Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
The Supreme Court just stopped 1 million Floridians from voting in November. By Mark Joseph Stern / Slate
MSNBC’s Zerlina Maxwell on “The End of White Politics.” By Dean Obeidallah / Salon
Why racism can have long-term effects on children’s health. By A. Pawlowski / Today
In New York’s Harlem, small businesses reel from coronavirus toll on Black communities. By Reuters / NBC News
Netflix loses motion to dismiss Mo’Nique’s race and gender bias lawsuit. By Gwen Aviles and Diana Dasrath / NBC News
Black Artists on How to Change Classical Music. By Zachary Wolfe and Joshua Barone / NYT
The Essential and Enduring Strength of John Lewis. By Jelani Cobb / The New Yorker
Race Inquiry Digest (Jul 23) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – Bryan Stevenson on how America can heal. By Ezra Klein / Vox
First Comes Police Reform. Then Comes Everything Else. By Adam Harris / The Atlantic
Trump Snaps ‘So Are White People’ When Asked Why Black People Are Killed By Cops. By David Moye / HuffPost
Pandemic, Protests Cause Racism to Resonate as a Public Health Issue. By Joseph P. Williams / US News
Georgia’s Republican governor rejects coronavirus restrictions Atlanta mayor put in place amid surge. By Roger Sollengerger / Salon
Jeff Sessions Ends His Political Career in a Blaze of Racism. By Pema levy / Mother Jones
University of Mississippi removes Confederate statue from heart of campus. By Phil McCausland / NBC News
Seeing Native Americans Nowhere, and Everywhere. By Jennifer Schussler / NYT
In historic move, North Carolina city approves reparations for Black residents. By Joel Burgess / USA Today
Black Deaths Matter: The Centuries-Old Struggle To Memorialize Slaves And Victims Of Racism. By Vicki Daniel / The Conversation
Revisiting “A Time for Burning” and the Spiritual Crisis of Racism. By Richard Brody / The New Yorker
CBS, once broadcast’s whitest network, sets an ambitious goal for inclusive hiring. By Melanie McFarland / Salon
The Revolutionary Life of Paul Robeson: Scholar Gerald Horne on the Great Antifascist Singer, Artist and Rebel. By Jeremy Scahell / The Intercept Podcast
When Marian Anderson Defied the Nazis. By Kira Thurman / The New Yorker
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Addresses Anti-Semitism in Sports and Hollywood. By Althea Legaspi / Rolling Stone
How Simone Biles found her voice and changed gymnastics culture. By Bonnie D. Ford and Alyssa Roenigk / ESPN
Tina Turner comes out of retirement with a remix of ‘What’s Love Got To Do With It?’ By Marianne Garvey / CNN
How Black Lives Matter Could Reshape the 2020 Elections. By Charlotte Alter / Time
Race Inquiry Digest (Jul 20) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – The Essential and Enduring Strength of John Lewis. By Jelani Cobb / The New Yorker
