Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
The Christian right has set the US on the road to Gilead. Without a fight, other nations may follow. By Deborah Frances-White / The Guardian
American hell. In the last year of his life, Martin Luther King Jr.’s confidence in the politics of progressivism dimmed. Judgment became his refrain. By Isaac S. Villegas / Christian Century
Tax Breaks, Tithes, and Turnoffs-Is the Black Church Chasing Profits Over People? By Jasmine Browley / BET
Honoring Dr. King’s Legacy In A Time Of Continued Resistance. By tiffany Hamilton / Newsone
From the Confederacy to the Gilded Age: Manisha Sinha on the “sorry history” that inspires MAGA. By Charles R. Davis / Salon
Why the Court Hit the Brakes on School Desegregation. By Louis Menand / The New Yorker
How Newspapers Struggled to Cover Segregation in the North. By Jeanne Theoharis / Time
Maryland Reparations Bill Head To Gov. Wes Moore For Approval. By Kandiss Edwards / Black Enterprise
Tracy Chapman Wants to Speak for Herself. By Lindsay Zoladz / NYT
The Dodgers Are Planning to Visit the White House. It’s a Disgrace. By Dave Zirin / The Nation
Carmelo Anthony, Dwight Howard, Sue Bird, Maya Moore headline 2025 Hall of Fame class. By Rob Peterson, Jenna West and Rebecca Tauber / The Athletic
BAL to honor Dikembe Mutombo throughout 2025 season. By Marc J. Spears / Andscape
Duke faces fallout of epic meltdown in ‘heartbreaking’ Final Four loss to Houston. By Paul Myerberg / USA Today
Why Black Men Face So Many Barriers to a College Education. By Allison Wiltz / Level
Race Inquiry Digest (Apr 14) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured The Ways of White Folks. By Langston Hughes / Wikipedia
Race Inquiry Digest (Apr 12) – 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.
Liberal Judge Wins Wisconsin Supreme Court Seat, Defying Musk’s Millions. By Kevin Robillard / HuffPost
Unmarked Vans. Secret Lists. Public Denunciations. Our Police State Has Arrived. By M. Gessen / NYT
Sen. Chris Murphy says mass nonviolent protests opposing President Trump are increasingly likely. By Eddy Martinez / CT Public Radio
DEI was never for us anyway. By Oneya Fennell Okuwobi / Salon
Republicans Want Voters To Provide Proof Of Citizenship To Vote. Millions Could Be Impacted. By Matt Shuham / HuffPost
Pam Bondi Tells Justice Department To Drop Legal Challenge To Georgia Election Law. By Kate Brumback / HuffPost
Israeli operation in Gaza expanding to seize ‘large areas,’ defense minister says. By David Brennan / ABC News
My Fellow Republicans and President Trump, We Must Stand Up to Putin. By Don Bacon / NYT
How Trump Is Offering White Afrikaners Refugee Status. By Erkki Forster / The Daily Beast
How Donald Trump Is Teaching Christians to Abandon Empathy. By Isaac Chotiner / The New Yorker
