Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Texas Governor Pardons Ex-Army Sergeant Convicted Of Killing Black Lives Matter Protester In 2020. By AP and HuffPost
Forget Biden’s “pause”: Israel is destroying Gaza with a vast arsenal of U.S. weapons. By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J.S. Davies / Salon
Chris Hani, National Liberation, and Apartheid’s Murderous Legacies. By Navid Farnia / AAIHS
With Haiti cut off from the world, supplies are dwindling and its crisis is getting worse. By Giles Clarke / CNN
Brown v. Board: The Momentous School Desegregation Decision. By Earl Warren / The Atlantic April 1977 Issue
Preying on white fears worked for Georgia’s Lester Maddox in the ’60s − and is working there for Donald Trump today. By David Cason / The Conversation
Beyoncé Just Covered the Beatles in the Most Authentic Way: By Honoring Black History. By Garrison Hayes / Mother Jones
Watch “Black Women’s Embrace of Natural Hair Is About More than Style. The New Yorker / You Tube
Rick Brunson, Jalen Brunson and the line between father and son. By William C. Rhoden / Andscape
Community rallies to replace a Jackie Robinson statue after it was stolen from a Kansas little league park. By Greg Rosenstein and Morgan Chesky / NBC News
Simone Biles launches Olympic year with dominant win at U.S. Classic. Wash Post
Invoking Struggle and Faith, Biden Reaches Out at Morehouse. By Katie Rogers and Maya King / NYT
Race Inquiry Digest (May 23) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured What American Fascism Would Look Like. It can happen here. And if it does, here is what might become of the country. The New…
School segregation is worse than it was in the 1980s. By Fabiola Cineas / Vox
Michael Cohen’s Testimony Exposes the Ugly Lunacy of the Trump “Cult.” By Greg Sargent / The New Republic Podcast
Biden’s weakness becomes bigger and bigger worry for Democrats. By Al Weaver and Amie Parnes / The Hill
Angela Alsobrooks wins Maryland’s hotly contested U.S. Senate primary. By Erin Cox , Teo Armus and Lateshia Beachum / Wash Post
Ex-Capitol officer Harry Dunn loses congressional primary in Maryland. By Joan E. Greve / The Guardian
Right-wing states attacking diversity erase, repeat our ugly history of discrimination. By David R. Hoffman / Kansas City Star
Far-Right Group Recruits Followers To Overwhelm Election Offices With Voter Roll Challenges. By Khaya Himmelman / TPM
Hate Crimes Targeting Black People Still On The Rise 2 Years After Racist Buffalo Shooting. By Bilal G. Morris / Newsone
White House sends official to Morehouse to address concerns ahead of Biden’s speech. By Aaron Gilchrist and Nnamdi Egwuonwu / NBC News
Chris Edley, prominent affirmative action scholar, dies at 71. By Alia Wong Michael Collins / USA Today
Florida A&M president says ‘missteps were made’ in handling of purported $237 million donation. By Shawn Nottingham / CNN
Kenya Rallies Police Officers Ahead of Haiti Deployment. By Abdi Latif Dahir / NYT
UN Officials Describe “Absolutely Catastrophic” Conditions in Gaza. By Julianne McShane / Mother Jones
‘It’s deeper than slavery’: Lisbon street project reclaims Portugal’s unseen black history. By Ashifa Kassam / The Guardian
What the Methodist split tells us about America. By Laura Bullard / Vox
Devout Christian Mike Johnson Shows Up to Hush Money Trial to Defend a Guy Accused of Cheating on His Wife With a Porn Star. By Bess Levine / Vanity Fair
Shunned for centuries, Vodou grows powerful as Haitians seek solace from unrelenting gang violence. By DÁnica Coto / RNS
