Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Winners from the 2022 Soul Train Awards Are Revealed. By Shanelle Genai / The Root
Pop Hit Maker Irene Cara Dies at 63. Alexander Jane / The Root
Lizzo Talks ‘Racist Origin’ Of Pop Music And What It’s Like Being A Black Pop Star. By Kimberley Richards / HuffPost
“He is the best shooter in the world right now” — Kyrie Irving has high praise for Yuta Watanabe. By Karan Tyagi / Basketball Network
How ‘positional segregation’ keeps Black coaches stuck in NFL pipeline. By Tom Schad, Mike Freeman and Steve Berkowitz / USA Today
Jerry Jones Fields Questions About 1957 Photo Published In Report. By Todd Archer / ESPN
How Democrats can build toward a blowout in 2024 — and vote the GOP into extinction. By Bob Hennelly / Salon
Race Inquiry Digest (Dec 1) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured It Didn’t Start with Trump: The Decades-Long Saga of How the GOP Went Crazy. By David Corn / Mother Jones
Mike Pompeo Boldly and Insanely Claims Teachers’ Union Leader Is “the Most Dangerous Person in the World”—Ahead of Kim Jong Un. By Bess Levin / Vanity Fair
Warnock’s Lead Over Walker Widens in New Georgia Runoff Poll. By Susan Milligan / US News
Hakeem Jeffries: Will Nancy Pelosi’s successor in House Democratic leadership make nice with progressives? By Alexander Sammon / Slate
Why Black women candidates had mixed results in the midterm elections. By Lisa Desjardins / PBS
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer makes historic pick for Michigan Supreme Court vacancy. By Craig Mauger / The Detroit News
Rayshard Brooks shooting: Atlanta will pay $1M to family of man killed by police. By Becky Sullivan / NPR
Reparations for Black Americans can work if they are reimagined. By Andrew Delbanco / Wash Post
VMI’s first Black superintendent under attack by conservative White alumni. By Ian Shapira / Wash Post
Unhealthy food ads targeted at minorities carry serious consequences. By Tiffany Cusaac-Smith / USA Today
HIV treatment, prevention efforts must target Black women, experts say. By Nada Hassanein / USA Today
On Racial Justice: The Question Is, Do We Want to Get Well? By Jenny Potter / Christianity Today
The Growing Religious/Secular Rift on the Illiberal Right. By Joshua Tait / The Bulwark
Atheist churches and the ‘sacred flower of cannabis’: Americans find spirituality in new places. By Morgan Shipley / RNS
Love in a Time of Social Conflict. By Heather Thompson Day / Christianity Today
Only Three Black Governors Have Ever Been Elected In US History. By Cheyanne M. Daniels / The Hill
In Native American adoption case, Supreme Court explores race and tribal sovereignty. By Devin Dwyer, Sarah Herndon, and Isabella Meneses / ABC News
Margaret Walker’s Business during The Antebellum Era. By Anne Kerth / AAIHS
The Malaise, Mess, and Art of Black Millennial Womanhood. By Marina Magloire / The Nation
