Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Watch Beyonce ‘Black Is King’ Online: Disney+ Stream Free, Runtime. By Tim Chan / Rollling Stone
Bubba Wallace is By Himself, Again. By Jamil Smith / Rolling Stone
NFL to stencil ‘End Racism’ on end zone borders as part of social justice rollout for kickoff week. By Jason Reid / ESPN
With the NBA focused on social justice, White coaches say they’re stepping off the sidelines. By Candace Buckner / Wash Post
John Donaldson, a Black Baseball Great, Still Not in the Hall of Fame. By Mary Pilon and Travon Free. NYT
Biden unveils economic plan to combat racial inequality, slams Trump for stoking tensions. By Adam Edelman and Marianna Sotomayor / NBC News
Race Inquiry Digest (Aug 6) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – How white supremacy infected Christianity and the Republican Party. By Jennifer Rubin / Wash Post
Race Inquiry Digest (Aug 3) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – Removing monuments is the easy part. We must make America a real democracy. By Rev William Barber and Rev Bernice King / The…
Portland protesters worry violence is taking away from Black Lives Matter message. By Trevor Hughes / USA Today
“Trump Could Not Be More on the Wrong Side”: New Poll Shows Trump’s Black Lives Matter Protest Response Could Cost Him 2020. By Peter Hamby / Vanity Fair
Did protests change Americans’ views of race and policing? Yes, but it’s complicated. By David Byler / Wash Post
27 U.S. mayors: Want to address systemic racism? Start with housing. By 27 U.S. Mayors / Wash Post
John Lewis and the Danger of Gradualism. Patience Is a Dirty Word. By Ibram X. Kendi / The Atlantic
Tom Cotton, GOP senator, introduces bill to prohibit use of federal funds to teach 1619 Project. By Clare Foran / CNN
Congress moves forward in face of Trump veto threat to remove Confederate names from bases. By Jeremy Herb / CNN
It’s my constitutional freaking right’: Black Americans arm themselves in response to pandemic, protests. By Maya King / Politico
The racist effects of school reopening during the pandemic — by a teacher. By Nataliya Braginsky and Valerie Strauss / Wash Post
Coronavirus pandemic tearing through Latino communities – and it may get worse. By Jorge L. Ortiz / USA Today
Lebron James, Other Athletes Help Pay Debt of Former Felons. By Ishena Robinson / The Root
Jackie Robinson’s Inner Struggle. By Jon Meacham / NYT
Ruth Ben-Ghiat on Trump and the bitter American truth: “We do not have a real democracy.” By Chauncey DeVega / Salon
Race Inquiry Digest (Jul 30) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – Biden unveils economic plan to combat racial inequality, slams Trump for stoking tensions. By Adam Edelman and Marianna Sotomayor / NBC News
John Lewis’ Legacy Is the Right to Vote. And It’s Under Attack. By Ari Berman / Mother Jones
Georgia Democrats Nominate Nikema Williams To Succeed John Lewis. By Tara Golshan and Daniel Marans / HuffPost
An Inside Look at Weeks of Demonstrations Following the Killing of George Floyd. By Katie Orlinsky / Mother Jones
Trump’s Portland Offensive Fits a Long Pattern. Trump Is Determined to Split the Country in Two. By Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic
