Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
“The Big Cigar” is “a crazy way to tell” how Huey P. Newton escaped to Cuba using a fake movie. By Nardos Haile / Salon
The Story Behind Smokey Robinson and The Miracles’ “Shop Around” and Why It’s One of the Most Important Songs in Motown History. By Jim Beviglia / Songwriter
Negro Leagues stats update by MLB a sobering reminder of challenge to maintain Black history. By Clinton Yates / Andscape
How Deion Sanders’ son ended up declaring bankruptcy: ‘Kind of stunning.’ By Brent Schrotenboer / USA Today
Jaylen Brown calls out ESPN anchor following controversial take. By David Butler / USA Today
The NCAA’s reparations don’t come close to righting its racial wrongs. By Kevin B. Blackistone / Wash Post
Race Inquiry Digest (Jun 3) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Donald Trump, Felon. By the Editorial Board / NYT
President warns new army officers to be ‘guardians of American democracy.’ By Oliver Milman / The Guardian
Trump’s fascist talk is what’s ‘poisoning the blood of our country.’ By Dana Milbank / Wash Post
This Supreme Court Term Was All About Undoing Democracy. By Pema Levy / Mother Jones
“A formula for civil war”: Second flag flown by Supreme Court Justice Alito dire sign for democracy. By Lindsay Beyerstein / Salon
The Soulless Hypocrisy of Nikki Haley. By John Nichols / The Nation
Why Republicans Want and Need a Permanent Economic Underclass. By Thom Hartman / The New Republic
Racism was supposed to change after George Floyd. Backlash followed. By Phillip M. Bailey, Terry Collins, Deborah Barfield Berry and Sam Woodward / USA Today
Why Are New York City Schools Still So Segregated? By Errol Lewis / New York Intelligencer
The South can be a dangerous place to be Black and pregnant. By Lauren Sausser and McKenzie Beard / Wash Post
A Black rising star lost his elite orchestra job. He won’t go quietly. By Geoff Edgers / Wash Post
After the Populist Moment. By Matthew Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell / Dissent
International Court of Justice Orders Israel to Immediately Halt Military Offensive in Rafah. By Amy Goodman / Democracy Now
Haiti’s Sin of Resistance. By Rann Miller / The Progressive
US calls for swift police deployment to Haiti after missionaries killed. By Aljazeera
Is the Party That Ended Apartheid Losing Its Grip on South Africa? By John Eligon / NYT
Chelsea Manalo: First Black Filipina crowned as Miss Universe. By Kathleen Magramo / CNN
Does Memorial Day have its origins in defeated Confederates? By Gillian Brockell / Wash Post
Idris Elba on why Second World War docuseries on black stories matters today. By Lotte Brundle / Independent
How Residents in a Rural Alabama County Are Confronting the Lasting Harm of Segregation Academies. By Jennifer Berry Hawes / ProPublica
