Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Tennis Champ Naomi Osaka Welcomes Baby Girl! By Amira Castilla / The Root
The Supreme Court didn’t end affirmative action for white people. By Fabiola Cineas / Vox
He Worked for Years to Overturn Affirmative Action and Finally Won. He’s Not Done. By Lulu Garcia-Navarro / NYT
The Supreme Court Has Kicked the Door Wide Open to Jim Crow–Style Bigotry. By Elie Mystal / The Nation
Culture wars: How identity became the center of politics in America. By Kiara Alfonseca / ABC News
Campus Diversity Will Be a Struggle Without Race-Based Admissions, History Shows. By Elaine S. Povich / Yahoo News
Harvard and other ‘Ivy Plus’ colleges are failing low-income students, Goldman Sachs says—but underfunded HBCUs don’t. By Paolo Confino / Fortune and Yahoo News
14 promises Donald Trump has made in his campaign for a second term. By Abby Turner / CNN
Exonerated member of ‘Central Park Five’ wins primary for NYC Council seat. By Bobby Caina Calvan / AP and ABC News
If we avoid a recession, we can thank Black and Hispanic workers. By Heather Long / Wash Post
Reparations Campaign Takes New Forms With Bible Study, Juneteenth March. By Adelle M. Banks / RNS
What can Renaissance art and Howard Thurman tell us about the prodigal son? By David B. Gowler / NCR
She Broke the News That the U.S. Catholic Church Sold Enslaved People. She’s Still Going to Mass. By Jesse Naranjo / Politico
Religious right gets blindsided by angry parents in a Southern California school district. By Blake Jones / Politico
A shipwreck awash in Black history takes center stage in Alabama. By Donna M. Owens / NBC News
Tulsa Race Massacre Survivor Recalls Her Experience in New Memoir. By Angela Johnson / The Root
Lawsuit seeking reparations for Tulsa Race Massacre is dismissed. By Dennis Romero / NBC News
Legacy Of The Trail Of Tears Complicating Bid For Cherokee Representation In House. By Jonathan Nicholson / HuffPost
Black Music Sunday: Celebrating Mavis Staples on her 84th birthday. By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
Aretha Franklin’s sons are going to court over her estate. Here’s what to know. By Daniel Arkin / NBC News
The Power Of HBCU Choirs. By Mary Gasman / Forbes
At Queens’ new Louis Armstrong Center, an archive comes home. By Nate Chinen / NPR
1968 Olympian Dr. John Carlos on the Legacy of the Black Athletic Revolt. By Dave Zirin / The Nation Podcast
Satchel Paige’s MLB debut 75 years ago changed baseball forever. By Justice B. Hill / Andscape
The rich history of baseball’s Negro Leagues arrives in theaters. By Scott Allen / Wash Post
Ken Griffey Jr’s Swingman Classic is shouting out the good news of HBCU baseball. By William C. Rhoden / Andscape
