Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
On Beyonce’s ‘Renaissance,’ Freedom is in the Flesh. By Mankaprr Conteh / Rolling Stone
Jerrod Carmichael, Bo Burnham comedy specials are going introspective. By Hannah Yasharoff / USA Today
The cast of ‘P-Valley’ on the new season and going to the darker side of the Dirty South. By Kelundra Smith / Andscape
Bill Russell, Who Transformed Pro Basketball, Dies at 88. By Richard Goldstein / NYT
Jackie Robinson Museum opens in New York after 14 years of planning. By CBS News
By Attacking Brittney Griner, Trump Signals to His Base: “I’m Still Racist.” By Dave Zirin / The Nation
Where things stand in the racial discrimination lawsuit filed by Brian Flores against the NFL. By Jason Reid / Andscape
Black NFL quarterbacks still face undue criticism — ask Patrick Mahomes, Lamar Jackson and Kyler Murray. By Jason Reid / Andscape
Browns Quarterback Deshaun Watson is suspended for 6 games. By Bill Chappell / NPR
Trump Has Big Plans for 2025. By Thomas B. Edsall / NYT
Race Inquiry Digest (Aug 8) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Viktor Orbán laid out his dark worldview to the American right — and they loved it. By Zack Beauchamp / Vox
Beto O’Rourke raises Democrats’ hopes again in Texas. By Henry J. Gomez / NBC News
The most dangerous threat to America? White male entitlement. By Paul Waldman / Wash Post
‘Where Was The Training?’ Outrage Over Police Beating Of Young Black Man In Tennessee. By Phillip Jackson/ HuffPost
Wes Moore wins: Author to be Democratic nominee for Maryland governor. By Brian Witte / USA Today
Aftershock Documentary Explores Maternal Morbidity Crisis Facing Black Women. Tonya Lewis Lee and Paula Eiselt / Daily Beast Podcast
Court approves $11 million sale of the Black News Channel media group. By Christopher Cann / Tallahassee Democrat
What the history of ‘Judeo-Christian’ can teach us about fighting Christian nationalism. By Eboo Patel and Robert P. Jones / RNS
Let’s Talk About Race like Believers, Not Babel-ers. By Timothy Muehlhoff / Christianity Today
Kendrick Lamar’s new album reminds us that even prophets are fallible. By Andre Henry/RNS
Why Slavery is So Hard to Teach in Schools. By Giulia Heyward / Capital B
Racism, policing, politics and violence: How America in 2022 was shaped by 1964. By Robert S. Mcelvaine / Salon
Alethia Tanner Day honors enslaved woman who bought her freedom. By Omari Daniels / Wash Post
Duke Ellington Deserves the 1965 Pulitzer Prize. By John McWhorter / NYT
Henry Louis Gates Jr. announced as editor-in-chief of the new Oxford Dictionary of African American English. By Claretta Bellamy / NBC News
Give “Nope” director Jordan Peele credit for his impact on Black horror. By Noah Berlatsky/ NBC News
