Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
‘Embarrassing Racist’: Native American Orgs Rip Santorum For Claiming There Was ‘Nothing’ Before Colonizers Arrived. By Cristina Cabrera /TPM
Young Black Residents Are Bearing the Brunt of Michigan’s Recent COVID-19 Surge. By Edwin Rios and Sinduja Rangarajan / Mother Jones
The Black Farmer Movement Battling History to Return to the Land. By Molly Schwartz / Mother Jones
Morehouse leaves debate tournament following anti-Black mockery. By Parker Owens / The Undefeated
’The Blinding of Isaac Woodard’: Black World War II veteran fueled civil rights movement. By DeNeen L. Brown / Wash Post/
Georgia park with giant Confederate carving proposes changes. By Sudhin Thanawala / AP and ABC News
Remembering Hubert Harrison, the Father of Harlem Radicalism. By Jeffrey B. Perry / AAIHS
The Craft of John Edgar Wideman. By Elias Rodriques / The Nation
The surprising source Cynthia Erivo found to understand Aretha Franklin. By Yvonne Villarreal / LA Times
At a subdued but innovative Oscar ceremony, Hollywood affirms a message of inclusion. By Paul Farhi / Wash Post
Fifty years ago, Curt Flood walked away from the Senators. He left baseball forever changed. By Chelsea Janes / Wash Post
There were the Negro Leagues, and then there were the Black Fives. By Ade D. Adeniji / CBS News
Carmouche to be 1st Black jockey in Kentucky Derby since 2013. By AP and NBC News
Justin Fields and the double standard of Black quarterback prospects. By Martenzie Johnson / The Undefeated
Tucker Carlson, the Chauvin verdict and the burden of “white civilization.” By Chauncey Devega / Salon
Race Inquiry Digest (May 3) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured The ‘Mississippi Plan’ to keep Blacks from voting in 1890: ‘We came here to exclude the Negro.’ By Ronald G. Shafer / Wash Post
The historic Chauvin verdict isn’t “justice” — it’s a broken system trying to save itself. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
Before Chauvin: decades of Minneapolis police violence that failed to spark reform. By Amudalat Ajasa and Lois Beckett / The Guardian
‘Watch the show, folks’: Va. trooper no longer employed after playing to camera in violent stop of Black driver. By Justin Jouvenal / Wash Post
‘I’m Serving This Country, and This Is How I’m Treated?’ By Theodore R. Johnson / NYT
Senate passes anti-Asian American hate crime bill. By Nicholas Wu / Politico
The G.O.P. Is Getting Even Worse. By David Brooks / NYT
Democrats fear GOP targeting racial justice protests. By Giulia Heyward / Politico
New probe confirms Trump officials blocked Puerto Rico from receiving hurricane aid. By Nicole Acevedo / NBC News
Kamala Harris cements her place in Biden’s inner circle during a consequential week. By Kevin Liptak and Jasmine Wright / CNN
House Democrats Pass Bill To Make D.C. The 51st State. By Barbara Sprunt / NPR
