Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
For Black women, hair is tied up with culture, identity and much more. By Alesia I. Redding / South Bend Tribune
Fisk University’s Inspiring Women’s Gymnastics Team Will Be The Focus Of A New Docuseries. By Jazmin Tolliver / HuffPost
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Was the ‘Best Weapon in Basketball.’ By Tania Ganguli and Scott Cacciola / NYT
The modern NFL didn’t have a Black head coach until 1989. Here’s his story. By Frederic J. Frommer / Wash Post
The Meaning of African American Studies. By Keeanga-Yamahtta-Taylor / The New Yorker
Race Inquiry Digest (Feb 9) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Believe It: A DeSantis Presidency Could Be Even Worse Than Trump. By Bryan Tannehill / The New Republic
Cops Lynched Tyre Nichols Because They Knew They Could. By Elie Mystal / The Nation
Tyre Nichols’ funeral in Memphis brings calls for justice. By Joe Hernandez / NPR
While Ron DeSantis Is Fighting Culture Wars, Millions Of Floridians Are Losing Their Health Care. By Jonathan Cohn / HuffPost
How to Be a (YOUNG) Antiracist — Ibram X. Kendi and Nic Stone
The Urgency of Police Reform Is at the Mercy of a Divided Congress. By Grace Segers / The New Republic
Republican House Oversight Committee disbands Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. By Cheyanne M. Daniels / The Hill
The problem with the Black Democratic leadership class. By Perry Bacon Jr. / Wash Post
Kemp Declares State of Emergency Over Stop ‘Cop City’ Movement. By Madeline Thigpen and Adam Mahoney / Capital B
California mass shootings: Asian Americans grapple with back-to-back tragedy.
Native Americans left out of ‘deaths of despair’ research. By Rhitu Chatterjee / NPR
Montana’s Black Mayor. By Adam Harris / The Atlantic
Student protests heat up at Bethune-Cookman University after split with Ed Reed. By Bracey Harris / NBC News
Reconstructionist Jews call for reparations, embark on racial justice pilgrimages. By Yonat Shimron / Religion News
Ron DeSantis and His Christian Crusaders Are Stealing Trump’s Religious Thunder. By Audrey Clare Farley / TNR
Black college students who turn to their faith think less about suicide. Janelle R. Goodwill / The Conversation
Black History Month: Why we celebrate it in February. By Scott Neuman / NPR
The Life of Louis Fatio: American Slavery and Indigenous Sovereignty. By Caroline Wood Newhall / AAIHS
Meet Bayard Rustin, often-forgotten civil rights activist, gay rights advocate, union organizer, pacifist and man of compassion for all in trouble. By Jerald Podair / The Conversation
Samara Joy Is Bringing 21st Century Flair to Classic Jazz Standards. By Thania Garcia / Variety
Michael Jackson’s nephew Jaafar Jackson to play him in biopic. By Kelsey Ables / Wash Post
