Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
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.
Why Is Lester Holt Leaving NBC Nightly News? What We Know About His Exit — and Other Networks’ Recent Reshuffling. By Rebecca Aizin / People
How ‘DEI’ replaced ‘structural racism’ in the national conversation. By Erika Franklin Fowler and Neil Lewis Jr / ABC News
The Department of Education Threatens to Pull the Plug on Colleges. By Sonja B. Starr / NYT
Dan Bongino tapped as FBI deputy director. Who is he? By Rachel Treisman / NPR
Trump and Hegseth’s Pentagon purge undermines the armed forces. By Max Boot / Wash Post
US white supremacist groups emboldened with ‘ethnic and racial hatred’ as Trump stokes immigration fears. By Stephen Starr / The Guardian
The Future of Student Loan Repayment: Why Black Borrowers Should Worry. By Brandon Tensley / Capital B
U.S. votes against U.N. resolution condemning Russia for Ukraine war. By Karen DeYoung , John Hudson and Siobhán O’Grady / Wash Post
Eighty Percent of Germans Voted Against the Far Right. Can That Happen Here? By Monica Bauerlein / Mother Jones
Lessons from Donald Trump’s South African doppelgänger, Paul Kruger. By Evan S. Lieberman / Daily Maverick
America Loses Its Soul When It Rejects People Fleeing Danger. By Diana Nayeri / NYT
Jesus Christ is your God. Or Trump is your god. You chose. By Rebecca Hamilton / Public Catholic
“Slavery produced a genuine affection between the races”: Hegseth’s church foretold “DEI” firings. By Amanda Marcotte / Salon
The Catholic Church has played a shameful role in Black American history. By Alessandra Harris / NCR
To filmmaker Dawn Porter, the “Eyes on the Prize” message is plain: “We cannot wait for the savior.” By Melanie McFarland / Salon
Nikki Giovanni On History, Banned Books And Joy In Resistance. By Kirsten West Savali / NewsOne
Roberta Flack, Virtuoso Singer-Pianist Who Ruled the Charts, Dies at 88. By Giovanni Russonello / NYT
Alvin F. Poussaint, Pioneering Expert on Black Mental Health, Dies at 90. By Clay Risen / NYT
Soul Singer Jerry Butler Dies At 85. By Hillel Italie / HuffPost
