Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Naomi Osaka 2020 Sportsperson of the Year activist athlete – Sports Illustrated. By Martina Navratilova / SI
President Barack Obama Talks to Jesmyn Ward About A Promised Land / Vanity Fair
Race Inquiry Digest (Dec 14) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured The Spiritual Tradition of Black Folk Finds Expression in the Candidacy of Raphael Warnock. By Otis Moss III / Wash Post
Why the Trumpists’ Calls for Dictatorship Should Worry Us. By Sasha Abramsky / The Nation
Georgia Senate runoff: The GOP is the party of civil war. By William Saletan / Slate
Obama’s Curious Cautiousness. By Charles M. Blow / NYT
Biden’s New Top Economist Has a Longtime Focus on Workers. By Jim Tankersley and Jeanna Smialek / NYT
Kamala Harris is on the cusp of power, but has to tread carefully. By Noah Bierman / LA Times
Bryan Stevenson Wins “Alternative Nobel”: We Must Overturn This Horrific Era of Mass Incarceration. By Amy Goodman / Democracy Now
Wisconsin’s not so white anymore – and in some rapidly diversifying cities like Kenosha there’s fear and unrest. By John M. Eason et al. / The Conversation
Race, Violence, and Resistance in Puerto Rico. By Don S. Polite Jr. / AAIHS
The Voice of Black America? By Rachelle Hampton / Slate
Grand Master Jay, founder of all-Black armed activist group, faces federal charge after FBI says he aimed a rifle at officers. By Amir Vera and Rebekah Riess / CNN
Racial disparities create obstacles for Covid-19 vaccine rollout. By Alicia Victoria Lozano / NBC News
Brandon Bernard Is Scheduled To Be Executed. 5 Jurors Who Sentenced Him Don’t Think He Should Die. By Jessica Schulberg / HuffPost
Facebook to start policing anti-Black hate speech more aggressively than anti-White comments, documents show. By Elizabeth Dwoskin, Nitasha Tiku and Heather Kelly / Wash Post
Democrats Push ‘Abolition Amendment’ To Fully Erase Slavery From U.S. Constitution. By Brakkton Booker / NPR
Indian Country Has Entered a Devastating New Phase of the Pandemic. By Delilah Friedler / Mother Jones
Montgomery Bus Boycott: The WPC and Black women’s leadership today. By Safiya Charles / Montogomery Advertiser
Four police officers shot Amadou Diallo 19 times. A new photography project names them. By Geoff Edgers / Wash Post
As Supreme Court reconsiders Jim Crow-era split juries, past cases could earn new trials. By Erik Ortiz / NBC News
How Selena’s glorious legacy shows off the vast complexity of Latinos. By Brandon Tensley / CNN
MSNBC gives weekend shows to Tiffany Cross and Jonathan Capehart. By Jeremy Barr / Wash Post
Appreciation: Rafer Johnson was more than a great athlete; he was a great man. By Helene Elliott / LA Times and Yahoo News
The lack of Black college football coaches is still glaring, and so are the excuses behind it. By Ivan Maisel / ESPN
Talking About Race Made Falcons Teammates Matt Ryan and Ricardo Allen Partners in Activism. By Ken Belson / NYT
