Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Oklahoma Is The Deadliest State for Police Violence Against Black Americans. By Kavontae Smalls / Atlanta Black Star
Hundreds Of Black Women In Georgia Will Get $850 Per Month In Guaranteed Income. By Sarah Ruiz-Grossman / HuffPost
Stricken With Cancer, Mutulu Shakur Remains Behind Bars. By Natasha Lennaard / The Intercept
A Maine city that’s 90% White now has a Somali mayor. By Catherine E. Shoichet / CNN
Is Native American man’s drug sentence a case for sentencing reform? By Tami Abdollah / USA Today
Inspired by the social justice movement, Black entrepreneurship rises. By Curtis Bunn / NBC News
Homicide is a leading cause of death in pregnant people, a new study finds. Black women are at greatest risk. By Cecilia Nowell / Wash Post
A Black couple says an appraiser lowballed them. So, they ‘whitewashed’ their home and say the value shot up. By Jonathan Edwards / WashPost
‘Terrifying’ Nashville statue of Confederate Nathan Bedford Forrest is removed. By Gillian Brockell / WashPost
The Ghosts of Mississippi. By Charles M. Blow / NYT
‘All Hope Was Lost’: A Sustainable Black Georgia Community Seized, Destroyed to Make Way for UGA Dorms, Now Descendants Are Demanding Reparations. By Finurah Contributor / Atlanta Black Star
The Justice Department closes its investigation into the lynching of Emmett Till. By AP and NPR
He Is Black. The Victims Were White. ‘It’s an Allegation as Old as America. By Margaret Renkl / NYT
Black Radicalism and the Right to Bail. By Tony Pecinovsky /AAIHS
In Chicago, Mass Migration is Shifting Black Power. By Shia Kapos, Juan Perez Jr. Renuka Rayasam and Ming Li / Politico
James Brown said the CIA spied on him. The CIA won’t say. By Thomas Lake / CNN
City honors nightclub where Ray Charles sang during Jim Crow era. By AP and NBC News
Music and cultural critic Greg Tate dead at 64. By Dennis Romero / NBC News
He Was a Black Star 60 Years Before Jackie. Now He’s a Hall of Famer. By Benjamin Hoffman / NYT
Minnie Miñoso was worthy of Cooperstown. So what took so long? By Justice B. Hill / The Undefeated
Lewis Hamilton could make history in riveting F1 season finale. By NBC News
Joe Louis’ decision to fight for the segregated Navy was deeply unpopular — until Pearl Harbor was bombed. By Randy Roberts / The Undefeated
Race Inquiry Digest (Dec 13) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Can American democracy escape the doom loop? So far, the signs are not promising. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
The Trump Conspiracy Is Hiding in Plain Sight. By Jamelle Bouie / NYT
Will Supreme Court conservatives overturn Roe? Their casual contempt for women is not a good sign. By Amanda Marcotte / Salon
What Stacey Abrams’ announcement means for Georgia and America. By Peniel E. Joseph / CNN
