Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Atlanta Falcons owner gifts HBCUs millions to improve facilities. HBCU Gameday
Why the new Steve McNair Netflix documentary, while informative, feels incomplete. By Jason Jones / The Athletic
“Sum of all parts”: Kamala Harris nomination is the culmination of “fierce” Black women leaders. By Tatyana Tandanpolie / Salon
Race Inquiry Digest (Aug 29) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured How MAGA Is Already Justifying The Use Of Military Force At Home If Trump Wins. By Josh Kovensky / TPM ( Image Jakart)
Democrats Say They’re the Party of “Freedom,” Not Republicans. By Eric Lutz / Vanity Fair
Michelle Obama: The office Trump seeks ‘might just be one of those Black jobs.’ By Jonathan Allen / NBC News
The Con at the Core of the Republican Party. By Nina Burleigh / The New Republic
The Small-Town Nebraska Tim Walz Put Behind Him, but Never Fully Left. By Matt Flegenheimer / NYT
“It’s blanket opportunism”: “Rural America” author on “switch between” the “two different JD Vances.” By Chauncey Devega / Salon
Angela Alsobrooks makes a bid for Maryland’s U.S. Senate seat. By Donna M. Owens / NBC News
The movement to diversify Silicon Valley is crumbling amid attacks on DEI. By Naomi Nix , Cat Zakrzewski and Nitasha Tiku / Wash Post
The True History Behind The Whitening Of Brazil. By Faith Katunga / Travelnoire
Blinken Says Talks Are ‘Maybe the Last’ Chance for Gaza Cease-Fire. NYT
Maduro Further Embeds His Regime in Venezuela. By Jeff Abbott / Progressive Magazine
Elon Musk has been predicting civil war in Europe for nearly a year. By David Ingram / NBC News
Jomo Kenyatta, father of the nation? Kenya’s first president built up a myth which masked his faults. By Stephen Mutie / The Conversation
I’m an evangelical against Trump … and genocide. By Shane Claiborne / RNS
Black praise in white pews: When your church doesn’t love you back. By J.C. Howard et al. / NPR
Raphael Warnock Lights Up the Convention With a Preacher’s Fire. By Jeet Heer / The Nation
Tim Walz and the ‘good neighbor’ election. By Jim Mc Dermott / NCR
Tulsa Race Massacre victims found with gunshot wounds. By Thao Nguyen / USA Today
60 Years Ago, Courage Confronted Racism at the Democratic Convention. By Margaret McMullian / The Bulwark
Beyonce’s foundation commits $500K to Black cowboys, Bill Picket Rodeo. By Cache McClay / USA Today
Olympic gold medalist Noah Lyles challenged to race by Dolphins receiver Tyreek Hill. By Rohan Nadkarni / NBC News
Gabby Williams re-signs with Seattle Storm after stellar Paris Olympics. By AP
Brutal Reality Check Forces Coco Gauff to Accept Defeat and Step on the Backfoot – ‘Put Too Much Pressure..’ By Sayantan Roy / Essentially Sports
