Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
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
Chris Eubanks’s Wimbledon run ends. His next chapter is just starting. By Ava Wallace / Wash Post
Meet the thrilling Reds, turbo-boosted by Elly De La Cruz: ‘A new generation, a new era.’ By C. Trent Rosecrans / The Athletic
Florida A&M to forgo future Orange Blossom Classic games, says athletic director. By Brandon King / HBCU Sports
GOP state attorneys general shift affirmative action battle lines to the workplace. By Wyatte Grantham-Phillips and Geoff Mulvhill / PBS
Race Inquiry Digest (Jul 20) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured ‘Gut-level Hatred’ Is Consuming Our Political Life. By Thomas B. Edsall / NYT
How the myth of a ‘model minority’ works to divide Americans. By Theodore R. Johnson / Wash Post
The Next Battle Over Colorblindness Has Begun. By Sonya B. Starr / NYT
This Is One Republican Strategy That Isn’t Paying Off. By Thomas B. Edsall / NYT
From John Birch to Donald Trump: How the GOP got “devoured by their own Frankenstein monster.” By Chauncey Devega / Salon
Top donors, souring on DeSantis, start looking at Tim Scott. By Sally Goldenberg and Natalie Allison / Politico
Tommy Tuberville, a US Senator in 2023, Has Only Just Come Around to the Idea That White Supremacists Are Racist. By Caleb Ecarma / Vanity Fair
Biden’s pick to lead Joint Chiefs tangles with GOP at Senate hearing. By Dan Lamothe / Wash Post
Democratic jitters grow over Cornel West’s third-party bid. By Hanna Trudo / The Hill
3 ways Black people say their white co-workers and managers can support them and be an antidote to systemic racism. By Jennifer R. Joe and Wendy K. Smith / The Conversation
Black men are at an increased risk for melanoma, study finds. By Claretta Bellamy / NBC News
For too many Christians, the lines between dominionism, nationalism and fascism are blurred. By Karen Swallow Prior / RNS
Black Churches Concerned About Expulsion from SBC. By Bob Smietana / Christianity Today
Mormon leaders – whose church is often associated with the GOP – push back against one-party politics. By David Campbell / The Convesation
Why We Shouldn’t Lose Faith in Organized Religion. By Tish Harrison Warren / NYT
