Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
It’s a YouTube Inauguration for Pittsburgh’s First Black Mayor. By Keith Reed / The Root
Challengers say ‘race blind’ redistricting maps are anything but. By Tierney Sneed / CNN
Why Are More Black Kids Suicidal? A Search for Answers. By Christina Caron / NYT
How a state capital became one of the deadliest US cities. By Peter Nickeas and Priya Krishnakumar / CNN
Angela Davis on Imagining New Worlds, the Campaign to Free Mumia and the Biden Presidency. By Amy Goodman / Democracy Now
For Black families, is selling Grandma’s house the right choice? By Laurel Wamsley / NPR
Asian Americans have the biggest wealth gap. Here’s how they’re helping one another this year. By Sakshi Venkatraman / NBC News
Sickle Cell Math Is Brutally Simple, but Not Widely Taught. By Gina Kolata / NYT
Where Is the Forgiveness and Grace in Cancel Culture? By Michael Eric Dyson / NYT
How extremist Christian theology is driving the right-wing assault on democracy. By Paul Rosenberg / Salon
Who Gets to Define What It Means to Live? By Nick Romeo / NYT
The Fierce Love of the Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis. By Laura Flanders / The Nation
Last Known Slave Ship Is Remarkably Well Preserved, Researchers Say. By Michael Levenson / NYT
The Fight to Remember the Black Rebellion at Igbo Landing. By Remenda Cyrus / Mother Jones
New venue for revised look at U.S. racism’s history: roadside markers. CBS News
How the Hart–Celler Act Changed America. By Ruth Milkman / Dissent
I’m Invited to a Destination Wedding at a Plantation. What Do I Do? By Kwame Anthony Appiah / NYT
Black-owned hospice focuses on end-of-life disparities. By Blake Farmer / NPR
Nikki Giovanni Has Made Peace With Her Hate. By David Marchese / NYT
From Cornel West to Nikole Hannah-Jones, Black intellectuals take over MasterClass. By Donna M. Owens / NBC News
Naomi Osaka, Simone Biles and the enduring sports message of 2021. By Kevin B. Blackstone / Wash Post
Richard Young, No. 1-ranked 2023 RB, planning to visit an HBCU soon. By Andrew Ivins / 247 Sports
Why Covid Death Rates Are Rising for Some Groups. By Denise Lu and Albert Sun / NYT
Race Inquiry Digest (Jan 3) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured After a “Reckoning,” in 2021 America Looked Away From Racism. By Janell Ross / Time
Report shows the extent of Republican efforts to sabotage democracy. By Ed Pilkington / The Guardian
What slavery reparations from the federal government looks like in 2021. BYP.R. Lockhart / NBC News
