Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Invoking Struggle and Faith, Biden Reaches Out at Morehouse. By Katie Rogers and Maya King / NYT
Race Inquiry Digest (May 23) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured What American Fascism Would Look Like. It can happen here. And if it does, here is what might become of the country. The New…
School segregation is worse than it was in the 1980s. By Fabiola Cineas / Vox
Michael Cohen’s Testimony Exposes the Ugly Lunacy of the Trump “Cult.” By Greg Sargent / The New Republic Podcast
Biden’s weakness becomes bigger and bigger worry for Democrats. By Al Weaver and Amie Parnes / The Hill
Angela Alsobrooks wins Maryland’s hotly contested U.S. Senate primary. By Erin Cox , Teo Armus and Lateshia Beachum / Wash Post
Ex-Capitol officer Harry Dunn loses congressional primary in Maryland. By Joan E. Greve / The Guardian
Right-wing states attacking diversity erase, repeat our ugly history of discrimination. By David R. Hoffman / Kansas City Star
Far-Right Group Recruits Followers To Overwhelm Election Offices With Voter Roll Challenges. By Khaya Himmelman / TPM
Hate Crimes Targeting Black People Still On The Rise 2 Years After Racist Buffalo Shooting. By Bilal G. Morris / Newsone
White House sends official to Morehouse to address concerns ahead of Biden’s speech. By Aaron Gilchrist and Nnamdi Egwuonwu / NBC News
Chris Edley, prominent affirmative action scholar, dies at 71. By Alia Wong Michael Collins / USA Today
Florida A&M president says ‘missteps were made’ in handling of purported $237 million donation. By Shawn Nottingham / CNN
Kenya Rallies Police Officers Ahead of Haiti Deployment. By Abdi Latif Dahir / NYT
UN Officials Describe “Absolutely Catastrophic” Conditions in Gaza. By Julianne McShane / Mother Jones
‘It’s deeper than slavery’: Lisbon street project reclaims Portugal’s unseen black history. By Ashifa Kassam / The Guardian
What the Methodist split tells us about America. By Laura Bullard / Vox
Devout Christian Mike Johnson Shows Up to Hush Money Trial to Defend a Guy Accused of Cheating on His Wife With a Porn Star. By Bess Levine / Vanity Fair
Shunned for centuries, Vodou grows powerful as Haitians seek solace from unrelenting gang violence. By DÁnica Coto / RNS
Mary McLeod Bethune, known as the ‘First Lady of Negro America,’ also sought to unify the African diaspora. By Ashley Bobertson Preston / The Conversation
The 12 Black women behind Brown v. Board often go unrecognized. A new exhibit aims to change that. By Kalyn Belsha / Chalkbeat
How America tried and failed to stay White. By Eduardo Porter / Wash Post
Stevie on the Wonder of becoming a Ghanaian citizen. By Thomas Naadi / BBC
In Virginia, these Confederate names have a power all their own. By Nicole Hemmer / CNN
Georgia Tech’s First Black Graduate, Ronald Yancey, Presents Granddaughter With Diploma For Master’s Degree In Electrical And Computer Engineering. By Samantha Dorisca / AfroTech
New Releases Make Old Jazz Young Again. By Richard Brody / The New Yorker
