Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Dear Mr. President: You inspired us — but “unity” with Republicans and Trumpists is a trap. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
With a new administration, activists hope for a focus on environmental racism. By Rachel Hatzipanagos / Wash Post
DNC’s Jaime Harrison Wants To Build ‘Next Generation’ Of Democratic Leaders. By Avie Schneider / NPR
State Department Resumes Diversity Trainings Suspended Under Trump. By Akbar Shahid Ahmed / HuffPost
Lloyd Austin Confirmed As Defense Secretary, Becomes 1st Black Pentagon Chief. By Brakkton Booker / NPR
The Trump economy left Black Americans behind. Here’s how they want Biden to narrow the gaps. By Tracy Jan / Wash Post
Breonna Taylor grand jurors among petitioners seeking to impeach Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron. By Alec Snyder and Rebekah Riess / CNN
A viral video forced a wealthy Texas suburb to confront racism. A ‘silent majority’ fought back. By Mike Hixenbaugh / NBC News
Trump’s ‘1776 Commission’ tried to rewrite U.S. history. Biden had other ideas. By Robyn Autry/ NBC News
Ladee Hubbard’s ‘The Rib King’ is a fascinating look at ambition, race and revenge. By Naomi Jackson / Wash Post
The White Tiger on Netflix review: The anti-Slumdog Millionaire. By Alissa Wilkinson / Vox
Junior Mance, jazz pianist whose chords were built on the blues, dies at 92. By Matt Schudel / Wash Post
For the Culture magazine celebrates Black women in food. Finally. By Aaron Hutcherson / Wash Post
Hank Aaron, Baseball’s Legendary Slugger, Dies At 86. By Bill Chappell / NPR
Washington’s Jennifer King to become NFL’s first Black woman named full-time assistant coach. By Nicki Jhabvala / Wash Post
Washington Football Team names Martin Mayhew as GM, will hire Marty Hurney as high-level executive. By Nicki Jhabvala / Wash Post
What is Reconstruction? The era offers lessons on white nationalism, Trump, and the Capitol riot. By Fabiola Cineas / Vox
Race Inquiry Digest (Jan 28) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured We need more ‘trauma-free Blackness.’ Here’s a start. By John Blake / CNN
Ken Burns Says U.S. Has 3 Viruses: COVID-19, White Supremacy And Misinformation. By Rachel Martin / NPR
Obituary for a Failed Presidency. By Susan B. Glasser / The New Yorker
Would MLK have wanted “healing” after this outrage? Not without justice. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
What Jon Ossoff means for the South and its buried Jewish past. By Steve Oney / Wash Post
New data shows both a hopeful and worrying portrait of race in America. By Henry Olsen / Wash Post
The Jamaican connection. By Robert Samuels / Wash Post
New Program Aims To Bring More Civil Rights Lawyers To The South. By Carrie Johnson / NPR
The Prophecies of George Floyd. By Michael Eric Dyson / The New Yorker
