Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
What the policing response to the KKK in the 1960s can teach about dismantling white supremacist groups today. By David Cunningham / The Conversation
Why white supremacists and QAnon enthusiasts are obsessed – but very wrong – about the Byzantine Empire. By Roland Betancourt / The Conversation
My Mother Found the Dr. Seuss Book. By Michael Harriot / The Atlantic
“Coming 2 America” takes the crown, delivering a sequel worthy of & less patriarchal than the first. By Melanie McFarland / Salon
How ‘Insecure’ Star Issa Rae Is Changing Television: ‘I Just Wanted a Balance.’ By Melissa Leon / The Daily Beast
‘Judas’ Is the Latest Political Movie to Punt on Politics. By Maya Phillips / NYT
Organization founded by LeBron James and other Black athletes turns focus to fighting GOP-backed bills restricting voter access.
NBA Star Russell Westbrook Is Producing a Documentary About the 1921 Tulsa Massacre for The History Channel. By Ashley Turner / Atlanta Black Star
Be Careful What You Wish For: Renee Montgomery’s Ownership of the Atlanta Dream Still Has LeBron James Laughing. By Isheka N. Harrison / Atlanta Black Star
For the first time, the NFL will have a Black female game official. By Matt Bonesteel / Wash Post
Venus and Serena Williams Owe Their $305 Million Tennis Careers To a Man Who Knew Nothing About the Sport. By William Ricks / Sportscasting
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin brings experience dealing with racism, extremism to Pentagon. By Lisa Martinez / ABC News
Race Inquiry Digest (Mar 11) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Joe Biden just launched the second war on poverty. By Dylan Matthews / Vox
The Senate filibuster has a racist past and present. End it so America can move forward. By Rashad Robinson / USA Today
Mike Pence’s Blueprint for Permanent Authoritarian Rule. New York Magazine
Voter Suppression Is Grand Larceny. By Charles M. Blow / NYT
Trump CPAC comeback speech showed a sad little man angry at the world. By David Mastio and Jill Lawrence / USA Today
White women and the racist right: Marjorie Taylor Greene is not an aberration. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
FBI Director Says Domestic Extremism ‘Metastasizing’ Around The Country. By Nick Visser / HuffPost
Stockton’s Basic Income Experiment Has Spectacular Outcome for Progressivism, Covid Relief Package. By Mrmuni 12 / Daily Kos
The White Fear That Drove the College Cheating Scandal. By Nicole Laporte / Time
Losing generation of activists who fought racism proves need for Asian American studies. By Claire Wang / NBC News
Mississippi Must Pay $500,000 To Man Wrongfully Imprisoned 23 Years. By Sara Boboltz / HuffPost
Smith College controversy highlights struggles colleges face in making racially equitable campuses. By Taylor Romine / CNN
Colleges confront their links to slavery and wrestle with how to atone for past sins. Calvin Schermerhorn / The Conversation
Johnson & Johnson vaccine deepens concerns over racial and geographic inequities. By Isaac Stanley-Becker / Wash Post
