Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Race Inquiry Digest (Feb 23) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured National Divorce Is More Popular Than You Think. By Bonnie Kristan / The Daily Beast
Race Inquiry Digest (Feb 20) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Who’s Afraid of Black History? By Henry Louis Gates Jr. / NYT
The Case Against a Biden Run Is Obvious—and Weak. By Jason Linkins / The New Republic
Republican identity politics: Authoritarianism — not individualism — is central to GOP. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
Florida Officials Had Repeated Contact With College Board Over African American Studies. By Dana Goldstein, Stephanie Saul and Anemona Hartocollis / NYT
Key facts about the nation’s 47.2 million Black Americans. By Mark Hugo Lopez and Mohamad Moslimani / Pew Research Center
Childbirth Is Deadlier for Black Families Even When They’re Rich, Expansive Study Finds. By Claire Cain Miller, Sarah Kliff and Larry Buchanan / NYT
The Right to Discriminate. By Jordon Smith / Intercept Podcast
White people have flocked back to city centers — and transformed them. By Tara Bahrampour Marissa J. Lang and Ted Mellnik / Wash Post
Following a Two-Year Decline, Suicide Rates Rose Again in 2021. By Ellen Barry / NYT
What is Black History Month in a white Christian nation? By Andrew Whitehead / RNS
A History of Soul Care. By Barbara L. Peacock and Nicole Massie Martin / Christianity Today
Restoring Faith: historic Black churches nationwide receive grants for restoration. By Lester Holt / NBC News
The Christian Groups Fighting Against the Indian Child Welfare Act. By Kiera Butler / Mother Jones
We whose ancestors owned slaves want to make amends – but nations must also pay their due. By Alex Renton / The Guardian
Mark Whitaker on 1966 – the year Black Power challenged the civil rights movement. By Jonathan Capehart / Wash Post Podcast
School building for Black children in 1700s moves to Colonial Williamsburg. By Susan Svrluga / Wash Post
Black Music (Super Bowl) Sunday: Prince was awesome in the rain, but don’t forget these Black bands. By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
‘Till’ actress Danielle Deadwyler attributes her Oscars snub to ‘misogynoir.’ By Harmeet Kaur / CNN
Sammy Davis Jr. Book ‘Dancing Down the Barricades’ Traces His Legacy. By Theodore Hamm / The Daily Beast
On Super Bowl weekend, can we see players as workers with dignity? By Mike Jordan Laskey / NCR
Pioneering quarterback Jimmy Raye sees Super Bowl as a culmination of a ‘life of denials.’ By William C. Rhoden / Andscape
CTE found in 92 percent of ex-NFL players analyzed in updated report. By Victoria Hernandez / USA Today.
The Chiefs proudly broke racial barriers. Kansas City erected them. By Mark Dent / Wash Post
How Sports Betting Upended the Economies of Native American Tribes. By David W. Chen, Mark Walker and Kenneth P. Vogel / NYT
‘The Americans Got Together and Decided to Drown You in the River.’ By Danny Cherry Jr. / Politico
Race Inquiry Digest (Feb 16) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Church at the Super Bowl: Football, Jesus and fascism. By Chauncey Devega / Salon