Book/Podcast and Video Favorites
‘The First Eight’: Jim Clyburn reflects on Jim Crow, civil rights, and today. By Ken Makin / CSMonitor
The NFL Pretends It’s Above Politics. It Never Was. By Tim Miller / The Bulwark
Michelle Obama’s New Book Is a Historical Document Dressed Up as a Coffee-Table Tome. By Vanessa Friedman / NYT
How We Got Here: Jelani Cobb on Rise of Trump & White Nationalism After Push for Racial Justice. By Amy Goodman / Democracy Now
How Jesse Jackson set the stage for today’s political landscape. By Daniel Pryer / Wash Post
A Horrific Tale of the Slave Trade, Destined to Become a Classic. By Marcus Rediker / NYT
Benjamin Watson and Russell Moore on The Just Life. By Russel Moore / Christianity Today
Wisdom Bearers: Ambassador Andrew Young, The Rev. Dr. Paul Smith, and Dr. Catherine Meeks. You Tube Video
“To Free Someone Else”: Toni Morrison the Book Editor. By Marina Magloire / The Nation
Video of Jasmine Crockett calling out Byron Donalds for bill revoking juvenile crime reform he benefited from goes viral. By Gerren Keith Gaynor / The Grio
Cornel West: Justice, Not Revenge. By Benjamin Watson / Christianity Today Podcast
What Pan-Africanism Can Teach Us Now. By Lovia Gyarkye / TNR
Freedom and the price of the ticket. By Kelly Brown Douglas / The Christian Century
Trump Is Building the Blue Scare. The Ezra Klein Show / NYT Podcast
Five things we learned from 107 Days, Kamala Harris’s campaign trail memoir. By David Smith / The Guardian
Watch “Nikole Hannah-Jones on ‘1619,’ Trump and the Power of Dissent in 2025” on YouTube / By Wesley Morris
Decades after Stella got her groove back, Terry McMillan just gets better. By Lisa Page / Wash Post
His Book on Charlie Kirk Was About to Come Out. Then His Subject Was Murdered. By Kiera Butler / Mother Jones
Virginia Pastor’s sermon on Charlie Kirk’s death sparks debate. By Katie Lusso / WUSA9
Don’t Erase Augustine’s Africanness. By Phillip Jenkins / Christianity Today
Traitors to the Earth: Fascism, Christian Nationalism, and the Tech Elite. By Kelly Hayes / Truthout Podcast
Trump vs. Truth: The Fight for America’s History. By Jeffrey Toobin / NYT Podcast
Slavery and Capitalism : A New Marxist History. By David McNally / UC Press
‘Nobody Can Give You Freedom’: A closer look at Malcolm X’s words. By Ken Makin / CS Monitor
Labor Day Special Featuring Howard Zinn & Voices of a People’s History of the United States. By Amy Goodman / Democracy Now
The Life Of Harriet Wilson: 1st Black Woman To Publish A Novel. By Shannon Dawson / Newsone
When Is It Genocide? The Ezra Klein Show / NYT Podcast
Black Moses’ tells a powerful story of political ambition. By Aram Goudsouzian / Wash Post
Baldwin: A Love Story. By Nicholas Boggs / Amazon Books
Disturbed About Man. By Benjamin E. Mays / Amazon Books
