National News
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
Kanye West’s antisemitic conspiracy theories and white supremacist rhetoric continues. What is he doing? Aja Romano / Vox
Deconstruction or reconstruction? Pastors discuss a reboot of evangelicalism. By Bob Smietana / Religion News
Why religious piety tells us nothing good (or bad) about politicians. By Paul Waldman / Wash Post
Why White evangelicals won’t recoil against the worst MAGA pols. By Jenifer Rubin / Wash Post
The Transatlantic Slave Trade. By Equal Justice Initiative
Exhumations to resume in a bid to identify Tulsa Race Massacre victims. By AP and NPR
Why I Keep Coming Back to Reconstruction. By Jamelle Bouie / NYT
‘I Dream A World’ celebrates the timeless, urgent vision of Black Women. By Lonnae O’Neal / Andscape
Their America Is Vanishing. Like Trump, They Insist They Were Cheated. By Michael H. Keller and David D. Kirkpatrick / NYT
Does campus diversity justify affirmative action? Our study says yes. By Adam Chilton, Justin Driver , Jonathan Masur and Kyle Rozema / Wash Post
Deidre DeJear Runs for Governor in Iowa. By Aaliyah Wright / Capital B
Oprah seeks to lend her appeal to Abrams in Georgia election. By AP and NBC News
After Mississippi’s water crisis, the EPA has launched an investigation. By AP and NPR
Where $30 Billion to Fix Systemic Racism Actually Goes. By Emily Flitter / NYT
