Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
What Affirmative Action Taught Me. By Errol Lewis / New York Magazine
Florida principal and teacher are placed on leave after Black students are singled out at an assembly. By Raja Razek amd Amy Simonson / CNN
Harvard Divinity School selects first Black woman as dean. By Yonat Shimron / RNS
Why Americans Are So Awful to One Another. By David Brooks / The Atlantic
Esau McCaulley remembers his past, dreams of the Promised Land in new book. By Bob Smietana / RNS
White Evangelicals Aren’t Sure About Ramaswamy. But for Indian American Christians, He’s a No-Go. By Surinder Kaur / Christianity Today
‘A Fever in the Heartland’ links Klan history to MAGA movement. By Timothy Kelly / NCR
The 1963 March on Washington Changed America. Its Roots Were in Harlem. By John Leland / NYT
Savannah picks emancipated Black woman to replace name of slavery advocate on historic square. By AP and Andscape
Betty Tyson, Who Was Wrongfully Imprisoned for Murder, Dies at 75. By Sam Roberts / NYT
The Enduring Meaning Behind Marvin Gaye’s Signature Hit “What’s Going On?.” By Melody Russell / American Song Writer
Asian characters with speaking roles in Hollywood jumped dramatically over the last 15 years. By Sakshi Venkatraman / NBC News
Basketball Hall of Fame a place of consensus and common purpose. By William C. Rhoden / Andscape
Chris Eubanks: ‘We haven’t had the luxury of a Black male like Serena who just dominated.’ By Kristen Doerer / The Guardian
Clervie Ngounoue, tennis’s second-ranked junior, is ready to level up. By Ava Wallace / Wash Post
Caleb Williams is ready for his encore. By Michael Lee / Wash Post
Giannis Antetokounmpo Wants It All. Even if It’s Not in Milwaukee. By Tania Ganguli / NYT
Bronny James’ cardiac arrest caused by congenital heart defect, expected to ‘return to basketball in very near future.’ By Shams Charania and The Athletic Staff / The Athletic
‘I Have a Dream,’ Yesterday and Today. By Darren Sands / NYT
Race Inquiry Digest (Aug 31) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured More schools that forced American Indian children to assimilate revealed. By Dana Hedgpeth and Emmanuel Martinez / Wash Post
“He learned from studying Hitler’s speeches”: Leading civil rights lawyer on 20 ways Trump is a copy. By Steven Rosenfeld / Salon
Guns, Republicans and “manliness”: We all suffer from the right’s mental health crisis. By Kirk Swearingen / Salon
Federal judges rule against provisions of GOP-backed voting laws in Georgia and Texas. CBS News
Proud purple to angry red: These Florida residents feel unwelcome in ‘new’ Florida. By Tom McLaughlin / USA Today
White college grads are Democrats’ new firewall. Will they hold in 2024? By Ruy Teixeira / Wash Post
Who is Vivek Ramaswamy, on center stage at Republican debate? By Marisa Lati / Wash Post
