Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Black Executives Call on Corporations to Fight Restrictive Voting Laws. By Andrew Ross Sorkin and David Gelles / NYT
Biden Names Diverse Nominees for the Federal Bench. By Carl Hulse and Michael D. Shear / NYT
Asian Americans Report More Threats, Harassment During Pandemic. By Ying Liu / US News
No jury should accept that Derek Chauvin was doing what he was trained to do. By the Editorial Board / Wash Post
One home, many generations: States addressing Covid risk among families. By April Simpson, Susan Ferriss, Taylor Johnston and Pratheek Rebala / NBC News
North Carolina Case Tests State’s Commitment to Racial Justice. By Jacob Biba / The Intercept
In former Klan country, one Black woman decides she’s had enough. By Rebecca Tan / Wash Post
The Painful History of the Georgia Voting Law. By Jason Morgan Ward / NYT
Four Confederate statues once stood as Baltimore landmarks. Now their pedestals stand ready to send new messages. By Jonathan M. Pitts / Wash Post
How Native Americans were vaccinated against smallpox, then pushed off their land. By Dana Hedgpeth / Wash Post
Black-owned distilleries are breaking barriers that once surrounded the Kentucky bourbon industry. By Josh Wood / Wash Post
John Lewis’s posthumous new graphic novel will be out this summer, in time for a new battle over voting rights. By Michael Cavna / Wash Post
The Black Woman Artist Who Crafted a Life She Was Told She Couldn’t Have. By Concepción de León / NYT
Sports Should Boycott Georgia. By Jemele Hill / The Atlantic
How Blowing Up College Sports Became a Rallying Cry for Some in Washington. By Alan Blinder / NYT
Don’t blame Facebook: How Fox News became the beating heart of the white nationalist movement. By Heather Digby Parton / Salon
Race Inquiry Digest (Apr 5) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Don Lemon Breaks Down Sobbing During Cornel West’s Searing Commentary on George Floyd and Police Violence. By Tommy Christopher / Mediaite
What Jim Crow looks like in 2021. By Nicole Hemmer / CNN
Republicans have taken up the politics of bigotry, putting US democracy at risk. By Robert Reich / The Guardian
Raised to identify as Black, Harris steps into role as a voice for Asian Americans amid rise in hate incidents. By David Nakamura / Wash Post
What Derek Chauvin’s trial in the death of George Floyd means for America. By Holly Bailey / Wash Post
Researchers put a number to the lives lost due to Trump’s mishandling of the pandemic: 400,000. By Mark Summer / Daily Kos
Trump tried to defund DOJ peacemakers used to ‘repair race relations.’ By Kevin Johnson / USA Today
Pelosi Names D.C. National Guard Commander As New House Sergeant-At-Arms. By Barbara Sprunt / NPR
A Volunteer Army’s Mission: Vaccinate Black People in the Rural South. By Andrew Jacobs / NYT
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says only 0.1 percent of Trump administration’s covid farm relief went to Black farmers. By Laura Reiley / Wash Post
