National, Opinion May 9, 2025 Donald Trump’s Cruel and Unusual Innovations. By Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic
National May 9, 2025 Trump says diversity initiatives undermine merit. Decades of research show this is flawed. By Paula McDonald / The Conversation
Book/Podcast and Video Favorites May 9, 2025 How Project 2025 is shaping Trump’s second term. By Dave Davies / NPR Fresh Air Podcast
National May 9, 2025 May Day protests against Trump, Musk sweep across US. Christopher Cann and Karissa Waddick / USA Today
Book/Podcast and Video Favorites May 9, 2025 Police reform in Minneapolis and beyond: A review of The Minneapolis Reckoning. By David Latimore / Christian Century
World May 9, 2025 As Gaza Siege Grinds On, Gazan Children Go Hungry and Patients Die. By Erika Solomon and Rawan Sheikh Ahmad / NYT
World May 9, 2025 The white Afrikaners lining up to accept Trump’s offer of asylum. By Rachel Savage / The Guardian
World May 9, 2025 After 100 days, the toll of Trump’s foreign aid cuts has begun to sink in. By Sammy Westfall / Wash Post
World May 9, 2025 Trump Labels Haiti’s Powerful Gangs as Terrorists. By Emiliano Rodríguez Mega and David C. Adams / NYT
Ethics/Morality/Religion, National May 9, 2025 Was Jesus Christ A Real Person? Here’s Why Archaeologists And Scientists Believe He Was. By Arianna Winslow / The Travel
Ethics/Morality/Religion, National May 9, 2025 The emperor’s gospel: Donald Trump and the power of Christianity. By Michael DeLashmutt / RNS
Ethics/Morality/Religion, National May 9, 2025 The Christian Right Is Going Extinct. By David French / NYT
National, Past Voices May 9, 2025 What the Reconstruction Era Can Teach Us About the Politics of Shame. By Brandon Terry / Time
National, Past Voices May 9, 2025 For Those Who Wish to Fight Back but Don’t Know How. By Jonathan Eig / NYT
National, Past Voices May 9, 2025 These activists are ‘flooding the zone with Black history’ to protest Trump’s attacks on DEI. By Gloria Oladipo / The Guardian
Collegiate Voices, National May 9, 2025 Two HBCUs Receive Emmy Nominations For Films Depicting Campus Life. By Jeroslyn JoVonn / Black Enterprise
Sports May 9, 2025 LeBron James to mull NBA future after Lakers’ early exit from playoffs. By Ben Golliver / Wash Post