Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Landmark commission begins tackling ‘unconfronted truth’ of racially motivated lynchings in Md. By Ovetta Wiggins / Wash Post
University in Former Confederate Capital City Will Remove all Confederate Names, Symbols From Campus. By Jacob Jarvis / Newsweek
Watch How James Baldwin Confronted Civil-Rights History. New Yorker Video
Birmingham church bombing survivor asks Alabama’s governor for restitution. By Scottie Andrews / CNN
Senators seek highest civilian honor for Emmett Till and his mother. By Associate Press / NBC News
Mail ballots cast by Black voters in North Carolina rejected 4 times more than white voters: report. By Brad Reed / Salon
Asian American voters support Biden at 54% and Trump at 30%, but numbers don’t tell full story. By Kimmy Yam / NBC News
Jaime Harrison raises $1 million overnight after new survey shows him tied with Lindsey Graham. By Matthew Chapman / Salon
Blacks, Latinos And Native Americans Bear Heaviest Financial Burden Of Pandemic. By Rhitu Chatterjee / NPR
Treasury Department investigating allegations of “rampant racism” at US Mint: report. By Tom Boggioni / Salon
Forced Sterilization of Women of Color Is an American Tradition. By Natasha Lennard / The Intercept
Police Power and the Election of Newark’s First Black Mayor. By Andrew Grimm / AAIHS
Study: Black Americans don’t see representation in movies and TV. By Bryan Alexander / USA Today
Idris Elba drama “Concrete Cowboy” brings audience along for a crowd-pleasing ride. By Gary M. Kramer / Salon
Dak Prescott is embracing his platform to encourage change. By Jean-Jacques Taylor / The Undefeated
Serena’s legacy is already complete. By Willian C. Rhoden / The Undefeated Video
How Jewish history and the Holocaust fueled Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s quest for justice. By Gillian Brockell / Wash Post
Race Inquiry Digest (Sept 24) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – Freedom Day, 1963: A Lost Interview with James Baldwin. By Fern Marjo Eckman / The New Yorker
Race, policing, and the universal yearning for safety. By Ezra Klein / Vox Podcast
Trump escalates the signals to his followers: Use lethal violence to help me hold power. By Amanda Marcotte / Salon
QAnon is a Nazi Cult, Rebranded. By Gregory Stanton / JustSecurity
Trump has Latino voter support that’s as strong as ever. Why haven’t his insults cost him? By Luisita Lopez Torregrosa / NBC News
White evangelicals and Catholics may finally be opening their ears. By Michael Gerson / Wash Post
Poll: Latinos Struggle Financially As Pandemic Sweeps Through U.S. By Jackie Fortier / NPR
Black And Hispanic Kids Die From Coronavirus More Than White Kids Do, CDC says. By Mike Stobbe / HuffPost
Why the stability of the 2020 race promises more volatility ahead. By Ronald Brownstein / CNN
