Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Esther Cooper Jackson, Early Activist For Civil Rights, Dies At 105. By Emily Langer / Wash Post
Playing Through Fire: Athletes In An Age Of Reaction. By Dave Zirin
Cultural taxidermy, not appropriation: the trophies in sports no one wants to talk about. By Tim Thompson / Salon
Looking for More Frances Tiafoes. By Matthew Futterman / NYT
Two Barbers, a YouTube Channel and the Truth About Race at the Racetrack. By Joe Drape / NYT
Deshaun Watson must undergo treatment and have clinicians say ‘he’s on right path’ for suspension to be lifted. By Jonathan Jones / CBS Sports
Walker downplays racism in historic Georgia Senate campaign while casting Warnock as divisive. By Marc Caputo and Henry J. Gomez / NBC News
America is finally waking up to the fascist danger: Let’s hope it’s not too late. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
Jim Crow lives again: Florida and Mississippi turn back the clock on voting rights. By David Daley / Salon
Can Stacey Abrams and Raphael Warnock Make Georgia Blue? By Kevin Lee / TNR
The Val Demings Gamble. By Adam Harris / The Atlantic
FEMA Director Says It’s ‘Too Early’ To Tell When Jackson Will Have Clean Water Again. By Sanjana Karanth / HuffPost
Why Are Black Families Leaving Cities? By Jerusalem Demsas / The Atlantic
The Environmental Injustices of Coke Plants in Birmingham, AL By Max Blau / Propublica
A Black protester voiced anger at police in South Carolina. She got 4 years in prison. By AP and NPR
Barack and Michelle Obama make first joint return to the White House for unveiling of official portraits. By Maegan Vazquez / CNN
The Christian right’s Faustian bargain. By Mark Silk / RNS
In ‘Learning Our Names,’ Asian American Christian authors reclaim their stories. By Kathryn Post / RNS
Hillsdale, Michigan Christian college, is infiltrating Florida’s schools. By Mary Harris / Slate
Mega Preacher Creflo Dollar Says His Preaching On Tithing Was All Wrong: Black America Responds. By Ann Brown / The Moguldom Nation
Historian of Radical Right: Biden Is Correct, Trump Poses Existential Threat to Future of Democracy. By Amy Goodman / Democracy Now
Richmond’s statues fell. Now these sisters aim to lift up Black history. By Gregory S. Schneider / Wash Post
She was the first Black child to desegregate her school. This is what she learnt. By Mary Louise Kelly, Elena Burnett, Mallory Yu and Courtney Dorning / NPR
Zora Neale Hurston Is for Everyone. By Ibram X. Kendi / The Atlantic
Lorraine Hansberry and the Black Radical Tradition. By Shane Vogel / AAIHS
Jordan Peele’s Extraterrestrial Americana. By Stephen Kearse / The Nation
