Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Black Music Sunday: ‘Spring has sprung, the grass has riz,’ and jazz is ‘where the flowers is.’ By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
Kylie Jenner invites Kardashians to talk beauty standards. That’s big. By Hannah Yasharoff / USA Today
Born into slavery, a Kentucky Derby champ became an American superstar. By Sydney Trent / Wash Post
Lamar Jackson became the highest-paid player in NFL history his way. By Adam Kilgore / Wash Post
How ‘Big George Foreman’ tells the story of two of America’s greatest boxers. By Malik Peay / Andscape
Nothing Is Bigger Than Stephen Curry vs. LeBron James. By Sopan Deb / NYT
F1 star Lewis Hamilton to wear rainbow helmet for LGBTQ rights. By Dustin Long and David K. Li. / NBC News
A California panel has called for billions in reparations for black residents. By AP and NPR
Joe Biden and the Struggle for America’s Soul. By David Brooks / NYT
The ‘Woke Mind Virus’ Is Eating Away at Republicans’ Brains. By Jamelle Bouie / NYT
What I’ll Remember Most About Tucker Carlson? His Ability to Unleash the Haters. By Elie Mystal / The Nation
Culture wars intensify as legislators face censures, expulsions. By Kiara Alfonseca / ABC News
Black Va. lawmakers, NAACP demand ouster of Youngkin’s diversity chief. By Ian Shapira / Wash Post
Voting Rights Group Sues Florida For Registration Process That Sets Former Felons Up To Fail. By Kaila Philo / TPM
Newly Right-Wing N. Carolina Supreme Court Reverses Its 2022 Gerrymandering Decision. By Kate Riga / TPM
South Carolina Democratic Party elects first Black woman chair. By AP and NBC News
Howard University names scholar of the African diaspora as its new president. By Nick Anderson / Wash Post
From TikTok to ’90s rap, Jamaal Bowman is learning to raise his voice in Congress. By Scott Wong / NBC News
Roy Wood Jr’s Surprisingly Personal and Scathing White House Correspondents’ Dinner Roast. By Jennifer M. Wood / The Daily Beast
Bishop T.D. Jakes Announces $1 Billion Partnership With Wells Fargo To Create Mixes-Income Housing Developments. By Sharelle Burt / Black Enterprise
Caste discrimination laws remain fraught. Here’s why they shouldn’t be. By South Asia Scholar Activist Collective / RNS
‘Anti-Asian Racism’ names the sin of white supremacy in Catholic Church. By Clarissa V. Aljentera / NCR
From poverty to fame, Harry Belafonte never lost his moral compass. By Michele L. Norris / Wash Post
Confederate Tributes Are Losing Their Patron Saint. By Brent Staples / NYT
Black Resistance and Lynching Memory: An Interview with Mari N. Crabtree Part I. By Menika Dirkson / AAIHS
Emmett Till’s accuser, Carolyn Bryant Donham, has died – here’s how the 1955 murder case helped define civil rights history. By Davia W. Houck / The Conversation
