Book/Podcast and Video Favorites
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
OCTOBER LONDON; The Rebirth of Marvin (Death Row Records). By Mark Turner / Soul and Jazz and Funk
The Dark Delight of Being Strange. Black Stories of Freedom / By James B. Haile III
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)
