Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
D.C. slaveholders once won reparations. Now, the city eyes payment for descendants of enslaved people. By Michael Brice-Saddler and Fenit Nirappil / Wash Post
The Nobility of Mobility: A Road Trip Through Racism. By Ed Rampell / The Progressive
Who Is ‘Latinx’ For? By Huff Post Video
19 Black families buy 97 acres of Georgia land to create ‘Freedom.’ By N’dea Yancey- Bragg / USA Today
Why a Hospital Might Shun a Black Patient. By Amol S. Navathe and Harald Schmidt / NYT
Hotter Days Widen Racial Gap in U.S. Schools, Data Shows. By Christopher Flavelle / NYT
Ziggy Marley’s ‘More Family Time’ Is a Feelgood Party for All Ages. By Jon Dolan / Rolling Stone
Alicia Keys Gives Us All a Helping Hand on ‘Alicia.’ By Jon Dolan / Rolling Stone
Serena Williams talks body image, says she’s been ‘undervalued’ and ‘underpaid’ in tennis. By Rachel George / GMA
The origins of policing in America. Wash Post Video
Race Inquiry Digest (Oct 15) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – COVID deaths reveal how racism still has its grip on America. By USA Today Staff
Race Inquiry Digest (Oct 12) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – The German model for America. By Mattie Kahn / Vox
Remembering The Augusta Civil Rights Riot, 50 Years Later. By Sea Stachura / NPR
Trump’s encouragement of GOP poll watchers echoes an old tactic of voter intimidation. Mark Krasovic / The Conversation
VA will be investigated after ‘staggering accounts of racism,’ Sen. Warren says. By Alex Horton / Wash Post
Breonna Taylor grand jury recordings paint chaotic, confusing scene. By Minyvonne Burke, Laura Strickler, Janelle Griffith and Lisa Riordan Seville. NBC News
Graham, Harrison spar over SCOTUS and Covid-19 in fiery Senate debate. By James Arkin / Politico
Can Mike Espy Make History, Again? By Charles M. Blow / NYT
California was a free state. But there was still slavery. Now reparations are on the table. By Gillian Brockell / Wash Post
Alabama’s governor apologizes to survivor of 1963 Klan bombing of Birmingham church. By Sydney Trent / Wash Post
Black Gun Ownership Surges Amid 2020 Racial Tensions. By Madison J. Gray / BET News
Student Discipline Rates Show Black Girls Are Disproportionally At Risk. By Erica L. Green, Mark Walker and Eliza Shapiro / NYT
On Long Island, a Beachfront Haven for Black Families. By Sandra E. Garcia / NYT
Nobel Prizes have a diversity problem even worse than the scientific fields they honor. By Marc Zimmer / The Conversation
Red, White and Blue Review: John Boyega Gives Career-Best Performance. By Eric Kohn / IndieWire
Samuel L. Jackson Talks New Docuseries on African Slave Trade, Explains Why Examining Sunken Slave Ships Is Important. By Daryl Nelson / Atlanta Black Star
