Book/Podcast and Video Favorites
New book chronicles the formerly enslaved man crucial to creating Jack Daniel’s. By Geogg Bennett, Stephanie Kotuby and Alexa Gold / PBS
The shared root of antisemitism and White supremacy: A review of Christian Supremacy. By Kathryn Julian / The Christian Century
What I See in the Video of Sonya Massey’s Killing. By Jenisha Watts / The Atlantic (Image IPM)
This Is the Most Extreme Presidential Ticket in Modern American History. By Andy Levy and Danielle Moody /The Daily Beast Podcast
Our America: Hidden Stories with Ava DuVernay. ABC News
“The Night Won’t End”: New Film Investigates Civilian Killings in Gaza and U.S. Backing of Israeli Assault. Democracy Now
Ebony Reed Discusses Her New Book Fifteen Cents on the Dollar: How Americans Made the Black-White Wealth Gap. Rainy Day Books
Rev. William Barber’s new book on ‘White Poverty’ shows breadth of ‘an American crisis.’ By Martha Quillin / The News and Observer
‘Hitler and the Nazis’ Review: Building a Case for Alarm. By Mike Hale / NYT (Image by Vox)
“King: A Life”: New Bio Details Extensive FBI Spying & How MLK’s Criticism of Malcolm X Was Fabricated. By Amy Goodman / Democracy Now
Walter Mosley again shows why he is a master of crime fiction. By E.A. Aymar / Wash Post
Navigating James Baldwin s legacy: A review of The Gospel According to James Baldwin. By Jon Mathieu / The Christian Century
A New Book Argues Most White US Christians Worship A Religion Of Whiteness. By Yonat Shimron / RNS
Racism simmered in a Texas school district. Culture war made it boil. By Rachelle Hampton / Wash Post
R. Derek Black’s new book: A convert from white nationalism has a warning for the left about antisemitism. By Molly Olmstead / Slate
Michael Cohen’s Testimony Exposes the Ugly Lunacy of the Trump “Cult.” By Greg Sargent / The New Republic Podcast
The Freedom to Dominate. By Erin R. Pineda / Dissent
‘The Jazzmen’ changed America—and were exploited due to race. By Larry Tye / Fortune
Film on Oblate Sisters of Providence’s Cuban ministry now streaming. By Nate Tinner-Williams / NCR
Trump WILL be convicted in the New York Case. By Sarah Longwell and George Conway. The Bulwark Podcast (Image NBC News)
Bakari Sellers: We Are in a Dark Moment. By Tim Miller / The Bulwark Podcast
How unconditional support for Israel became a cornerstone of Jewish American identity. By Yonat Shimron / RNS
New Documentary Portrait Of Trailblazing Florida Teacher. By Peter Greene / Forbes
The Black Tax: why have African Americans been cheated by the system for so long? By Veronica Esposito / The Guardian
Eddie Glaude—We Are the Leaders Book Tour. By Editorial Staff / Harvard University Press
Ghosts of Segregation: American Racism, Hidden in Plain Sight. By Richard Frishman
