National News, Opinion October 8, 2024 The Brazen, Absurd, and Dangerous Hypocrisy of JD Vance. By David Corn / Mother Jones
National News, Opinion October 8, 2024 The MAGA scramble to defend Mark Robinson. By Charles Sykes / The Atlantic
National News, Opinion October 8, 2024 In Springfield, I heard stories about strain, promise — and race. By Eugene Robinson / Wash Post
National News October 8, 2024 Pregnancy deaths rose by 56% in Texas after 2021 abortion ban, analysis finds. By Erika Edwards, Zinhle Essamuah and Jason Kane / NBC News
National News October 8, 2024 Marcellus Williams executed in Missouri amid strong innocence claims. By Natalie Neysa Alund / USA Today
National News, Opinion October 8, 2024 How Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs wielded power and prestige to fuel decades of alleged abuse. By Char Adams / NBC News
World News October 8, 2024 World leaders gather at a U.N. desperate to save itself. By Ishaan Tharoor / Wash Post
World News October 8, 2024 With nuclear option unlikely, Putin struggles to defend his red lines. By Catherine Belton and Robyn Dixon / Wash Post
World News October 8, 2024 Africa’s Youngest Elected Leader Wants a New World Order. By Ruth Maclean / NYT
World News October 8, 2024 Donald Trump emboldened UK racists, says Labour minister. By Noah Keate / Politico
Ethics/Morality/Religion, National News October 8, 2024 Project 2025 is a death sentence for religious freedom. By Wa’el Alzayat / RNS
Ethics/Morality/Religion, National News October 8, 2024 William Barber joins faith leaders at vigil in Springfield to defend Haitian migrants. By Kathryn Post / RNS
Ethics/Morality/Religion, National News October 8, 2024 Confessions of a (Former) Christian Nationalist. By Reverend Rob Schenck / Mother Jones
Ethics/Morality/Religion, National News October 8, 2024 What Happened When an Ohio Megachurch Decided to Tackle Racism. By Ruth Graham / NYT
Ethics/Morality/Religion, National News October 8, 2024 The American Catholic Right vs. The Social Justice Wing. By Julie Nichols / Patheos
National News, Past Voices October 8, 2024 The Civil War Still Echoes in the South, Forcing Towns to Take Sides. By Scott Calvert and Cameron McWhirter / WSJ
National News, Past Voices October 8, 2024 Traditions of Resistance in the Black Diaspora. By Christina Proenza-Coles / AAIHS
Book/Podcast and Video Favorites October 8, 2024 When ‘Between the World and Me’ Faced a School Book Ban, Ta-Nehisi Coates Decided to Report It Out. By Ta-Nehisi Coates / Vanity Fair
Culture October 8, 2024 Benny Golson, jazz saxophonist and composer of surpassing grace, dies at 95. By matt Schudel / Wash Post
National News, Past Voices October 8, 2024 I see Howard of the 1980s in Kamala Harris. By Carla Hall / Wash Post
Sports October 8, 2024 Reggie Bush lawsuit: RB sues USC, NCAA, Pac-12 over unearned NIL money. By Craig Meyer / USA Today
Sports October 8, 2024 Tyreek Hill retains counsel for legal battle after police detainment. By Safid Deen / USA Today
Sports October 8, 2024 A third of former NFL players surveyed believe they have CTE, researchers find. By Becky Sullivan / NPR
Sports October 8, 2024 Mercury Morris, who helped Dolphins win two Super Bowls, dies at 77. By AP and Wash Post
National News, Opinion October 8, 2024 Why do people still back Trump, after everything? 5 things to understand about MAGA supporters’ thinking. By Alex Hinton / The Conversation