Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Susan Lorincz: Prosecutor says there’s ‘insufficient evidence’ for murder charge against woman who shot her Black neighbor. By Shawn Nottingham and Zoe Sottile / CNN
The fight for Asian American studies in colleges gains ground. By Meena Venkataramanan / Wash Post
St. Louis Is the Struggling Downtown You Haven’t Heard Of — and Right-Wing Policies Are Making Things Worse. By Kevin McDermott / NYT
As the election cycle cranks up, Christians need to call out white Christian nationalism. By Kelly Brown Douglas and Bryan N. Massingale / RNS
Southern Baptists Want To Change Their Name, But Their Oppressive Legacy Will Remain. By Warren J. Blumenfeld / LGBTQ Nation
Unitarian Universalism revisits identity, values at 2023 gathering. By Kathryn Post / RNC
Slavery’s descendants: America’s family secret. By Reuters and NBC News
A Brief History of Affirmative Action and the Assault on Race-Conscious Admissions. By Wil Del Pilar / The Education Trust
The struggle to regain home land at the heart of ‘Lakota Nation vs. United States.’ By Morning Joe / MSNBC
Angela Bassett to receive honorary Oscar. By AP and Andscape
After family’s long fight, Lena Ferguson gets honor from the DAR. By Corinne Dorsey / Wash Post
Jim Brown’s life and legacy are still strong in Cleveland. By Branson Wright / Andscape
Victor Wembanyama Buzz Has San Antonio Businesses Eager to Cash In. By Santul Nerkar / NYT
Thompson Twins Are Ready for the N.B.A., but Not to Split Up. By David Gardner / NYT
Diversity, equity and inclusion: The new American battlefield. By Tirien Steinbach / The Hill
Race Inquiry Digest (Jul 6) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Harvard legacy admissions lawsuit follows affirmative action Supreme Court ruling. By Collin Bindley / AP and Fortune.
Ron DeSantis is campaigning on his record. Judges keep saying it’s unconstitutional. By Steve Contorno / CNN
Donald Trump Sinks to a New Low by Dog-Whistling an Old Racist Tune. By David Margolick / The Nation
Nikki Haley and Tim Scott are pushing away Black voters like me. By Sophia A. Nelson / CNN
Blame the Supreme Court for America’s Decade of Voter Disenfranchisement. By Ari Berman / Mother Jones
Wealth Is the Third Rail of American Politics. Let’s Grab It. By Ezra Klein / NYT Podcast
Black veterans are denied VA health benefits more often than white veterans, new data shows. By Courtney Kube / NBC News
Hispanics, Asians drove post-pandemic U.S. population growth, data shows. By Tara Bahrampour / Wash Post
She didn’t expect to get melanoma. Why Black people need sunscreen. By Amudalat Ajasa and Teddy Amenabar / Wash Post
To quell racism, tell more stories that welcome the stranger. By Joshua Seftel and Simran Jeet Singh / RNS
The Largest and Fastest Religious Shift in America Is Well Underway. By Jessica Grose / NYT
