Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
‘When was it too late?’ Some U.S. Jews wonder about their place in America. By Michelle Boorstein / Wash Post
Rethinking the European Conquest of Native Americans. By David Waldstreicher / The Atlantic
The Civil War and Natchez U.S. Colored Troops. By Deborah Fountain / AAIHS
What to do with Arlington Cemetery’s Confederate Memorial. By Hope Hodge Seck / Wash Post
Statue of late civil rights icon John Lewis will be erected in his congressional district where a confederate monument once stood. By Davon M. Sayers / CNN
Missing people, buried bones at center of Oklahoma mystery. By Hannah Allam / Wash Post
Critical race theory uproar: How history teachers design key lessons. By Erin Richards, Natalie Pate , Meghan Mangrum and Ryan W. Miller / USA Today
Bill Cosby Intends To Return to the Stage Next Year. By Jordan. By Jordan Hoffman / Vanity Fair
Singer Anita Pointer Of The Pointer Sisters Dies At Age 74. By AP and HuffPost
‘Kindred’ Review: Octavia Butler Comes to the Screen. By Mike Hale / NYT
Black Music Sunday: They joined the ancestors in 2022, but left behind the gifts of their music. By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
From Lizzo to Megan Thee Stallion, 2022 was the year of survival for Black women in the public eye. By Melanie McFarland / Salon
Calling Deion Sanders a sellout ignores the growing role of clout-chasing in college sports. By Jabari M. Evans / The Conversation
Pele’s Breakthrough Gave Soccer a Black Star. By Kurt Streeter / NYT
It’s hard to believe, but things are getting better. They will continue to if we keep up the fight. By Robert Reich / The Guardian
Race Inquiry Digest (Jan 9) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Historic House speaker election highlighted matters of race and representation. By Juma Sei / NPR
How a Perfectly Normal New York Suburb Elected a Con Man. By Steve Israel / The Atlantic
Democrats, Feeling New Strength, Plan to Go on Offense on Voting Rights. By Reid J. Epstein / NYT
Bennie Thompson and Liz Cheney are the Jan. 6 committee’s unusual dynamic duo. By Eugene Robinson / Wash Post
Kamala Harris, a Very Turbulent Year in America, and the Challenge of Being First. By Molly Jong-Fast / Vanity Fair
Georgia shows the growing power of Asian American voters. By Li Zhou / Vox
Why Are So Many Black Men Shot in New Haven? By Nicholas Dawidoff / The Atlantic
COVID death data hides true toll on Black, Hispanic, Indigenous people. By Betsy Ladyzhets, Shaena Montanari, and Rachel Monahan / USA Today
‘The weight of being a Black student feels so heavy right now.’ By Emily Davies / Wash Post
How Black activists in Northern Virginia transformed the way children learn to read. By Sarah Carr / Wash Post
Race, Religion, and The History Behind ‘Heathen.’ By Hayley Madi / AAIHS
