Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Serena and Venus Williams, Before They Were Champions. By Cindy Shmerier / NYT
Can Coco Gauff the Tennis Prodigy Become a Tennis Legend? By Susan Dominus / NYT
NYC honors tennis legend Althea Gibson with street renaming. By Claretta Bellamy / NBC News
Is Martin Luther King’s dream still alive? By Peniel E. Joseph / CNN
Race Inquiry Digest (Sep 5) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Mississippi’s Dry Run for Eco-Apartheid. By Kate Aronoff / The New Republic
The Idea That Letting Trump Walk Will Heal America Is Ridiculous. By Jamelle Bouie / NYT
Representative Val Demings Wins Democratic Primary to Run for U.S. Senate in Florida. By Reuters
Herschel Walker: ‘Don’t We Have Enough Trees Around Here?’ By Liz Skalka / HuffPost
https://www.npr.org/2022/08/20/1117689118/poll-69-of-native-americans-say-inflation-is-severely-affecting-their-lives
Many Native Americans say inflation is severely affecting their lives. By Katia Riddle / NPR
Emmett Till alert system aims to bring awareness to hate crimes in Maryland. By Jonathan Franklin / NPR
After Asian hate during COVID, Asian Americans call out racism at work. By Jessica Guynn / USA Today
LGBTQ advocates say the government is missing communities of color in its monkeypox response. By Megan Messerly and Krista Mahr / Politico
What Will Happen to Black Workers’ Gains if There’s a Recession? By Talmon Joseph Smith and Ben Casselman / NYT
Ex-Cop Lied on Breonna Taylor Search Warrant, Pleads Guilty. New York Magazine
The Rising Influence of the New Apostolic Reformation. By Elie Hardy / TNR
Why the Evangelical Movement Is in ‘Disarray’ After Dobbs. The Ezra Klein Show / NYT Podcast
‘Honk for Jesus’: How the Ebo Sisters’ Outrageous Mega-Church Comedy Saved Their Souls. By Suchana News
The Man Who Found His Inner Depths. By David Brooks / NYT
Howard Zinn at 100: Remembering “The People’s Historian.” By Robert Cohen and Sonia Murrow / The Nation
Statue honors once-enslaved woman who won freedom in court. By AP and NPR
All-Black women crew operates American Airlines flight from Dallas in honor of trailblazer Bessie Coleman. By Emma Tucker / CNN
How Stokely Carmichael Helped Inspire the Creation of C-SPAN. By Eamon Whalen / Mother Jones
The Rhythm and Blues Hall of Fame is headed to a small Mississippi Delta town. By AP and NPR
In Tulsa, the movement for reparations scores a historic victory. By Karen Attiah / Wash Post
How to transition to natural hair — and learn to love it : Life Kit. By Venessa Handy / NPR
