Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Olympic Gold Medalist Sherone Simpson and Sports Psychologist Dr. Candice Williams Weigh In on the Mental Fragility of Some Black Female Athletes. By Rae Williams / Atlanta Black Star
Coco Gauff’s tennis success has given her a platform. She wants to use it. By Liz Clarke / Wash Post
Follow the money: Understanding the deep roots of Donald Trump’s coup attempt. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
Race Inquiry Digest (Aug 19) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured 20 years ago Rep. Barbara Lee told America what would happen if we went into Afghanistan. By Lauren Floyd / Daily Kos
Race Inquiry Digest (Aug 16) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Obama poses a question that we still cannot answer. By John Blake / CNN
What’s Really Behind the 1619 Backlash? An Interview With Nikole Hannah-Jones and Ta-Nehisi Coates. By Ezra Klein / NYT Podcast
Narrowing the U.S. wealth gap is important. Narrowing the racial wealth gap is urgent. The Editorial Board / Wash Post
Our Families Fought for Civil Rights. Don’t Let Jim Crow Stand. By Myrlie Evers and Henry Scott Wallace / NYT
Jim Crow Republicans seek to repeat America’s dark history. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
Instead of ‘Defund the Police,’ Solve All Murders. By Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic
Biden Said He’d Cut Incarceration in Half. So Far, the Federal Prison Population Is Growing. By Samantha Michaels / Mother Jones
What Philadelphia Reveals About America’s Homicide Surge. By Alec MacGillis / Propublica
Nina Turner defeated by Democratic establishment — her loss is the oligarchy’s gain. By Norman Solomon / Salon
How Flint Closed the Gap Between Black and White Suffering Under COVID. By Edwin Rios / Mother Jones
New Black female editors at newspapers shatter journalism’s glass ceiling. By Rodney Brooks / The Undefeated
Gretchen Whitmer Says Kamala Harris Is Unfairly Treated Because of Race and Gender. By Steve Friess / Newsweek
GOP to Herschel Walker: Consider staying on the bench. By Marianne Levine and Burgess Everett / Politico
Military data reveals dangerous reality for black service members and veterans. By Zachary Cohen / CNN
‘We Wish to Give You a Fresh Start’: Historically Black Colleges and Universities Cancel Millions In School Debt for Nation’s Students. By ABS Contributor / Atlanta Black Star
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George Washington Feared for America and Other Truths About the Founders We’ve Frozen in Time. By Jamelle Bouie / NYT
American Education Is Founded on White Race Theory. By Anthony Conwright / The New Republic
LBJ’s daughter takes up her father’s cause: voting rights. By Nikole Killion / CBS News
South Carolina must replace a Confederate statue in the U.S. Capitol with this total badass. SemDem for Community Contributors Team / DailyKos
The Revolution That Wasn’t: A Review of “By the Light of Burning Dreams.” By Michael Abramson / The New Republic
Rihanna officially a billionaire at 33 years old, according to Forbes. By Caitlin O’Kane / CBS News
