Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
U.S. outlasts France to win 8th straight women’s hoops gold. By Michael Voepel and Alexa Phillippou / ESPN
On the night Noah Lyles was to become a legend, he became a reminder. By Jerry Brewer / Wash Post
From Snoop to Flavor Flav and breaking, American hip-hop is winning the Paris Olympics.
Lots of medals. Lots of skin colors. See the connection? By Michele Norris / Wash Post
Race Inquiry Digest (Aug 15) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Trump vs. Harris magnifies America’s generational and cultural divides. By Hannah Knowles and Dylan Wells / Wash Post
The Willful Amnesia Behind Trump’s Attacks on Harris’s Identity. By Nicole Hannah-Jones / NYT
Surprise Poll Reveals a Key Trump Weakness Against Kamala Harris. By Greg Sargent / TNR
The Clarence Thomas Saga Won’t Stop. By Eric Lutz / Vanity Fair
Cori Bush loses St. Louis primary in race defined by Israel criticism. By Karissa Waddick / USA Today
Democrats call for answers on Project 2025 from the Heritage Foundation. By Kiara Alfonseca / ABC News
Racism and discrimination lead to faster aging through brain network changes, new study finds. By Negar Fani and Nathaniel Harnett / The Conversation
Historically Black Medical Schools Land a $600 Million Donation. By Anemona Hartocollis and Alan Blinder / NYT
D’Vontaye Mitchell death: Four people are charged with felony murder. By Sara Smart and Steve Almasy / CNN
What Tim Walz Could Mean For Kamala Harris’s Stance on Gaza and Israel. By Jonah Valdez / The Intercept
Middle East Braces for Possible Wider War as Tensions Boil After Israeli Attacks on Lebanon, Iran. By Amy Goodman / Democracy Now
She Thought Her Grip Was Unbreakable. Bangladeshis Would Prove Otherwise. By Mujib Mashal / NYT
Trump’s ‘beautiful Christians’ are not the only ones whose values matter. By Ministers of Middle Church / RNS
Five faith facts about Harris pick Tim Walz, a ‘Minnesota Lutheran’ dad. By Jack Jenkins / NCR
A new movement aims to remake evangelicals’ relationship to politics. By Michelle Boorstein / Wash Post
Two Paths for Jewish Politics. By Corey Robin / The New Yorker
As the Voting Rights Act Nears 60, Conservative Judges Are Gutting It From Every Angle. By Ari Berman / Mother Jones
A century after Tulsa Race Massacre, city creates reparations committee. By Kyle Melnick / Wash Post
What unites Trump and Hitler: “Fierce determination and self-imposed blindness.” By Chauncey Devega / Salon
How Tribal Nations Are Reclaiming Oklahoma. By Rachel Monroe / The New Yorker
The Last Survivors of an Atomic Bomb Have a Story to Tell. By Kathleen Kingsbury, W.J. Hennigan and Spencer Cohen / NYT
Women Of Color Face An ‘Epidemic Of Invisibility’ On Screen — And It’s Not Getting Any Better. By Marina Fang / HuffPost
The Dark Delight of Being Strange. Black Stories of Freedom / By James B. Haile III
Noah Lyles gives U.S. sprinting its swag back with Olympic gold in the 100 meters. By William C. Rhoden / Andscape
We came for a mic drop. Simone Biles gave us a fitting final bow. By Jerry Brewer / Wash Post
Charles Barkley not retiring, staying with TNT Sports long term: ‘This is the only place for me.’ By Andrew Marchand / The Athletic
