Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Doc on Venus and Serena Williams’ Father Sells to Major Markets. By Manori Ravindran / Variety
Colin Kaepernick’s Defense of Black Studies. By Dave Zirin / The Nation
‘Gut-level Hatred’ Is Consuming Our Political Life. By Thomas B. Edsall / NYT
Race Inquiry Digest (Jul 24) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured The Unsung African American Scientists of the Manhattan Project. By Farrell Evans / History
Clarence Thomas Cited My Work In His Affirmative Action Opinion. Here’s What He Got Wrong. By Allison Sewart / HuffPost
Public Universities That Accept More Than 50% Of Students Who Apply. Shaun Harper / Forbes
Florida is hurting as it becomes ‘where empathy, decency and kindness go to die. By Adam Nichols / Raw Story
Tim Scott is the longshot candidate raising the most cash. By Jessica Piper / Politico
Jesse Jackson to step down as head of Rainbow PUSH civil rights organization. By AP and NPR
Mississippi discriminates against Black residents with appointed judges, Justice Department says. By Emily Wagster Pettus / AP News
Tennessee Arrests Klan Leader on Same Day It Honors 1st Grand Wizard. By Michael Daly / Yahoo News
More Mothers Are Dying. It Doesn’t Have to Be This Way. By Veronica Gillspie-Bell / NYT
Robert Smith’s Latest Deal Just Made Him $4.6 Billion Richer. By Jasmine Browley / Essence
How Confederate migration spread white supremacy in the West. By Todd A. Price / USA Today
This 93-year-old Hilton Head woman is in a legal battle for land her family has owned since the Civil War. By Nicquel Terry Ellis / CNN
The little-known publisher who tutored Hubert Humphrey about racism. By Samuel G. Freedman / Andscape
In ‘When Crack Was King,’ Donovan X. Ramsey looks back on the drug epidemic. By Tonya Mosley / NPR
Colson Whitehead Returns to Harlem, and His Hero Returns to Crime. By Walter Mosley / NYT
André Watts, internationally acclaimed pianist, dies at 77. By Emily Langer / Wash Post
Black Music Sunday: Songs that honor Ida B. Wells’ crusades for justice. By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
Jay-Z honored with career-spanning exhibit at Brooklyn Public Library. By Variety and NBC News
Colorism is driving women of color to use harmful skin lightening products, says new study. By Char Adams / NBC News
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: “There are times when you don’t have any choice but to speak the truth.” By Jim Axelrod / CBS News
How Cowboys owner Jerry Jones found a sucker in Clarence Thomas. By Mike Freeman / USA Today
Tommy Tuberville couldn’t be racist. He coached football. By Candace Buckner / Wash Post
Gabby Douglas announces gymnastics comeback. By Christopher Brito / CBS News
