Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Why Hindus should celebrate Black History Month. By Murali Balaji / Religion News
In ‘This Here Flesh,’ Cole Arthur Riley finds the sacred in humanity. By Kathryn Post / Religion News
DuSable Museum’s ‘Equiano’ exhibit paired with Instagram film. By Darcel Rockett / Chicago Tribune
‘Lincoln’s Dilemma’ Illuminates Honest Abe’s Moment, and Ours: Review. By Daniel D’Addario / Variety
To Fight Attacks on “Critical Race Theory,” Look to Black History. By Keisha N. Blain / The Nation
A century ago, Mississippi’s Senate voted to send all the state’s Black people to Africa. By Joshua Benton / Wash Post
Reliving a dark point in US history: Japanese American incarcerations. By Eve Chen / USA Today
50 years later, Aretha Franklin’s ‘Young, Gifted and Black’ teaches love awakens the soul. By Ray Levy Uyeda / NCR
Filmmaker Stanley Nelson on Police Brutality, Black History & His First Oscar Nomination for “Attica.” Amy Goodman / Democracy Now
How Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Helped Remake the Literary Canon. By David Remnick / The New Yorker
See Viola Davis as Michelle Obama in ‘The First Lady’ trailer. By Carson Blackwelder / ABC News.
After 30 Years, The Cast of Martin Is Back To Ask, “How Y’all Feel?” In Upcoming Reunion Special. By Alexander Jane / The Root
A Black explorer journeys to depths of ocean in search of lost slave ships. By Deena Zaru & Nicole Curtis / GMA
How Loretta Lynch Found Herself, And The NFL, On The Wrong Side Of History. By Stephen A. Crockett Jr. / HuffPost
Goodell, civil rights leaders discuss diversity in NFL leadership positions. By AP and NBC News
Jeremy Lin reflects on ‘Linsanity’ 10 years later, gets candid about ‘big regret.’ By Kimmy Yam / NBC News
NYC Mayor Eric Adams Says Vaccine Mandate Holding Out Kyrie Irving Is ‘Unfair’. By Yakshpat Bhargava / First Sportz
The Dark Century. By David Brooks / NYT
Race Inquiry Digest (Feb 24) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Bosnia, Ukraine and the dangers of ethnic nationalism. By Tom Mockaitis / The Hill
Republicans have dropped the mask — they openly support fascism. What do we do about it? Chauncey Devega / Salon
Why We Are Not Facing the Prospect of a Second Civil War. By Jamelle Bouie / NYT
New Swing-State Ads Try to Tell Black Voters: Yes, Biden’s Looking Out for You. By Daniel Strauss / New Republic
There’s No Such Thing as ‘the Latino Vote.’ By Geraldo L. Cadava / The Atlantic
Why Black home ownership gap is growing — and will continue to do so. By Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy / USA Today
As Minnesota’s Black population grows, African Americans and African immigrants unite. By Fred de Sam Lazaro and Sam Lane / PBS
Prosecutor outlines Ahmaud Arbery’s murderers use of racial slurs. By Joe Hernandez / NPR
