Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Does campus diversity justify affirmative action? Our study says yes. By Adam Chilton Justin Driver, Jonathan Masur and Kyle Rozema / Wash Post
Congress investigates Jackson water crisis and Mississippi’s use of federal funds. By Bracey Harris / NBC News
Babies born to Black mothers die far more often than those with white mothers. By Aria Bendix / NBC News
George Floyd’s family to file $250 million lawsuit against Ye, a.k.a. Kanye West. By Matt Adams / NPR
Anna May Wong will become the first Asian American on U.S. coins. By Ashley Ahn / NPR
Fewer than half of Americans may be Christian by 2070, according to new projections. By Bob Smietana / RNS
Catholics have a duty to combat voter suppression, webinar participants say. By Aleja Hertzler-McCain / NCR
How Warnock’s church highlights the key to Georgia’s Senate race. By Eugene Daniels / Politico
The Growing Religious Alliance to Ban LGBTQ Books. By David Masciotra / The New Republic
What an Antislavery Politician Missed and Why It Still Matters. By Jamelle Bouie / NYT
Famed Brown v. Board ruling debated in Supreme Court admissions cases. By John Fritze / USA Today
‘Descendant’ and ‘The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks’ review: Two documentaries provide new windows into chapters in Black history. By Brian Lowry / CNN
The Legal Mind of Constance Baker Motley. By Tomiko Brown-Nagin / AAIHS
Americans living in Ghana explain why they made the move to Africa. By Pam Rentz / Andscape
A Pioneering Black Ballerina’s Life Story Comes to the Stage. By Kayla Stewart / NYT
How Deion Sanders is changing the future of college football at Jackson State. By Jon Wertheim
Simone Biles: How the Olympic gold medalist’s life led to mentorship. By Simone Biles / USA Today
Charles Barkley signs ‘life-altering deal’ to stay with TNT’s NBA show. By Des Bieler / Wash Post
The U.S. Thinks ‘It Can’t Happen Here.’ It Already Has. By Jamelle Bouie / NYT
Race Inquiry Digest (Oct 27) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Their America Is Vanishing. Like Trump, They Insist They Were Cheated. By Michael H. Keller and David D. Kirkpatrick / NYT
Five takeaways from the Georgia Senate debate. By Dan Merica and Gregory Kreig / CNN
A Revealing Racist Rant in L.A. By Charles M. Blow / NYT
How DeSantis Remade Florida’s Congressional Districts. By Joshua Kaplan / Propublica
Georgia midterms: Black men could be the key to Stacey Abrams’ win. By Mabinty Quarshie and Phillip M. Bailey / USA Today
Civil Rights Lawyers: Future of Affirmative Action is in Question. By Liann Herder / Diverse Issues in Higher Ed.
It’s taking more time to cast a ballot in US elections – and even longer for Black and Hispanic voters. By Jonathan Coopersmith / The Conversation
