Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
MLK Jr. statue vandalism prompts California hate crime investigation. By Steven Vargas / USA Today
Gamble & Huff mark 50 years of Philly Soul and socially conscious music. By Christopher A. Daniel / NBC News
Jam & Lewis Shaped Pop History. They’re Working on Its Future, Too. By Wesley Morris / NYT
“Zola” is a cautionary tale about Black women befriending white women. By Melanie McFarland / Salon
Black coaches and ex-athletes say NCAA changes are long overdue. By Curtis Bunn / NBC News
Sha’Carri Richardson to miss Tokyo Olympics after not making relay. By Tom Schad / USA Today
Naomi Osaka: Watch New Trailer for Netflix Docuseries on Tennis Star. By Jon Blistein / Rolling Stone
It’s time MLB celebrates Larry Doby Day, too. By Luke Epplin / Wash Post
Simone Biles Is Redefining Female Power in Sports. By Lindsay Crouse / NYT
Trump’s Cult of Animosity Shows No Sign of Letting Up. By Thomas B. Edsall / NYT
Race Inquiry Digest (Jul 12) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured How the White Press Wrote Off Black America. By Brent Staples / NYT
Samuel Alito and His Fellow Conservative Supreme Court Justices Deal a Damaging Blow to Voting Rights. By Matt Ford / The New Republic
Schools Must Teach About Racism. By Glenn Sacks / The Progressive
Rally calls on defending voter rights and DC statehood. By Donna M. Owens / NBC News
The empire strikes back: Mainstream Dems try to crush the left in Buffalo and Cleveland. By Norman Solomon / Salon
Progressive Charles Booker Is Running For Senate Against Rand Paul In Kentucky. By Travis Waldron / HuffPost
Clerkships remain largely white. Can law students of color shake up the status quo? By Erik Ortiz / NBC News
Latinos who supported Trump were more likely to lack a college education. By Suzanne Gamboa / NBC News
Baltimore is ‘ahead of the game’ with police reform, but there’s still much work to be done. By Emma Tucker / CNN
NAACP says end to police violence overdue after Arkansas teen killed by deputy. By Mills Hayes / KATV
After Contentious Debate, UNC Grants Tenure To Nikole Hannah-Jones. By David Folkenflik / NPR
Native American women face an epidemic of violence. A legal loophole prevents prosecutions. By Graham Lee Brewer / NBC News
A federal ban on evictions is lifting this month. It’s a looming disaster for women of color. By Anne Branigin / The Lily
Bill Cosby’s crimes illuminate the fault lines between generations of Black women. By Lonnae O’Neal / The Undefeated
For me and the FAMU family, president Frederick Humphries was the epitome of excellence. By Ken Makin / The Undefeated
Inside the Bill Clinton–Vernon Jordan Bromance. By Gary Ginsberg / Vanity Fair
