.’ By Colin Dwyer / NPR
