Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Florida Republicans Hope to Enshrine a Right to Religious Discrimination. Charles McCrary / TNR
The brief but shining life of Paul Laurence Dunbar, a poet who gave dignity to the Black experience. By Minnita Daniel-Cox / The Conversation
A Fresh Look at a Pioneering Black Voice of Revolutionary America. By Jennifer Schuessler / NYT
International African American Museum Sets Opening for June After Sudden Delay. By Zachary Small / NYT
Black Women and the Racialization of Infanticide. By Rebekka Michaelsen / AAIHS
Powerful docuseries spotlights missing and murdered Indigenous women. By Chris Byrd / NCR
Jazz Just Lost One of Its All-Time Greats. By David Graham / The Atlantic
Black Music Sunday: Meet Ma Rainey, the Mother of the Blues. By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
Chris Rock Mocks Will Smith in Live Netflix Special, Addressing Oscars Slap. By Julia Jacobs / NYT
Quarterbacks Bryce Young, C.J. Stroud and Anthony Richardson are set to make NFL draft history. By Jason Reid / Andscape
Brian Flores’s Discrimination Case Against the N.F.L. Can Move to Court. By Ken Belson and Jenny Vrentas / NYT
After Three Decades of Waiting, Dana Brown Gets His Shot. By Tyler Kepner / NYT
He Was Billed as the Next LeBron. But Will Emoni Bates Make It at All? By Billy Witz / NYT
‘It’s all worth it’: Brad Daugherty savors his historic victory at Daytona 500. By Marc J. Spears / Andscape
Let’s give thanks to the “Dilbert” guy. By Lucian K. Truscott IV / Salon
Race Inquiry Digest (Mar 9) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured A GOP war on ‘woke’? Most Americans see term as positive: Ipsos Poll. By Susan Page / USA Today (Image Chattanooga Times Free Press)
Republicans turn up the racism to drive up GOP opposition to Ukraine. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
It’s Time to Call Out the DeSantis Deflection. By Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove / The Nation
AP Black Studies Debate Reveals the College Board’s Race Problem. By Melinda D. Anderson / Capital B
Obama launches leadership network focused on local civic engagement. By Matthew Brown / Wash Post
The ‘Dilbert’ Cartoonist and the Durability of White-Flight Thinking. By Charles M. Blow / NYT
What Justice Jackson’s recusal from affirmative action case means for Black students. By Kayla Jimenez / USA Today
Indian Americans Rapidly Climbing Political Ranks. By Maggie Astor and Jill Cowan / NYT
Mayor Lori Lightfoot of Chicago Loses Her Bid for Re-election. By Julie Bosman and Mitch Smith / NYT
How a Supreme Court justice’s paragraph put the Voting Rights Act in more danger. By Hansi Lo Wang / NPR
Only 5.7% of US doctors are Black, and experts warn the shortage harms public health. By Jacqueline Howard / CNN
