Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Black Christian Faith: Perennial Decline, Respectability, and “the back of the church.” By Vaughn A. Booker / AAIHS
Study: Clergy feel ill-equipped to help Black and Latino congregants with mental health. By Alejandra Molina / RNS
‘What Took Us So Long?’: Black Caucus Members Propose Awarding 200,000 Black Civil War Vets Congressional Gold Medal. By Nicole Duncan-Smith / Atlanta Black Star
University of Alabama removes name of Klansman from a campus building. By Nick Anderson / Wash Post
“American Reckoning”: 55 Years After KKK Murder of Mississippi NAACP Leader, Case Remains Unsolved. By Amy Goodman / Democracy Now
This Early Film Depicting Black Love Went Hidden For Years. By Brittany Wong / HuffPost
10 years after Whitney Houston’s death, what have we learned about her — and ourselves? By Allison Stewart / Wash Post
A Black Music collection dedicated to our loves and lovers, on Valentine’s Day and all year round. By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
Why Toni Morrison Books Are Frequent Targets of Book Bans. By Olivia B. Waxman / Time
‘Going At It the Wrong Way’: Deion Sanders Says You Can’t Convince Old Billionaires Already Stuck In Their Ways to Hire a Black Coach, So He Offers Another Option. By TSL Contributor / Atlanta Black Star
‘We don’t look like them’: Black figure skaters face barriers to entry from a young age. By Kayla Steinberg / NBC News
Faith Leaders Demand NFL Move Next Super Bowl From Arizona For ‘Racist’ Vote Crackdown. By Mary Papenfuss / HuffPost
Twitter Users Invoke Colin Kaepernick After Aaron Rodgers Wins MVP. By Kimberley Richards / HuffPost
Her dad died. So her favorite NFL star took her to the father-daughter dance. By Sydney Page / Wash Post
Can NBA draft prospects at Overtime Elite disrupt college basketball? By Erin Richards / USA Today
NBC’s Mike Tirico travels 12,000 miles to pull double-duty, hosting Olympics and Super Bowl. By Sam Fortier / Wash Post
The story of four Black NFL players who changed the face of the game. CBS News
Race Inquiry Digest (Feb 21) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured The Dark Century. By David Brooks / NYT
Race Inquiry Digest (Feb 17) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured How Black families, torn apart during slavery, worked to find one another again. By Claretta Bellamy / NBC News
Supreme Court Halts Order Requiring Alabama To Redraw Congressional Map. By Nick Visser / HuffPost
Black Lawmakers Urge DOJ To Take ‘Aggressive’ Action Against Voter Restrictions. By Sarah Ruiz-Grossman / HuffPost
America’s political future is in Texas. But will Texas be red or blue? By Chris Chu de León / USA Today
GOP Bets on Black Conservatives As Key to Victory: ‘We Change or We Die.’ By Steve Friess / Newsweek
In his fight against ‘woke’ schools, DeSantis tears at the seams of a diverse Florida. By Tim Craig and Lori Rozsa / Wash Post
Dear White Staffers: It’s Time We Listened. By Jim Swift / The Bulwark
After a half-century of federal oversight, segregated neighborhoods are still pervasive: ABC News analysis. By Mark Nichols / ABC News
