Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
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
DeSantis’ alternative African-American history is doomed: Black conservatives can’t replace CRT. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
Biden Aims to Win Back White Working-Class Voters Through Their Wallets. By Jonathan Weisman / NYT
Diversity and moderation over tradition – why Democrats moved South Carolina to the start of the 2024 presidential campaign. By Gibbs Knotts and Jordan Ragusa / The Conversation
Kamala Harris Is Trying to Define Her Vice Presidency. Even Her Allies Are Tired of Waiting. By Zolan Kanno-Youngs, Katie Rogers and Peter Baker / NYT
Mississippi House proposes law to create an all-white appointed court system in Jackson. By Rebekah Sager / Daily Kos
What If Colleges Lose at Supreme Court? By Scott Jaschik / Inside Higher Ed
Why Black Families Are Leaving New York, and What It Means for the City. By Troy Closson and Nicole Hong / NYT
The White population count could decrease under a new Biden proposal. By Silvia Foster-Frau / Wash Post
King scholar applies his philosophies of truth to a ‘post-truth age.’ By Adelle M. Banks / RNS
The Astonishing Moral Beauty of Rev. Shuttlesworth and the Black Church. By Tish Harrison Warren / NYT
Indianapolis Black Catholic parish recognized for historical, cultural impact. By Natalie Hoefer / NCR
“Indigenous Continent” Flips American History. By Sean T. Byrnes / The New Republic
Overlooked No More: Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Poet and Suffragist. By Ian Zack / NYT
The brave, forgotten Kansas lunch counter sit-in that helped change America. By Kate Torgovnick May/ Wash Post
Striving Toward Freedom and Black Pittsburgh. By Hettie Williams / AAIHS
A Poem by Cortney Lamar Charleston: ‘It’s Important I Remember That Nina Simone Wrote ‘Mississippi Godam’ in Less Than One Hour. By Courtney Lamar Charleston / The Atlantic
