Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
University of Virginia suspends tours that had come under fire for mentioning Thomas Jefferson’s ties to slavery. By Daniel K. Li / NBC News
New York Cemetery for Enslaved People Reclaimed. By Shannon McDonagh / Newsweek
John Coltrane’s criminally underrated record. By Matt Phillips / Everything Jazz
LL Cool J Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop. (And Why Would He?). By Melena Ryzik / NYT
Earth, Wind & Fire Reflect on Late ‘Mentor’ Maurice White: ‘We Know What That Standard Is’ Because of Him. By Chris Barilla / People
Simone Biles Bids Farewell To 1 Of Her Greatest Moves In The Most Iconic Way. By Josephine Harvey / HuffPost
Welcome to the Era of the Black Quarterback. By Jason Reid / Andscape
Nick Kyrgios offers to take over coaching Coco Gauff amid her recent struggles, disappointing US Open finish. By Chantz Martin / Fox News
Beyoncé, Democrats, and the Fight for ‘Freedom.’ By Brandon Tensley / Capital One
Race Inquiry Digest (Sep 9) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured American democracy is in peril. And racism will be the sledgehammer that destroys it. By Kimberlé W Crenshaw / The Guardian
Kamala Harris surges ahead of Donald Trump in 2024 election poll. By Susan Page, Savannah Kuchar and Sudiksha Kochi / USA Today
7 Takeaways From Harris’s First Major Interview. By Reid J. Epstein / NYT
Why Trump’s Arlington Debacle Is So Serious. By Michael Powell / The Atlantic
If Trump loses, expect a Republican civil war. By Myra Adams / The Hill
America Needs Georgia Republicans to Defend Democracy Again. By Mara Gay / NYT
Election workers ask court to seize Rudy Giuliani’s luxury apartment. By Aysha Bagchi / USA Today
Conservative opponents of DEI may not be as colorblind as they claim. By Abigail Folberg, Laura Brooks Dueland and Mikki Hebi / The Conversation
Elite US colleges see Black enrollment drop after affirmative action strike-down. By Léonie Chao-Fong / The Guardian
In an unheroic age, Putin, Trump and Netanyahu are sick parodies of great men. By Simon Tisdall / The Guardian
As Haitians flee the capital, fears rise that the gangs will follow. By Widlore Mérancourt and Amanda Coletta / Wash Post
Gaza, Lebanon, West Bank: Why Is Israel Fighting So Many Wars? By Patrick Kingsley / NYT
Battling Mpox in the Outbreak’s Epicenter in Congo. Visuals by Arlette Bashizi. Text by Elian Peltier / NYT (Image PBS)
Harris and Emhoff highlight different faiths on the campaign trail. By Sarah McCammon / NPR
“Downright strange”: How Trump’s warped litmus test for MAGA Christians spread beyond abortion. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
In new book, journalist Joshua Leifer offers a scathing take on American Judaism. By Yonat Shimron / RNS
Religion Is Harming Public Schools In The U.S. By William T. Orr Jr. / Patheos
