Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
It’s Bennie Thompson’s Moment to Defend Democracy. By Grace Segers / The New Republic
Federal Judge Strikes Down Portions Of Racist Florida Election Law. By Brandan Farrington / HuffPost
What Can Biden Do Now to Protect the Ballot? We Asked Eric Holder and Six Other Voting Rights Experts / By The New Republic
Milwaukee Chooses First Black Elected Mayor in 176 Years. By Cavalier Johnson / The Root
Amir Locke: No charges will be filed in fatal police shooting. By Omar Jimenez and Brad Parks / CNN
Watch “Prince Rogers Nelson & Minneapolis Public School Teachers Strike (A Black Perspective) Pt. 4.” By Ralph Crowder / YouTube
How Chris Smalls built a labor movement that led to Amazon workers’ first union. By Andrea Hsu and Alina Selyukh / NPR
Black and Hispanic seniors are left with a less powerful flu vaccine. By Arthur Allen / Wash Post
The environmental racism of North Carolina’s hog farming industry, explained. By Jamie Berger / Vox
Latinos have many skin tones. Colorism means they’re treated differently. By Rachel Hatzipanagos / Wash Post
Nigeria-Born Tope Awotona Poured His Life Savings Into Calendly. Now He’s One Of America’s Wealthiest Immigrants. By Amy Feidman / Forbes
What Kind of Love is Needed to Heal Racial Divides? By Derwin Gray / Christianity Today
Moving lightly through this world: Reflections on the weight of white Christian innocence. By Robert P. Jones / Religion News
Young Black Catholics are still here and flourishing more than their peers. By Josh Packard Byron / Religion News
Churches played an active role in slavery and segregation. Some want to make amends. By Michela Moscufo / NBC News
A slaveholding president’s estate faces a modern racial controversy. By The Editorial Board / Wash Post
Ancestral Land In Virginia Returned To Rappahannock Tribe. By Sebastian Murdock / HuffPost
A historic all-Black town wants reparations to rebuild as a ‘safe haven.’ By Emmanuel Felton / Wash Post
Racism as Theory: A Historiography of White Supremacy Ideology. By Bala James Baptiste / AAIHS
The “Radical” King and a Usable Past. By Robert Greene II / AAIHS
‘Go, Mississippi’: State could ditch song with racist roots. By Emily Wagster Pettus / ABC News
First Black Woman Pilot Bessie Coleman to be Honored on US Quarter in 2023. By Noah A. McGee / The Root
In the Face of Black Pain, Elizabeth Alexander Turns to Art. By Michell S. Jackson / NYT
Why have rappers been virtually shut out of the Grammys’ album of the year category? By Justin Tinsley / Andscape
Colin Kaepernick is bigger than football. It’s time for him to stop looking back. By Candace Buckner / Wash Post
South Carolina’s Dawn Staley has emerged as her generation’s John Thompson. By William C. Rhoden / Andscape
