Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Black vaccination rates remain low. Is Tuskegee to blame? By Jason Johnson / Slate
The Long History of American Cruelty. By Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins / The Nation
Black Women, the Civil War, and United States Colored Troop. By Holly A. Pinheiro Jr. / AAIHS
Remembering, Rethinking, and Renaming the Watts Rebellion. By M. Keith Claybrook Jr. / AAIHS
Cornel West on Why the Left Needs Jesus. By Emma Green / The Atlantic
The disturbing history of how conservatorships were used to exploit, swindle Native Americans. By Andrea Seielstad / The Conversation
‘Respect’ Screenwriter Tracey Scott Wilson On Evoking Aretha Franklin, The Activist. By Taryn Finley / HuffPost
The Misunderstood Talent of Gladys Knight. By Emily Lordi / The New Yorker
50 years ago, Major League Baseball stumbled before inducting Satchel Paige into the Hall of Fame. By William Weinbaum / The Undefeated
Muhammad Ali’s grandson wins in pro debut. By AP and Wash Post
Obama poses a question that we still cannot answer. By John Blake / CNN
Merrick Garland: It is time for Congress to act again to protect the right to vote. By Merrick Garland / Wash Post
The ominous reason why Republican opposition to Biden’s infrastructure spending crumbled. By Amanda Marcotte / Salon
The GOP’s death cult comes for the children, By Sophia Tesfaye / Salon
Reparations can’t wait for Congress. Try the local option. By Robin Rue Simmons / Wash Post
Biden nominee would be first Black man to hold top federal prosecutor job in Manhattan. By Reuters / NBC News
Biden must act to get racism out of automated decision-making. By ReNika Moore / Wash Post
Racism, diversity in the military: Republicans ignore Black troops. By Anthony G. Brown / USA Today
Cleveland residents look to take police reform into their own hands. By Emmanuel Felton / Wash Post
Black Colleges, From the Start, Were Given Less and Expected to Do More. By Anthony Abraham Jack / NYT
Tuskegee descendants, hip-hop anthems and hustlers are all being deployed to convince Black people to get vaccinated. By Lonnae O’neal / The Undefeated
Gates Foundation awards $1 million to improve math education for Black students K-12. / The Grio
For Black Mothers, Joy Is a Weapon. By Leah Wright Rigueur / The Atlantic
No Common Ground” Makes the History of Confederate Monuments Clear By Eric Herschthal / The New Republic
The Black Reporter Who Exposed a Lie About the Atom Bomb. By William J. Broad / NYT
An Undersung Master of Jazz Gets His Day. By Sheldon Pearce / The New Yorker
