Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
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Race Inquiry Digest (Dec 18) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Why Trump Won’t Win. By Hussein Ibish / The Atlantic
Trump Will Be a Dictator on Day One and Every Day Thereafter. By Matt Ford / The New Republic
A ‘tyranny of the minority’ is destroying American democracy, a new book warns. By John Blake / CNN
Donald Trump’s dream team looks like an American nightmare. By Heather Digby Parton / Salon
At a Hearing on Israel, University Presidents Walked Into a Trap. By Michelle Goldberg / NYT
Sheila Jackson Lee loses Houston mayor’s race to tough-on-crime state Sen. John Whitmire. By Andrew Zhang / Politico
Wisconsin university regents reject deal with Republicans to reduce diversity positions. By AP and ABC News
Black women are more likely to experience infertility than white women. They’re less likely to get help, too. By Lisa Armstrong / The Guardian
The racial homeownership gap is widening. New rules might make it worse. By Tory Newmyer / Wash Post
How Segregated Preschools Impact Children. By Kathryn Jezer-Morton / New York Magazine
To Bear Witness to Evil. By Cathy Young / The Bulwark
Why Fundamentalists Love Trump. By David French / NYT
Mideast War Pushes Companies to Extend Diversity Programs to Faith Groups. By Emma Goldberg / NYT
Don’t Miss These African Christmas Hits. By Akosua Frempong / Christianity Today
Viva Guadalupe! Beyond Mexico, the Indigenous Virgin Mary is a powerful symbol of love and inclusion for millions of Latinos in the US. By Kristy Nabhan-Warren / The Conversation
Charlotte Forten Describes Life on the Sea Islands. By Charlotte Forten Grimké / The Atlantic
Movie Theaters, the Urban North, and Policing the Color Line. By Alyssa Lopez / AAIHS
The Work of Black Life: A Conversation With Christina Sharpe. By Rhoda Feng / The Nation
Norman Lear (1922-2023) Reshaped How America Saw Black Families. By Jonathan Abrams and Christopher Kuo / NYT
Black Music Sunday: Remembering Guitar Slim and the things he used to do. By Denise Oliver-Velez / Daily Kos
Ellen Holly, ‘One Life to Live’ star and the first Black actor to lead a daytime TV show, dies at 92. By Variety and NBC News
Sean Combs faces fourth sexual assault lawsuit in less than a month. By Anne Branigin / Wash Post
LeBron James named MVP as Lakers down Pacers to win inaugural NBA Cup. By AP and The Guardian
Coco Gauff Is The World’s Highest Paid Female Athlete, Earning $23 Million In 2023. By Kyra Alessandrini / Blavity
With His $700 Million Deal, Shohei Ohtani Is Set To Become MLB’s All-Time Earnings Leader. By Justin Birnbaum / Forbes
