Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
They Were Waiting for Trump All Along. By Jamelle Bouie / NYT
Race Inquiry Digest (May 24) – The Week’s Top Stories
The Weekend Edition of Race Inquiry Digest features the top stories from the two previous Digests published during the week. Click here for earlier Digests.
Race Inquiry Digest (May 22) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured An Open Letter to Clarence Thomas. By Elie Mystal / The Nation
The Coming Jewish Civil War Over Donald Trump. By Eric Alterman / The New Republic
Stephen Miller Has a Dangerous New Idea About Habeas Corpus. By Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling / TNR
Trump’s ‘plan’ for Black Americans was mostly a bait and switch. By Theodore R. Johnson / Wash Post
Trump’s Latest Executive Order Would Make Police Even Less Accountable. By Rajul Punjabi-Johnson / HuffPost
Newark’s Mayor Arrested at Protest Outside ICE Detention Center. By Tracey Tully Luis, Ferré-Sadurní and Alyce McFadden / NYT
Only half of Americans say Black Americans will ‘eventually’ have equal rights to white Americans: Survey. By Cheyanne M. Daniels / The Hill
How cuts to DEI and a soft job market may affect new Black college grads. By Cela Migan / NBC News
The Pentagon’s Culture Wars Strike West Point. By Greg Jaffe / NYT
Trump’s dismantling of Education Department gives states ‘green light’ to pursue voucher programs. By Adam Edelman / NBC News
The U.S. now has two world leaders. They could not be more different. By Alexander Smith / NBC News
Trump is bringing white South Africans to the US as refugees, but what persecution are they facing? By Gerald Imray / The Hill
Bill Gates accuses Elon Musk of killing poor children by cutting foreign aid, and says he’s giving away his wealth. By Matt Lavietes / NBC News
What’s behind India and Pakistan’s conflict over Kashmir, and why it’s so serious. By Meredith Deliso / ABC News
Lessons From World War II to Avoid World War III. By Jan Lipavský Margus Tsahkna, Baiba Braže, Kęstutis Budrys, Mihai Popşoi, Radosław Sikorski and Andrii Sybiha / NYT
Is This the End of the Separation of Church and State? By Ruth Marcus / The New Yorker
‘Sinners’ opens a new conversation about Black religion in film. By Christopher S. Gurley Jr. / RNS
The church has a DEI problem. By Julian DeShazier / The Christian Century
Cash Can’t Create Families. By Chris Butler / Christianity Today
The Jim Crow Origins of National Police Week. By Elizabeth Robeson / The Nation
The Book MLK Historians Are Learning From. By Dave Zirin / The Nation
Nikole Hannah-Jones: Trump Is Erasing Black History. By Al Letson / Reveal
This opera tells the story of ‘The Central Park Five,’ Donald Trump’s role included. By Neda Ulaby / NPR
Harlem’s Schomburg Center Celebrates 100 Years Of Black Culture Despite Anti-DEI Backlash. By Jameelah Mullen / Black Enterprise
The Met’s celebration of Black dandyism has a dark side. By Karen Attiah / Wash Post
Jim Dent, Long-Driving Golfer on PGA and Senior Tours, Dies at 85. By Richard Sandomir / NYT
Jemele Hill Is Returning To ESPN After Being Canned As SportsCenter Host In 2017. By Eric Italiano / Brobible
The Best Player In the W.N.B.A. Now Has Her Own Shoe. Why Did It Take So Long? By Tania Ganguli / NYT
