Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
5 African-American veterans who fought for Civil Rights after returning home from World War II. By Todd Neikirk / Newsbreak
Should I Stay or Should I Go? Black Americans Weigh Life Abroad After the 2024 Election. By Malcolm Venable / BET
Why Quincy Jones should be prominently featured in US music education − his absence reflects how racial segregation still shapes American classrooms. By Philip Ewell / The Conversation
Chris Rock’s Elon Musk Joke Makes ‘SNL’ Crowd Groan During Opening Monologue. By Ben Blanchet / HuffPost
Caitlin Clark recognizes white privilege. WNBA star owes no apologies. By Nancy Armour / USA Today
Serena Williams Is Competing on a New Court: Investment. By Shivani Vora / NYT
San Francisco 49ers parting with linebacker who refused to play Thursday. By AP and The Guardian
NBA Scout Believes Los Angeles Lakers’ Poorly-Built Roster Was The Main Problem And Not Darvin Ham. By Shabiha Akter / TPS
NBA Is Struggling as Calls Mount Against Adam Silver’s $76 Billion Deal That Faced Legal Trouble. By Vishwanadha Vamsi Vasisht / Essentially Sports
NASCAR Warned of Catastrophic Loss After Offending Michael Jordan & Co in Lawsuit. By Sagarika Chatterjee / Essentially Sports
Colorado’s Travis Hunter wins Heisman Trophy after historic season on both sides of the ball. By Ralph D. Russo / The Athletic
Trump’s New Team Is a Gift to America’s Enemies. By A. B. Stoddard / The Bulwark
Why Democrats Got the Politics of Immigration So Wrong for So Long. By Rogé Karma / The Atlantic
When facts no longer matter: 3 key steps to return to civil dialogue. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
What’s America’s largest ethnic group, and why did we get it wrong for so long? By Andrew Van Dam / Wash Post
Race-Conscious Admissions Can Continue at Naval Academy, Federal Court Rules. By Declan Bradley / The Chronicle of Higher Ed.
Prosecutor seeks to overturn convictions in cocaine sting operation. By AP and NPR
Byron Allen’s $10B lawsuit against McDonald’s will go to trial. By Gerren Keith Gaynor / The Grio
Atlanta Phambili Initiative intended to assist South African business. Thuto Ngobeni Reports / Channel Africa
The World Is on Fire. And Trump’s About to Be President. Feel Better? By Michael Tomasky / The New Republic
Massacre in Haiti’s Capital Leaves Nearly 200 Dead, U.N. Says. By Frances Robles / NYT
I’m a scholar of white supremacy who’s visiting all 113 places where Confederate statues were removed in recent years − here’s why Richmond gets it right. By David Cunnigham / The Conversation
Biden designates national monument at former Indian boarding school. By Toluse Olorunnipa and Cleve R. Wootson Jr. / Wash Post
Nikki Giovanni, Poet Who Wrote of Black Joy, Dies at 81. By Penelope Green / NYT
Kendrick Lamar’s Year on Top. By Hanif Abdurraqib / The New Yorker
Samuel L. Jackson Is Approaching An Incredible Box Office Record. By Jack Walters / Screen Rant
A leader in sports activism, Harry Edwards has some final lessons to share. By Michael Lee / Wash Post
Coco Gauff is the highest-paid female athlete of 2024 and she’s not the only Black woman on the list. By Haniya Philogene / The Grio
Colorado coach Deion Sanders braces for emotional Alamo Bowl vs. BYU. By Brent Schrotenboer / USA Today
Warriors arrive at the only conclusion left: The Jonathan Kuminga era is here. By Marcus Thompson II / The Athletic
