Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
The Moral Chasm That Has Opened Up Between Left and Right Is Widening. By Thomas B. Edsall / NYT
I Grew Up Celebrating New Year’s Eve Like Frederick Douglass. By Esau McCaulley / NYT
Dr. Bethune’s Last Will & Testament. By Mary Mcleod Bethune / BCU History
On Toni Morrison, divine feminine power and Afro-Catholicism. By Nadra Nittle / National Catholic Reporter
Following Father Theodore Hesburgh through Civil Rights era. By Christopher Booker / Religion and Ethics Newsweekly and PBS NewsHour
South Africa’s anti-apartheid hero Archbishop Desmond Tutu praised at state funeral. By Reuters and NBC News
Lee statue will move to Richmond’s Black History Museum. By Deepa Shivaram / NPR
Former boarding school for Indigenous children owning up to its past. By Peter Smith / NCR
Civil rights leaders of 1961 about resisting injustice today. By Mike Thompson / USA Today
Wrongfully Accused: The Exoneration of Black People. By Noah A. McGee / The Root
Legacy of Black architect Paul Williams is not new but it’s worthy of celebration all the same. By Lauren Floyd / Daily Kos
Every stitch tells a story: A Black quilter confronts injustice. By Jingnan Peng / CSM
Film honors African American women who were ‘Rosie the Riveters’ during World War II. By Dana Hedgpeth / Wash Post
Let us make a musical resolution to lift our voices in harmony in this New Year. By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
Wayne Shorter and Esperanza Spalding: a dream collaboration for ‘Iphigenia’. By Sharon Brooks / The Undefeated
Issa Rae’s Insecure’s final season leaves a lasting legacy. By Nylah Burton / Vox
Desmond Tutu understood how sports and politics intertwined. By Kevin Blackstone / Wash Post
Sam Jones, a core member of the great 1960s Celtics, was a great shooter. And a lot more. By John Feinstein / Wash Post
I Investigated Bonds and Clemens. Yes, They Belong in Cooperstown. By Jeff Novitzky / NYT
After a “Reckoning,” in 2021 America Looked Away From Racism. By Janell Ross / Time
Race Inquiry Digest (Jan 6) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured The riot, the republic and the fight for America’s soul. By Jonathan Allen / NBC News
A New Origin Story: The 1619 Project. By Nikole Hannah Jones / NYT Magazine
Trump’s MAGA movement suffered in 2021 — but has big comeback plans for 2022. By Heather Digby Parton / Salon
Poor People’s Campaign, progressive members of Congress vow to fight on for BBB. By Sarah Anderson / Salon
Black voters were key to Biden’s 2020 win. What did they think of his first year? By Curtis Bunn / NBC News
Top Florida newspaper knocks Gov. Ron DeSantis for fear-mongering “critical race theory” bill. By Bob Brigham / Raw Story
