Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
How a racist letter from 1858 relates to current-day politics. By Charles B. Dew / Tampa Bay Times
Indigenous and Black people tell their own stories at the Mystic Seaport Museum. By Diane Orson / NPR
Confederate statues come down as Black history rises across the U.S. By Krystal Nurse / USA Today
A sequel of injustice 60 years in the making. By Rann Miller / Salon
Inside the KKK plot to kill Barack Obama — and the FBI informant who stopped it. By john Kennedy / NY Post
“The spark that ignites the flame”: Black sororities flex “collective power” for Kamala Harris. By Tatyana Tandanpolie / Salon
Anthony Edwards trashes skill level of old-school NBA players. By Scooby Axson / USA Today
Thank you, Al Attles. Your legacy will live on. By Marc J. Spears / Andscape
Atlanta Falcons owner gifts HBCUs millions to improve facilities. HBCU Gameday
Why the new Steve McNair Netflix documentary, while informative, feels incomplete. By Jason Jones / The Athletic
“Sum of all parts”: Kamala Harris nomination is the culmination of “fierce” Black women leaders. By Tatyana Tandanpolie / Salon
Race Inquiry Digest (Aug 29) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured How MAGA Is Already Justifying The Use Of Military Force At Home If Trump Wins. By Josh Kovensky / TPM ( Image Jakart)
Democrats Say They’re the Party of “Freedom,” Not Republicans. By Eric Lutz / Vanity Fair
Michelle Obama: The office Trump seeks ‘might just be one of those Black jobs.’ By Jonathan Allen / NBC News
The Con at the Core of the Republican Party. By Nina Burleigh / The New Republic
The Small-Town Nebraska Tim Walz Put Behind Him, but Never Fully Left. By Matt Flegenheimer / NYT
“It’s blanket opportunism”: “Rural America” author on “switch between” the “two different JD Vances.” By Chauncey Devega / Salon
Angela Alsobrooks makes a bid for Maryland’s U.S. Senate seat. By Donna M. Owens / NBC News
The movement to diversify Silicon Valley is crumbling amid attacks on DEI. By Naomi Nix , Cat Zakrzewski and Nitasha Tiku / Wash Post
The True History Behind The Whitening Of Brazil. By Faith Katunga / Travelnoire
Blinken Says Talks Are ‘Maybe the Last’ Chance for Gaza Cease-Fire. NYT
Maduro Further Embeds His Regime in Venezuela. By Jeff Abbott / Progressive Magazine
Elon Musk has been predicting civil war in Europe for nearly a year. By David Ingram / NBC News
Jomo Kenyatta, father of the nation? Kenya’s first president built up a myth which masked his faults. By Stephen Mutie / The Conversation
I’m an evangelical against Trump … and genocide. By Shane Claiborne / RNS
Black praise in white pews: When your church doesn’t love you back. By J.C. Howard et al. / NPR
