Book/Podcast and Video Favorites
Watch “Georgia Sen. Warnock reflects on election in Sunday sermon at Ebenezer Baptist” on YouTube
The Democrats Are in Trouble. This Man Can Save Them. By Daniel Chandler / NYT
Trump and the Dictators’ Playbook. By Chris Edelson / The Progressive
Slavery in an Age of Emancipation. By Manisha Sinha / The Nation
The life of R&B singer Luther Vandross spotlighted in new documentary. By LaShawn Hudson / WABE
Pulling Back the Curtain on the Right’s Ideas About Education. By Eleanor J. Bader / The Progressive
Jemar Tisby on ‘The Spirit of Justice’ and the Black Christians who pursued it. By Adelle M. Banks / RNS
A Lincoln parable: A review of Our Ancient Faith. By Stephen Healey / Christian Century
Belief, Experience, and Expectations of God. The Russell Moore show: A Conversation with Steve Cuss / Christianity Today
Gladwell reexamines ‘The Tipping Point’ — releasing ‘Revenge of the Tipping Point.’ By Steve Inskeep / Morning Edition NPR
How yesterday’s Black Christian nationalists planted the seeds for a Black utopia. By Kathryn Post / RNS
Know Your Enemy: Political Fictions. By Matthew Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell / Dissent Podcast
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
A bold guide to confronting racism in white Christianity. RNS Press Release
An extraordinary new history of Emmett Till, Mississippi and America. Review by Aram Goudsouzian / Wash Post
The History and Future of the Black Quarterback. By Dave Zirin / The Nation
Watch “They’re Eating The Dogs – New Hit Song!” on YouTube. Watch here
Represent: The Unfinished Fight for the Vote / book by by Marc Favreau and Michael Eric Dyson / Thrift books
The End of Democracy Has Already Begun. By Anne Applebaum and Peter Pomeranrtsev / The Atlantic Podcast
Venus Williams’ new book ‘Strive’ details 8 steps she says she lives by. By Michel Martin / NPR
“Becoming a Whole Man” with Rasool Berry. Christianity Today
The lessons of America’s deadliest presidential election in 1872. By David Martin Davies / The Source
In new book, journalist Joshua Leifer offers a scathing take on American Judaism. By Yonat Shimron / RNS
Project 2025’s Christian Nationalist Roots Exposed In Secret Recording. By David Kurtz / TPM
Walz rallies union workers as he hits campaign trail on his own for first time. By Lauron Barron-Loez and Eliot Barnhart / PBS Video
My Old Church’s Fundamentalist Wing Canceled Me. By David French and Aaron Retica / NYT
