National News
Ahead of midterms, faith plays central role in Republican efforts to win Latino votes. By Alejandra Molina / RNS
“They cannot survive without fear”: A heretic on leaving the evangelical church. By Amanda Marcotte / Salon
This was the worst slaughter of Native Americans in U.S. history. Few remember it. By Dana Hedgpeth / Wash Post
Where Will This Political Violence Lead? Look to the 1850s. By Joshua Zeitz / Politico
Proposed amendment could remove Jim Crow-era language in Alabama Constitution. By Kim Chandler / PBS
The Culture and Intellectual Climate of the Great Migration. By Joseph R. Stewart / AAIHS
Was life better for us before integration? Check the stats. By Asward Walker / Defender
Kennedy and Nixon Both Wooed Jackie Robinson. Guess Who Won. By Frederic J. Frommer / Politico
The Supreme Court Wants to Move on From Racism Already. By Pema Levy / Mother Jones
Barack Obama Mercilessly Mocks Herschel Walker With A ‘Thought Experiment.’ By Lee Moran / HuffPost
Medical debt hits Black Americans especially hard and can affect access to care. By Noam Levey / NPR
LeBron James Calls On Elon Musk To Address ‘Scary AF’ Explosion Of ‘N Word’ On Twitter. By Mary Papenfuss / HuffPost
Nearly half of Americans say they want a ‘Christian nation.’ By Olivier Knox and Caroline Anders / Wash Post
Mike Pence says Americans don’t have a right to freedom from religion. By Brandon Gage / Alternet
Why some Latino evangelicals feel neither political party align completely with their beliefs. By Nicole Chavez / CNN
Environmental Train Wreck: Houston’s Black Churches Fight Pollutants. By Phoebe Suy Gibson / Christianity Today
Calvin Butts, leader of Harlem’s historic Abyssinian Baptist Church, dies at 73. By Adelle M. Banks / RNS
Private papers reveal the tactics that helped SCOTUS uphold the use of affirmative action. By Joan Biskupic / CNN
The College-Admissions Merit Myth. By Adam Harris / The Atlantic
Democrats are losing Latino voters as Republicans eye opportunities at midterms. By Kai McNamee / NPR
Slavery Is on the November Ballot in Five States. By Christina Carrega / Capital B
A Group of Former Trump Aides Is Behind Racist and False Anti-Immigrant Ads. By Isabela Dias / Mother Jones
Alabama Senate: Peter Riehm could beat Vivian Figures in Mobile, flipping a Black Democratic seat MAGA. By Molly Olmstead / Slate
Black Republicans are ‘no longer hiding’ as they run for Congress. By Eugene Scott / Wash Post
Why Clarence Thomas Gave A Temporary Reprieve to Lindsay Graham From A Federal Subpoena Over Alleged Election Interference. By Jamila Bey / BET
How Black Landowners in the South Are Recovering Lost Generational Wealth. By Cameron Oglesby / The Nation
