Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Kim Potter found guilty of manslaughter in Daunte Wright shooting. By Vanessa Romo, Becky Sullivan and Joe Hernandez / NPR
Texas Board Withdraws Pardon Recommendation For George Floyd. By Peter J. Weber / HuffPost
ACLU accuses school of failing to protect Black student. By AP and NBC News
Black Americans continue to see higher jobless rate despite market recovery. By Lauren Aratani / The Guardian
What Made Black History in 2021? By Dodal Stewart / NYT
70 Years Ago Black Activists Accused the U.S. of Genocide. They Should Have Been Taken Seriously. By Alex Hinton / Politico
Desmond Tutu, South African Equality Activist, Dies At 90. By Andrew Meldrum / HuffPost
Franklin A. Thomas, Pathbreaking Ford Foundation President, Dies at 87. By Clay Risen / NYT
Kwanzaa: The seven principles and what they mean. By Leah Asmelash / CNN
Have you heard ‘The Originator,’ Bo Diddley? By Denise Oliver Valdez / Daily Kos
Denzel Washington’s Michael B. Jordan-starring A Journal for Jordan is obsessed with Black fatherhood. By Robert Daniels / Slate
J.B. Bickerstaff finding his groove with surprising Cavaliers. By Branson Wright / The Undefeated
Kenny Washington, who broke the NFL’s color barrier, was nearly forgotten—unlike Jackie Robinson, his UCLA teammate. By Joshua Neuman / Slate
A New Origin Story: The 1619 Project. By Nikole Hannah Jones / NYT Magazine
Race Inquiry Digest ( Dec 30) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Why Covid Death Rates Are Rising for Some Groups. By Denise Lu and Albert Sun / NYT
Stop calling the GOP fascists “hypocrites”: No one cares, and they have no shame. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
Voting Laws Roundup: December 2021. By Brennan Center for Justice
A New Crop Of Anti-Protest Laws Threatens First Amendment Rights. By Carrie Levine / HuffPost
Inside Justice Department investigation of Phoenix, Louisville police. By Jimmy Jenkins and Tessa Duvall / USA Today
I Joined A Far-Right Group Of Moms. What I Witnessed Was Frightening. By Phoebe Cohen / HuffPost
Los Angeles’s anger at its homeless is what’s driving Karen Bass to run for mayor. By Jonathan Capehart / Wash Post
Army vet risked his life to expose who was in the KKK. By AP and NPR
California investigates Google’s treatment of Black women workers. By Reuters and NBC News
Tackling the racial divide in the fight against cancer. By Jon Lapook / CBS News
Celebrating Myon Burrell’s Release From Prison. By Sarah Lahim / The Progressive
Chicago’s Last Black-Owned Bank Got Millions in Government Deposits — Then Had to Give Them Back. By Mick Dumke and Haru Coryne / ProPublica
