Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Race Inquiry Digest (Dec 27) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured A New Origin Story: The 1619 Project. By Nikole Hannah Jones / NYT Magazine
This man lives in the paranoid alternate universe of Fox News — so you don’t have to. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
How Hispanics Became Swing Voters. By Ross Douthat / NYT
How the Native American population in the US increased 87% says more about whiteness than about demographics. By Circe Sturm / The Conversation
When the Myth of Voter Fraud Comes for You. By Vann R. Newkirk II / The Atlantic
Mayor-elect Adams taps Nassau County Chief of Detectives Keechant Sewell as next NYPD commissioner. By Robert Pozarycki / AMNY
There’s little racial diversity among financial regulators. By Khristopher J. Brooks / CBS News
Pandemic and racism in education lead more Black families to homeschooling. By Kyra Miles / NPR
Derek Chauvin pleads guilty to federal charges in Floyd’s death. By Amy Foriti / AP and USA Today
O.J. Simpson granted early release from parole on armed robbery conviction. By Scott Neuman / NPR
Black farmers have ‘been in survival mode.’ By Chandelis Duster and Janie Boschma /CNN
‘I know my parents love me, but they don’t love my people.’ By Rachel Hatzipanagos / Wash Post
Slavery and Reconstruction-era violence still shape our legal system. By Tiffany Wright / USA Today
Georgia, South Carolina, and Alabama Keep Honoring Racists and Traitors. By Alan Singer / Daily Kos
The incredible story of William Leidesdorff, San Francisco’s Black founding father. By Benjamin Schneider / SFExaminer
(Re)locating Sites of Memory in Appalachia Through Black Spaces and Stories. By Kristen McCullum / AAIHS
Gun Control and Black America. By Alani Golanski / AAIHS
Race Inquiry Digest (Dec 23) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured North Carolina Black Santas bringing diversity to Christmas. By Chris Lumsden / GMA
Emmett Till’s accuser is still alive and must be brought to justice. By Deborah Watts / USA Today
How Louisiana students fought segregation and secured protest rights. By Bailey Loosemore / USA Today
Bell hooks, Author, Educator and Feminist Icon, Dead at 69. By Maiysha Kai / The Root
Best jazz albums 2021: Nina Simone, Charles Mingus, Frank Kimbrough, and more. By Fred Kaplan / Slate
Another Lesson We Can Learn From Jackie Robinson. By Daily Kos
Hayden becomes 1st Black woman to win national diving title. By AP and ABC News
Stephen Curry Sets N.B.A. Career Record for 3-Pointers. By Scott Cacciola / NYT
Is America experiencing mass psychosis? By Nicole Karlis / Salon
