Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Sen. Raphael Warnock on his new memoir ‘A Way Out of No Way’ and what gives him hope. By Mary Louise Kelly, Elena Burnett and Justine Kenin / NPR
Smithsonian unveils first Latino history exhibit, new gallery. By Patricia Guadalupe / NBC News
Fifty years later, Curt Flood’s sacrifice should still be celebrated. By William C. Rhoden / Anscape
‘After Jackie’ documentary honors the second wave of Black baseball players. By A. Martinez and Phil Harrell / NPR
Jeremy Lin launching basketball school to inspire Asian diaspora youth. By Kimmy Yam / NBC News
NFL will argue for ‘significant’ suspension of Deshaun Watson. By Mark Maske / Wash Post
Juneteenth, as much as the Fourth of July, is America’s true birthday. By Peniel E. Joseph / CNN
Race Inquiry Digest (Jun 27) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured The case against the Supreme Court of the United States. By Ian Millhiser / Vox
The Land of the Free Leads the World in Incarceration. Why? By Christina Carrega / Capital B
Hiding Buffalo’s History of Racism Behind a Cloak of Unity. By Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor / The New Yorker
Herschel Walker Lied About Being a Cop and It Won’t Matter. By Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark
Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms to join White House as top aide. By Mike Memoli and Zoë Richards / NBC News
In South Carolina, race and gender animate Democratic gubernatorial primary. By Stratton Lawrence / Wash Post
Study: Black elders die from air pollution three times more than whites. By Nada Hassanein / USA Today
A Black Army vet spent 16 months in solitary. Then a jury heard the evidence against him. By Sydney Trent / Wash Post
The Evolution of Union-Busting. By Lee Fang / The Intercept
How San Francisco’s D.A. recall election shows a rift in the Asian American community. By Claire Wang / NBC News
Raphael Warnock: I Can Still Hear My Father’s Voice. By Raphael Warnock / NYT
“Jesus, guns, babies”: Religious violence is now at the core of the Republican Party. By Thomas Lecaque / Salon
Southern Baptist battle goes full MAGA: Far right seeks to purge CRT and “Race Marxism.” By Kathryn Joyce / Salon
How the Christian Home-Schooling Lobby Feeds on Fear Of Public Schools. By Molly Olmstead / Slate
Alabama slave ship, Clotilda, receives renewed importance during Juneteenth. By Debbie Elliott and Marisa Penaloza / NPR
City honors man who fought to integrate U of Fla. law school, then gave up his fight so Black people could earn master’s degrees. By The Grio Staff
The Road to Turning 500 Acres Into a Black City. By Jewel Wicker / Capital B
Angela Davis, Charlene Mitchell, and the NAARPR. By Tony Pecinovsky /
‘They Conflated “The Wire” With Reality.’ By Gioncarlo Valentine /NYT
