Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Hoyer promises D.C. statehood vote on House floor ‘before the summer.’ By Jenna Portnoy / Wash Post
Why President Trump’s bid for the black vote is unlikely to bear fruit. By Charles Lane / Wash Post
Jesse Owens Vs. Hitler Wasn’t The Only Story At The 1936 Olympics. By Andrew Maraniss / The Undefeated
Malcolm X assassination case may be reopened after Netflix documentary. By Elisha Fieldstadt / NBC News
‘Parasite’ Won, but Asian-Americans Are Still Losing. By Walter Chaw / NYT
Oscar-winning ‘Hair Love’ director calls attention to efforts to ban race-based hair discrimination. By Jena McGregor / Wash Post
Giannis Antetokounmpo Wants To Represent Best Of Both Worlds. By Marc J. Spears / The Undefeated
Baseball Makes An Early Pitch To Catch The Interest Of Black Players. By Exther Ciammachilli / NPR
The Billion-Dollar Disinformation Campaign to Reelect the President. By McKay Coppins / The Atlantic
Race Inquiry Digest (Feb 17) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – The Bloomberg Temptation. By Ross Douthat / NYT
African American Film Critics Celebrate Great Movies Shunned By The Oscars. By Kelley L. Carter / The Undefeated
When White Women Wanted a Monument to Black ‘Mammies.’ By Alison M. Parker / NYT
Our Ancestors Were Sold to Save Georgetown. ‘$400,000 Is Not Going to Do It.’ By DaVita Robinson, Valerie White and Maxine Crump / NYT
Virginia will eliminate a state holiday honoring Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson. It’ll make Election Day a day off instead. By Scottie Andrew / CNN
Led by a 22-year old, ‘image-obsessed’ white nationalists in masks march on Washington. By Jessica Sutherland / Daily Kos
Virginia can take a step toward racial justice with marijuana reform. By Brad Haywood and Sean Perryman / Wash Post
New study shows racism may shorten black Americans’ lifespans. By Liam Knox / NBC News
Strivings of the Negro People. By W.E. Burghardt Du Bois / The Atlantic August 1897 Issue
Why Voting Discrimination Haunts America. By Jesse Wegman / NYT
DOJ To Investigate Mississippi Prisons After Spate Of Inmate Deaths. By Scott Neuman / NPR
Kweisi Mfume Wins the Special Primary for Elijah Cummings’ Congressional Seat. By Julia Craven / Slate
New Philadelphia police chief starts amid surge in homicides. By Associated Press
Rising Teen Star Koffee Gives Reggae a Jolt to the Mainstream. By Ross kenneth Urken / Newsweek
‘We Have To Face Reality’: Serena Williams’ Coach Says Something Needs To Change After Recent Losses. By Daryl Nelson / Atlanta Black Star
The Simone Biles vault that might be too risky for the Olympics. By Emily Giambalvo / Wash Post
The Oscars’ ‘Harriet Tubman problem.’ By Peniel Joseph / CNN
