Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Liberals love Teddy Roosevelt – but his racism paved the way for Donald Trump and Tucker Carlson. By Matthew Rozsa / Salon
Slave cases are still cited as good law. This team is trying to change that. By Rachel Treisman / NPR
Memory of Samuel J. Bush, Black man lynched by mob, remembered by family, activists. By Okelo Pena / ABC News
Remembering Medgar Evers, 60 years after his death. By Julian Ring / NPR
Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokić has time before ‘of all time.’ By William C. Rhoden / Andscape
Track Star Tori Bowie Died in Childbirth. By Talya Minsberg / NYT
Kerrick Jackson Appointed Head Baseball Coach for University of Missouri, First Black Head Baseball Coach in Southeastern Conference. By Arrman Kyaw / Diverse Issues in Higher Ed
He’s the first Black high school athlete to run a sub-four-minute mile. By Ian Decker / Wash Post
Affirmative Action Never Had a Chance. By Zak Cheney-Rice / New York Magazine
Race Inquiry Digest (Jun 22) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured “Red states are forming ‘a nation within a nation’ with laws that recreate ‘a pre-1960s world.’ By Brad Reed / Raw Story
Supreme Court Rejects Voting Map That Diluted Black Voters’ Power. By Adam Liptak / NYT
The Failed Affirmative Action Campaign That Shook Democrats. By Michael Powell and Ilana Marcus / NYT
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s first major opinion saves Medicaid. By Ian Millhiser / Vox
Trump’s indictment is tragic for our country but an imperative for justice. By E.J. Dionne Jr. / Wash Post
Randy Cox New Haven police brutality case settled for $45M. By TaMaryn Waters and Claire Thornton / USA Today
Black workers at California Tesla factory allege rampant racism, seek class-action status. By AP and NBC News
UDC names scientist and HBCU leader as its new president. By Susan Svrluga / Wash Post
How Pat Robertson made white evangelicals Republican. By Mark Silk / RNS
Three years after George Floyd’s death, faith groups quietly advance racial healing. By Adelle M. Banks / RNS
How Right-Wing Christians Are Taking Over the Charter School Industry. By Carol Burris / The Progressive
Group of pastors leading effort to remove confederate statue in Jessamine County. By WKYT News Staff
DeSantis pledges to restore Confederate general’s name to U.S. military base. By Haris Alic / The Washington Times
We Can’t Exclude Black or Asian American History in Classroom. By Kimi Waite / The Progressive
Black Music Sunday: Celebrating talented Tony award-winning sistahs. By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
Taylor Swift Vs. Beyoncé: How These Super Stars Stack Up Against One Another. By Justin Conklin / Forbes
‘The Godfather of the Jordan Brand’: How Howard White found his calling as Michael Jordan’s closest confidant. By Aaron Dodson / Andscape
