Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
‘Protect Breonna, protect myself’: Breonna Taylor’s boyfriend recounts night she was killed. By Emily Shapiro / ABC News
Gap widens between unemployment aid for Blacks, whites. By Jessica Menton / USA Today
Jay- Z launches Monogram, his own cannabis line. By Chevaz Clarke / CBS
He fought for Black voting rights after the Civil War. He was almost killed for it. By Jess McHugh / Wash Post
How Saidiya Hartman Retells the History of Black Life. By Alexia Okeowo / The New Yorker
New film spotlights shifting politics of Asian American voters, the fastest growing voter bloc. By Claire Wang / NBC News
Recording Academy announces Black Music Collective leadership. By Jennifer McClellan / USA Today
Noose comment by Penn State basketball coach points to larger NCAA problem. By Jesse Washington / The Undefeated
Race in America: Athletes & Activism. By Jonathan Capehart / Wash Post Video
Simone Manuel on Olympic gold, being first and finding joy amid a pandemic and social reckoning. By Ericka N. Goodman-Hughley / ESPN
‘Well, What Do You Mean, We Can’t Join the Klan?’ By Les Payne and Tamara Payne / Politico
Race Inquiry Digest (Oct 29) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Trump’s Army of Angry White Men. By Charles M. Blow / NYT
“A Fire That Has Spread Across the Country”: Jelani Cobb on Voter Suppression in the 2020 Election. By Amy Goodman / Democracy Now
Women of color are running for Congress in record numbers. Will Republican and Democratic women change the face of Congress? By Katie Kindelan / ABC News
How Jaime Harrison thinks he can knock off Lindsey Graham. By Andrew Desiderio / Politico
“We Shall Overcome”: Raphael Warnock’s (Not-So-Long-Shot) Bid to Be Georgia’s First Black Senator. By Becca Andrews / Mother Jones
What Ice Cube’s collaboration with Trump – and critique of Democrats – reveals. By Malaika Jabali / The Guardian
Amy Coney Barrett and ‘I Can’t Breathe.’ By Michael Harriot / The Root
Juror in Breonna Taylor case said grand jury didn’t agree fatal shooting was justified. By David K. Li and Tim Stelloh / NBC News
COVID deaths of Native Americans linked to underfunded health care. By Dennis Wagner and Wyatte Grantham-Phillips / USA Today
The unique problems facing Native American youths in the criminal justice system. By Calah Schlabach, Jose-Ignacio Castaneda Perez, Matthew Hendley and Layne Dowdall / Slate
Alicia Garza on the origin of Black Lives Matter. By Mark Whitaker / CBS News
At VMI, Black cadets endure lynching threats, Klan memories and Confederacy veneration. By Ian Shapiro / Wash Post
Universities Rethink Building Names In The Wake Of Racial Justice Protests. By Lauren Bavis / NPR
Tulsa begins search for ‘Original 18’ Black people killed in 1921 race massacre. By DeNeen L. Brown / Wash Post
‘The Butterfly Effect’ charts Kendrick Lamar’s evolution from platinum-selling rapper to protest artist. By Allison Stewart / Wash Post
