Book/Podcast and Video Favorites
The Very American Roots of Trumpism. By Ezra Klein / NYT Podcast
The New Far-Right Coalition That’s Out to Destroy American Democracy. By Casey Mitchel / New Republic
Religion or Ethnicity 3 – Untangling Critical Race Theory. By Paul Thompson / Patheos
A Video From Tufts Captures the Fear and Aggression in Trump’s Crackdown. By Jack Healy, Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Mike Baker / NYT
Is Our Political Identity Now Stronger Than Our Religious Identity? By Michael Steele / The Bulwark Podcast
Reevaluating Christianity’s bargain with democracy, with Jonathan Rauch. By Geoff Kabaservice / Niskanen Center
Strange Horizons – The Dark Delight of Being Strange by James B. Haile III. Reviewed By Ian J. Simpson / Strange Horizons
The historical reality of land ownership in South Africa amid Trump’s criticisms. By Ali Rogin / PBS
How Do We Combat the Racist History of Public Education? By Naomi Elias / The Nation
Sports Under Fascism & All-Time NBA Injury What-Ifs. By Dave Zirin / The Nation
Gymnast Jordan Chiles shares what’s next after 2024 Olympics. By Juana Summers, Brianna Scott and Christopher Intagliata / NPR
2025 Finalists for the Pauli Murray Book Prize in Black Intellectual History. By AAIHS Editors
Watch “Malcolm Nance Declares a National Security Emergency” on YouTube
Josephine Baker, in her own words, amplifies her renown as provocateur. By Lisa Page / Wash Post
Don’t Believe Him. By Ezra Klein / NYT Podcast
A Conversation with Tim Alberta. The Russell Moore Show / Christianity Today
The Reckless Creation of Whiteness. By Erin L. Thompson / The Nation
Heartbreak and History in a Single Color. By Alexandra Jacobs / NYT
How Tyranny Begins. Video by Kiana Cole and Adam Westbrook / NYT
Bishop pleads for Trump to ‘have mercy’ on LGBTQ+, migrants. By Darlene Superville, Tiffany Stanley and Gary Fields / NBC News
King’s Non-Violence Trumps Christian Nationalism. By Ray Kirstein / RNS Podcast
The Science of Racism by Keon West review – evidence that speaks for itself. By Farrah Jarral / The Guardian
The legacy of Black activist teachers: A review of Teaching to Live. By Susan Willhauck / Christian Century
A Conversation with Pulitzer-Winning Poet Natasha Trethewey. By Russell Moore / Christianity Today Podcast
Chaos or Community: Where Do We Go From Here? Rich Pérez and John Onwuchekwa / Christianity Today Podcast
The Religion of Whiteness: How Racism Distorts Christian Faith: Emerson, Michael O., Emerson and Bracey II, Glenn / Amazon Books
