Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Doug Williams: The real MVP. By Jason Reid / Andscape
In ‘Stand’ documentary, Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf wants to leave ‘something for them to think about.’ By Marc J. Spears / Andscape
Deion Sanders massively reshapes Colorado football roster in 2 months. By Brent Schrotenboer / USA Today
The limited usefulness of Black conservatives. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
Race Inquiry Digest (Feb 6) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured The Meaning of African American Studies. By Keeanga-Yamahtta-Taylor / The New Yorker
The police killing in Memphis is a reminder we must change policing. By Perry Bacon Jr. / Wash Post
DeSantis’s Long War on Black Political Power. By Jonathan Chait / NY Magazine
Republican Lawmakers Might Not Be Able to Handle the Truth, But Kids Can. By Margaret McMullan / The Bulwark
It Came From The Basement. How Nick Fuentes Groomed A New Generation Of Racist Hate. By Ali Breland / Mother Jones
How the Voting Rights Act ended up back at the Supreme Court. By Jonquilyn Hill / Vox
Black maternal deaths and disparities increase in Mississippi. By AP and NBC News
Tyre Nichols police beating video prompts faith leaders to react with grief, goals. By Adelle M. Banks / RNS
“Christian Nationalism’s Popularity Should Be a Wake Up Call.” By Jared Yates Sexton / Time
Survey: Hispanic Protestant Churches Are Young, First Gen, and Growing. By Aaron Earls / Christianity Today
Howard Thurman’s Spiritual and Intellectual Contributions to the Civil Rights Movement. By AAIHS Editors
Myth America review: superb group history of the lies that built a nation. By Charles Kaiser / The Guardian
FIU professor’s ‘Teach the Truth’ tours defy DeSantis law on black history lessons. By The Grio Staff and Yahoo
The Museum Built on Native American Burial Mounds. By Logan Jaffe / Propublica
A history of the Holocaust that probes the use and abuse of memory. By Judy Batalion / Wash Post
The Forgotten History of Chinese Railroad Workers Rises From the Texas Dust. By Zachary Small / NYT
Jamila Minnicks’ debut novel raises complex questions about the costs of integration. By Lawrence O’Neal / Andscape
He Quit Singing Because of Body Shaming. Now He’s Making a Comeback. By Javier C. Hernandez / NYT
The Sound of Sonny. By Ben Ratliff / NYT
Student. Athlete. Mogul? By Bruce Schoenfeld / NYT
Inside Patrick Mahomes’ ability to recover quickly: ‘He’s wired differently.’ By Rustin Dodd and Nate Talor / The Atheletic
LeBron James scoring tracker: Lakers star less than 120 points away from record, on pace to break it Feb. 4. By Brad Botkin / CBS
