Book/Podcast and Video Favorites
Racism by law: A review of Rebirth of a Nation. By Jeannine Hill Fletcher / The Christian Century
EXCLUSIVE: Mahmoud Khalil, Palestinian Activist Jailed by ICE for 104 Days, in First Live Interview. By Amy Goodman / Democracy Now
Joy Reid Floats Conspiracy Theory That the 2026 Election Will Be Rigged: ‘Insane’ to ‘Assume We’re Going to Have Normal Elections.’ By Joe DePaolo / Mediate
The Rev. James Forbes Jr. discusses ministry, family and overcoming adversity in poetry-filled book. By Adelle M. Banks / RNS
“What to the Slave Is the 4th of July?”: James Earl Jones Reads Frederick Douglass’s Historic Speech. By Amy Goodman / Democracy Now
Traitors to the Earth: Fascism, Christian Nationalism, and the Tech Elite. By Kelly Hayes / Truthout Podcast
‘Oh No, We Don’t Like Black People!’ Elie Mystal Torches Companies Backing Off DEI For Trump. By Tommy Christopher / Mediaite
DEFIANT The Story of Robert Smalls – written by Rob Edwards / Kickstarter
White Rural Rage: The Threat to American Democracy. By Tom Schaller and Paul Waldman / Amazon
On Character: Stanley McChrystal on the Power of Character in Leadership. By McChrystal Group
The United States and South Africa, With Reuben Brigety / Council on Foreign Relations Podcast
Somewhere Toward Freedom: Sherman’s March and the Story of America’s Largest Emancipation. By Bennett Parten / Amazon
How Should We Remember Attica? By Charlotte Rosen / The Nation
The Root’s Summer 2025 Reading List Books by Black Authors. By Angela Johnson / The Root
Basketball legend Dawn Staley reflects on successes and challenges in ‘Uncommon Favor.’ By Amna Nawaz and Courtney Norris / PBS
Ibram X. Kendi Introduces Malcolm X to a New Generation. By Lizzie Skurnick / NYT
Author Judith Weisenfeld unpacks historic links between religion, race and psychiatry. By Adelle M. Banks / RNS
The Book MLK Historians Are Learning From. By Dave Zirin / The Nation
Nikole Hannah-Jones: Trump Is Erasing Black History. By Al Letson / Reveal
Carceral Apartheid: An Interview with Brittany Friedman. By Robert Greene II / AAIHS
A Place to Learn Your Place: Education and Racial Capitalism. By Eve L. Ewing / The Progressive Magazine
James’ Won the Pulitzer, but Not Without Complications. By Alexandra Alter / NYT
How Project 2025 is shaping Trump’s second term. By Dave Davies / NPR Fresh Air Podcast
Police reform in Minneapolis and beyond: A review of The Minneapolis Reckoning. By David Latimore / Christian Century
I wrote the book on Hitler’s first 100 days. Here’s how Trump’s compare. By Peter Fritzche / Forward
White supremacy and the Latino vote: A review of Defectors. By Tony Tian-Ren Lin / The Christian Century
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
