Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Why tenure is so important — yet rare — for Black professors. By Curtis Bunn / NBC News
Jimmy Dennis Survived Death Row, Only to Enter a New Kind of Lockdown. By Queen Muse / Phily Mag
National Trust for Historic Preservation sends grants to 40 African American landmarks. By Cayla Sweazie / The Undefeated
Lost Lives, Lost Culture: The Forgotten History of Indigenous Boarding Schools. By Rukmini Callimachi / NYT
Black Mothers and the Lingering Wounds of Racial Violence. By Gloria Ashalou / AAIHS
Black Women, the Civil War, and United States Colored Troops. By Holly A. Pinheiro jr. / AAIHS
Barack Obama, Bruce Springsteen Announce ‘Renegades: Born in the USA.’ By Emily Zemler / Rolling Stone
Kiese Laymon on why America’s story requires revision. By Jamil Smith / Vox
Why Gil Scott-Heron’s ‘Whitey on the Moon’ still feels relevant today. A. D. Carson / The Conversation
Kanye West Returns to Instagram With a Fit Pic. By Emily Kirkpatrick / Vanity Fair
Formula 1’s Highest-Paid Drivers: Clash Between Hamilton And Verstappen Extends To Their Bank Accounts. By Brett Knight / Forbes
‘We’re moving in the right direction’: Black coaching hires in NBA bring excitement. By Marc J. Spears / The Undefeated
Tommie Smith protested on the podium in 1968. He expects to see similar acts in Tokyo. By Michael Lee / Wash Post
NBA Finals Host Maria Taylor Leaves ESPN After Rachel Nichols Drama. By Stephen A. Crockett Jr. / The Root
Our ‘Racial Reckoning’ Is Turning Out to Be a White Lie. By Kali Holloway / The Nation
Joe Biden’s Speech Lays Out a Grim Future for Voting Rights. By Matt Ford / TNR
The Moral Panic Over Critical Race Theory Is Coming for a North Carolina Teacher of the Year. By Isabela Dias / Mother Jones
My Black Generation Is Fighting Like Hell to Stop the Whitelash. By Elie Mystal / The Nation
This historian predicted Jan. 6. Now he warns of greater violence. By Dana Milbank / Wash Post
Ibram X. Kendi on What Conservatives — and Liberals — Get Wrong About Antiracism. By Ezra Klein / NYT Podcast
Republicans have become the Death Wish Party. By Lucian K. Truscott IV / Salon
Kamala Harris meets with Black women activists and voting rights advocates. By Briana Stewart / ABC News
Acclaim, fundraising spread unevenly among Black colleges. By AP and NBC News
The First-Ever Census Bureau Director Of Color Was James F. Holmes. By Lo Wang / NPR
Biden picks former West Virginia health official as drug czar. By Dan Goldberg, Rachel Roubein and Sarah Owermohle / NPR
The Toll of Unsolved Inner-City Murders in Chicago. By Josiah Bates / Time
