Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Roberta Flack, Virtuoso Singer-Pianist Who Ruled the Charts, Dies at 88. By Giovanni Russonello / NYT
Alvin F. Poussaint, Pioneering Expert on Black Mental Health, Dies at 90. By Clay Risen / NYT
Soul Singer Jerry Butler Dies At 85. By Hillel Italie / HuffPost
Oscars 2025: Where to Stream These Black-Nominated Actors Now. By Mahalia Otshudy / The Root
Internet Reacts to Eagles Declining Trump’s White House Invite. By Phenix S Halley / The Root
Jayson Tatum could be the face of the NBA. He’d rather just keep winning. By Michael Lee / Wash Post
Ex-NFL player arrested after protesting MAGA during city council meeting. By Praveena Somasundaram / Wash Post
“This is our time”: Economic blackout targets injustice. By Venessa McGrady / Salon
Race Inquiry Digest (Mar 6) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Trump, by Any Means Necessary. By David Frum / The Atlantic
‘Arbitrary and discriminatory’: Judge blocks Trump’s effort to deter DEI programs. By Kyle Cheney / Politico
Across the US, Protesters Rally Against Donald Trump and Elon Musk. By Arianna Coghill / Mother Jones
Joy Reid’s MSNBC Show Canceled in Major Shake-Up. By Benjamin Mullin / NYT
Trump Fires Joint Chiefs Chairman Amid Flurry of Dismissals at Pentagon. By Eric Schmitt, Helene Cooper and Jonathan Swan / NYT
Kash Patel confirmed to lead the FBI, an agency he has vowed to purge of Trump’s “deep state” foes. By Nicholas Liu / Salon
Education Dept. Lifts Pause on Some Civil Rights Probes, but not Cases of Race, Gender Discrimination. By Jennifer Smith Richards and Jodi S. Cohen / ProPublica
Trump backs Rep. Byron Donalds for likely run Florida governor run. By Matt Dixon / NBC News
NYC Mayor Eric Adams’ corruption trial indefinitely delayed, but judge won’t dismiss charges yet. By Adam Reiss, Chloe Atkins and Kyla Guilfoil / NBC News
‘The World Is There for the Carving’: Two Columnists on the Trump-Putin Alliance. By M. Gessen and Bret Stephens / NYT
Germany’s Anti-Extremist Firewall Is Collapsing. By Graeme Wood / The Atlantic
Arab leaders huddle in Saudi Arabia in pushback to Trump’s Gaza plans. By Aya Batrawy / NPR
Trump moves to end protections for 500K Haitian migrants — paving the way for deportations. By Myah Ward / Politico
The spiritual wisdom of Howard Thurman in the face of fear. By Daniel P. Horan / NCR
How Trump Twisted DEI to Only Benefit White Christians. By Jessica Washington / The Intercept
The Christian Nationalist Plot to Disenfranchise Women Voters. By Sarah Stankorb / The New Republic
Ancient DNA Reveals Most Europeans Had Dark Skin Until Just 3,000 Years Ago. By Tibi Pulu / ZME Science
Hitler’s Enemies List. By Timothy W. Ryback / The Atlantic
Broken Promises: Black Land and the New Fight For Reparations. By Mother Jones
2025 Finalists for the Pauli Murray Book Prize in Black Intellectual History. By AAIHS Editors
60 years after Malcolm X’s killing, his message can’t be silenced or ignored. By Omar Suleiman / RNS
Kevin Young on James Baldwin’s “Letter from a Region in My Mind.” By Kevin Young / The New Yorker
