Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Detroit, NAACP unveil MLK statue on 60th anniversary of “I Have a Dream” speech in Detroit. By Raymond Strickland / CBS News
Black Music Sunday: Let’s celebrate Justice Sotomayor’s birthday with some New York City salsa. By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
Queen Latifah, Dionne Warwick chosen for Kennedy Center Honors. By AP and Andscape
Tyler Perry Reportedly Objects to $3B Asking Price For BET. By Ny MaGee / Eurweb News
Ja Morant shows how a ‘good guy with a gun’ can never be Black. A. Joseph Dial / The Conversation
Why Eagles LB Nakobe Dean is an ‘NFL unicorn’ determined to finish his college degree. By Zach Berman / The Atheletic
Ron DeSantis pushes racist tropes in latest comments about basketball and baseball players. By Mike Freeman / USA Today
Why the right is so terrified of “woke”: There are truths it just can’t face. By Kirk Swearingen / Salon
Race Inquiry Digest (Jul 3) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured The Supreme Court struck down admissions programs at Harvard and the University of North Carolina that used race in college admissions Thursday.
The Supreme Court could end to the affirmative action culture war. By Fabiola Cineas / Vox
Texas Gov. Abbott signs law shutting diversity offices at public universities. By Reuters and NBC News
Georgia poll workers accused in Trump-backed conspiracy theories cleared of election fraud allegations. By Lucien Bruggeman / ABC News
“Decline into anocracy”: Experts outline Trump’s retaliation plan. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
How Hakeem Jeffries Learned to Fight Dirty. By Calder McHugh / Politico
Native American Families Broken Up Despite Federal Law Meant to Keep Them Together. By Jessica Lussenhop and Agnel Philip
Mental health: Black experts on how to heal from racial discrimination. By Kenya Hunter / Vox
William Spriggs Was the Economist Who Fought for the Entire Working Class. By John Nichols / The Nation
William Barber departs pulpit of Greenleaf Church with an ode to the power of disability. By Yonat Shimron / RNS
The sleeper legal strategy that could topple abortion bans. By Alice Miranda Ollstein / Politico
The country’s fastest-growing Christian movement helped fuel Trump’s rise—and is gearing up for spiritual battle. By Stephanie McCrummen / The Atlantic
Mehdi Hasan Shows What A Big Phony Ron DeSantis Is When It Comes To Jesus. By Ed Mazza / HuffPost
“Black History Is an Absolute Necessity.” By Indigo Olivier / The New Republic
Florida still recognizes 3 Confederate holidays, but not Juneteenth. ByJake Stofan / Action News Jax
The destruction of ‘Black Wall Street’ and its long aftermath. By Suzette Malveaux / Wash Post
Rep. Cori Bush marks Juneteenth with push for reparations. By Nicole Killion / CBS News
Ketanji Brown Jackson’s ancestors were enslaved. Her husband’s were enslavers. By Sally H. Jacobs / Wash Post
