Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Idris Elba and Considerations of Black Actor Identity. By Anique John / AAIHS
How the Surveillance of Black Hair Can Kill a Child’s Spirit. By Nia T. Evans and Arianna Coghill / Mother Jones
LeBron James Teams Up With Barack Obama to Develop Mega Project With $180 Billion Worth Co. By Dhruv Shastry / Essentially Sports
Interview: Caster Semenya on Memoir ‘The Race to Be Myself.’ By Precious Adesina / New York Magazine
Bucks ink Giannis Antetokounmpo to three-year, $186 million extension. By Ben Golliver / Wash Post
The Black prosecutors taking on Trump know what they’re up against. By Paul Butler / Wash Post
Race Inquiry Digest (Nov 2) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured A century ago, a Black-owned team ruled basketball − today, no Black majority owners remain. By Jared Bahir Browah / The Conversation
A crisis of moral clarity: There’s no contest between Trump and Biden — why are Americans confused? By Chauncey Devega / Salon
The warning signs for Democrats about Black voters in 2024. By Stephen Shepard / Politico
Even Tim Scott’s supporters are ‘disappointed’ in his campaign. By Natalie Allison and Burgess Everett / Politico
Sen. Laphonza Butler says she won’t run in 2024 for California Senate seat. By Frank Thorp V and Dareh Gregorian / NBC News
Travis King, Army private who fled to North Korea, charged with desertion. By Jennifer Hansler / CNN
Ibram X. Kendi’s Anti-Racism. By Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor / The New Yorker
The Attorney With a Private Jet Winning Lawsuits Against Giants: Willie E. Gary Fame and Net Worth. By Sagarika C / MSN
One Black Family’s Sobering Fight to Keep Their Land. By Nick Schager / Yahoo
Breast cancer is deadlier for Black women. A study of mammograms could help close the gap. By Ap and Andscape
HBCUs are behind the effort to study the genetic variants that affect Black people. By Ap and NBC News
The Black Madonna makes her mark in the least religious state in the US. By Damian Costello / NCR
Christianity And Human Dignity. By Henry Karlson / Patheos
Antisemitic Violence and Its Shameful Defense. By Mike Cosper / CT
Retelling U.S. History With Native Americans at the Center. By Alan Taylor / NYT
Exhibit of Black dolls offers lesson in legacy of slavery, racism. By Victor Barroco , Allie Weintraub, and Ashley Ennis / ABC News
The Visual Power of Black Rest. By Emily Lordi / The New Yorker
Watch “ABC Tried to Bury This James Baldwin Interview. Four Decades Later, It’s Blisteringly Relevant.” on YouTube.
How Max Roach fused jazz and hip hop. By American Masters and PBS
Colman Domingo Is Civil Rights Activist Bayard Rustin in Netflix’s Powerful Rustin Trailer. By Tommy McArdle / People
