Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Samuel L. Jackson Is Approaching An Incredible Box Office Record. By Jack Walters / Screen Rant
A leader in sports activism, Harry Edwards has some final lessons to share. By Michael Lee / Wash Post
Coco Gauff is the highest-paid female athlete of 2024 and she’s not the only Black woman on the list. By Haniya Philogene / The Grio
Colorado coach Deion Sanders braces for emotional Alamo Bowl vs. BYU. By Brent Schrotenboer / USA Today
Warriors arrive at the only conclusion left: The Jonathan Kuminga era is here. By Marcus Thompson II / The Athletic
58 Jazz Luminaries Assembled for This Photo. Only One Remains. By Hank Shteamer / NYT
Race Inquiry Digest (Dec 19) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured More than 60 years later, Langston Hughes’ ‘Black Nativity’ is still a pillar of African American theater. By Dominic Taylor / The Conversation
Race Inquiry Digest (Dec 16) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Colorado’s Travis Hunter wins Heisman Trophy after historic season on both sides of the ball. By Ralph D. Russo / The Athletic
How Trump could bring on a second civil war. By Robert Reich
Where is the fierce urgency of now? By Chauncey Devega / Salon
DEI Is Experiencing Fabricated Chaos, What To Do About It. By Julie Kratz / Forbes
The 2024 election revealed an uncomfortable question about Latino voters. By Christian Paz / Vox
Memphis Police Used Excessive Force and Discriminated Against Black Residents, Justice Dept. Finds. By Emily Cochrane and Shaila Dewan / NYT
Georgia’s Black Drivers Pay More In Auto Insurance. By Kandiss Edwards / Black Enterprise
Ghana’s ruling party candidate concedes presidential election to his opposition rival. By Francis Kokutse / ABC News
‘Specific Intent To Destroy Palestinians’: Amnesty International Concludes Israel Is Carrying Out Genocide In Gaza. By Akbar Shahid Ahmed / HuffPost
Ethiopia’s Agony: ‘I Have Never Seen This Kind of Cruelty in My Life.’ By Alexis Okeowo / NYT
Obama makes plea for pluralism, citing interfaith partnerships, megachurches. By Adelle M. Banks / RNS
Rev. Barber seeks to revive NC Moral Monday protests but faces a surprising obstacle. By Ned Barnett / The News and Observer
First woman pastor of historic Mother Bethel AME calls her appointment ‘mind-boggling.’ By Adelle M. Banks / RNS
What Reconstruction Still Has to Teach Us. By Brandon Tensley / Capital B
Doris ‘Dorie’ Miller became the first Black American to be awarded the Navy Cross for his heroism at Pearl Harbor. By Todd Neikirk / War History Online
White and Black activists worked strategically in parallel in Detroit 50 years ago, fighting for civil rights. By Say Burgin / The Conversation
The Twenty-first Century’s Best Books About Native America. By The New Yorker
Black Women Know the Real Truth about Glinda, Elphaba’s Relationship in Wicked And It’s Time Everyone Does Too. By Shanelle Genai / The Root
Caribbean Matters: Afro-Cuban heroes Antonio Maceo and Mariana Grajales Cuello. By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
