Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
A Right-Wing Group Accused NASCAR of Discrimination Against White Dudes. It’s a Blueprint for Trump. By Abby Vexoulis / Mother Jones
Sports Under Fascism & All-Time NBA Injury What-Ifs. By Dave Zirin / The Nation
Gymnast Jordan Chiles shares what’s next after 2024 Olympics. By Juana Summers, Brianna Scott and Christopher Intagliata / NPR
Trump, by Any Means Necessary. By David Frum / The Atlantic
Race Inquiry Digest (Mar 13) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Project 2025 – From Wikipedia . Summarized and annotated with links.
Race Inquiry Digest (Mar 10) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Why Republicans Want to Dismantle the Education Department. By Michael C. Bender / NYT
The war on DEI is an old American story. By Colbert I. King / Wash Post
MSNBC’s Death Rattle. By Dave Zirin / The Nation
The First Black Leader of Virginia Military Institute Is Ousted. By Stephanie Saul / NYT
Trump officials start dismantling civil rights offices, as part of DOGE’s secret plan. By Julian Mark, Hannah Natanson and Danielle Abril / Wash Post
RFK Jr.’s Mental Health Bait and Switch. By Erin Reinhart / TNR
Neo-Nazis targeted a majority-Black town. Locals launched an armed watch. By Daniel Wu / Wash Post
Black Leaders on Why They’ve Turned Against Eric Adams. By Jeffery C. Mays / NYT
Trump-Zelenskyy clash marks a defining turn away from U.S. defense of democracies. By Dan De Luce / NBC News
USAID issues funding termination notices to key South African health programmes. By Tamsin Metelerkamp / Daily Maverick
U.S. Terminates Funding for Polio, H.I.V., Malaria and Nutrition Programs Around the World.
A Tale of Two Christianities. By Jeanne Petrolle / Patheos
Documentary highlights the tensions, isolation of being ‘Black + Evangelical.’ By Adelle M. Banks / RNS
Historic Black churches receive $8.5 million in preservation grants. By Adelle M. Banks / RNS
The Broken Promise of ‘40 Acres and a Mule.’ By Sho Baraka / Christianity Today
Lifelong New York civil rights advocate, NAACP leader Hazel Dukes dies at 92. By Sejal Govindarao / ABC News
Author Ibram X. Kendi on DEI, America’s ‘progression of racism’ and his new book on Malcolm X. By John Blake / CNN
Percival Everett Is Challenging the American Literary Canon. By Eliana Dockterman / Time
Bruno Mars Is Pop’s Most Reliable Male Star. Who Is He, Really? By Shaad D’Souza / NYT
Black gospel music preserved in world’s largest digital archive. By Molly-Jo Tilton / NPR
‘He was a legend’: An oral history of Satchel Paige’s final game at 59. By william Weinbaum / Andscape
The man who blocked for Jim Brown fears America is moving backwards. By Jarrett Bell / USA Today
Steph Curry’s greatness is a scene worth savoring for as long as we can. By John Hollinger / The Athletic
The Truth of a Love Supreme. By Justin Giboney / Christianity Today
Race Inquiry Digest (Mar 8) – 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.
