Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
The Beautiful, Flawed Fiction of ‘Asian American.’ By Viet Thanh Nguyen / NYT
Exhibit explores ‘the national emergency of Black grief.’ By Julianne McShane / NBC News
Interracial couple representation in pop culture isn’t as progressive as we think. By Rebecca Theodore-Vachon / The Undefeated
‘Black Is Beautiful’ Beer By Black Brewer Helps Pour Money Into Social Justice Reform. By John Burnett / NPR
Naomi Osaka stands up for all athletes by refusing to be exploited at the cost of her mental health. By Kylie Cheung / Salon
After water bottle thrown toward Kyrie Irving in Boston, Nets star compares arena to ‘human zoo.’ By Des Bieler / Wash Post
NBA agent Rich Paul says white American athletes don’t want a Black agent. By Jack Baer / Yahoo Sports
Jim Crow Killed Voting Rights for Generations. Now the GOP Is Repeating History. By Ari Berman / Mother Jones
Race Inquiry Digest (Jun 7) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured ‘Nobody Wants White Kids to Feel Bad About Their Race.’ By Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic
Biden Calls Texas Voting Restrictions Bill ‘Un-American.’ By Chas Danner / New York Magazine
Kamala Harris Talks Being The First With History-Making Naval Academy Graduate. By Sarah Ruiz-Grossman / HuffPost
Eleanor Holmes Norton’s Long, Lonely Fight to Gain DC Voting Rights. By Matt Cohen / Mother Jones
McConnell focuses ‘100 percent’ on blocking Biden — and zero percent on America. By Dana Milbank / Wash Post
Karine Jean-Pierre makes history in White House briefing room. By Lauren Egan / NBC News
Fox News drama: Juan Williams reportedly forced out at “The Five” by co-host Greg Gutfeld. By Zachary Petrizzo / Salon
George Floyd’s death one year later: here’s where police reform stands in Minneapolis and other cities. By Sean Collins / Vox
U.S. Faces Outbreak of Anti-Semitic Threats and Violence. By Ruth Graham and Liam Stack / NYT
Younger Latinos confront immigrant parents on race, Black history. By Carmen Sesin and Cora Cervantes / NBC News
Poor medical care and distrust fuels black patients’ desire for black physicians. By Veronica Zaragovia / NPR
Pain of police killings ripples outward to traumatize Black people and communities across US. By Denise A. Herd / The Conversation
Amid Growing Anti-Asian Racism, A Call For More Research Into Its Health Effects. By Angus Chen / NPR
Burned from the land: How 60 years of racial violence shaped America. By Channon Hodge, Breeanna Hare, Tami Luhby, Elias Goodstein, Priya Krishnakumar, Nadia Lancy, Toby Lyles, Amy Roberts and Clint Alwahab / CNN
The Bezos Of Black Wall Street. A century ago, O.W. Gurley built an empire of African American businesses in Tulsa. By Antoine Gara / Forbes
America’s monument to White victimhood. By Nicole Hemmer / CNN
Albert King Is Not Forgotten. By Alexa Mills / Wash Post
Unrepentant Bill Cosby Denied Parole For Refusing Therapy For Violent Sexual Predators. By Mary Papenfuss / HuffPost
