Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
The D C church that beat the Proud Boys in court now owns their name: An interview with Metropolitan AME pastor Bill Lamar. By Jasmin Pittman / The Christian Century
Trump’s Vision for America: I Am God. The Intercept Briefing
How D.C. first lost its right to self-govern, and the long road to home rule. By Petula Dvorak / Wash Post
The US has pardoned insurrectionists twice before – and both times, years of violent racism followed. By Joseph Patrick Kelly and David Carson / The Conversation
60 years after Bloody Sunday in Selma, elusive racial progress. By Debbie Elliott and Marisa Penaloza / NPR
The women who stood with Martin Luther King Jr. and sustained a movement for social change. By Vicki Crawford / The Conversation
A Look at the Villain era of Soul Singer Bobby Womack. By Angela Johnson / The Root
Where To Watch ‘No Other Land,’ The Best Documentary Oscar Winner. By Dan Aulbach / Today
Stephen A. Smith, star of ESPN and beyond, lands $100 million deal. By Ben Strauss / Wash Post
Olympic Legend Carl Lewis, 63, Reveals He’s Never Had a Long-Term Relationship: ‘Thought It Would Hurt My Career.’ By Justine Fisher / People
Trump Golf Weekends’ Cost To Taxpayers Hits $18.2 million. By S.V. Date / HuffPost
Why Republicans Want to Dismantle the Education Department. By Michael C. Bender / NYT
Race Inquiry Digest (Mar 17) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Trump Tries to Use White South Africans as Cautionary Tale. By John Eligon / NYT
Race Inquiry Digest (Mar 15) – The Week’s Top Stories
The Weekend Edition of Race Inquiry Digest features the top stories from the two previous Digests published during the week. Click here for earlier Digests.
Trump slams DEI as ‘tyranny’ in address to Congress, says US ‘will be woke no longer.’ By Gerren Keith Gaynor / The Grio
“Free speech” warrior Trump announces “unlawful” assault on college protests. By Nicholas Liu / Salon
What Trump, DOGE, and McMahon want to do to the Education Department. By Annan North / Vox
A Kennedy Ally Puts Money Into a Push to Recall Karen Bass. By Theodore Schleifer and Laurel Rosenhall / NYT
How Black leaders are taking on Trump. By Perry Bacon Jr. / Wash Post
USAID cuts could send global health into chaos. By Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill
Arab leaders adopt Gaza reconstruction plan in rebuke of Trump’s vision. By Claire Parker, Heba Farouk Mahfouz and Mustafa Salim / Wash Post
Lech Walesa, Polish Labor Leader Who Fought U.S.S.R.’s Power, Joins in Horrified Letter to Trump. By Andrew Higgins / NYT
The Moral Cost of Murdering Ukraine. By Russell Moore / Christianity Today
Faith Leaders Blast GOP’s Attacks on Poor and Tax Cuts for the Rich. By Jessica Corbett / Common Dreams
Trump’s Christian Nationalists are targeting those the Bible is most worried about. By Liz Theoharris / AlterNet
How the Study of Slavery Has Shaped the Academy. By Scott Spillman / Chronicle of Higher Ed.
