National News
How Christian nationalism drove the insurrection: A religious history of Jan. 6. By Kathryn Joyce / Salon
Major GOP donor sends mass email tying Jews to vaccine genocide conspiracy. By Aldous J Pennyfarthing / Daily Kos
Idaho church window once depicting Robert E. Lee now honors Black female bishop. By Adelle M. Banks / RNS
In praise of Archbishop Gómez’s anti-racism. By Charles C. Camosy / Religion News
Martin Luther King, Jr.,’s History Lessons. By Jelani Cobb / The New Yorker
U.S.’ oldest surviving WWII veteran, Lawrence Brooks, has died at the age of 112. By Walter Einenkel / Daily Kos
The two Kentucky CRT bills: Only white history allowed. By Berry Craig / Daily Kos
‘If not us, then who?’: inside the landmark push for reparations for Black Californians. By Vivian Ho / The Guardian
Attorney General Vows to Pursue Jan. 6 Inquiry ‘at Any Level.’ By Katie Benner / NYT
Schumer vows Senate rules change if voting rights bill is blocked again. By Barbara Sprunt and Deirdre Walsh / NPR
Biden’s Judicial Picks Reflect Nation’s Diversity. By Russ Feingold / The Progressive
Rep. Bobby Rush to retire after three decades in Congress. By Felicia Sonmez and Amy B Wang / Wash Post
Gettysburg Makes History and Swears In the First Black and Female Mayor, Rita Frealing. By Nicole Duncan-Smith / Atlanta Black Star
Ursula Burns, the first Black woman to run a Fortune 500 company, is done taking calls from nervous white leaders. By Ellen McGirt / Fortune
Black women face higher risk of death during pregnancy. By Jericka Duncan / ABC News
A man is free after serving 37 years because of a false witness. AP and NPR
How 2021 collapsed the divide between religion and politics. By Jacob Lupfer / RNS
Religious Freedom Makes a Sacred Gathering Possible. By Frederick Clarkson / Daily Kos
Why Stefon Diggs’ good deed reveals a bad system. By Daniel P. Horan / NCR
Maxine McNair, Last Living Parent of Child Killed In 1963 Church Dies At 93. By Murjani Rawls / The Root
Louisiana Gov. To Posthumously Pardon Homer Plessy, Of ‘Separate But Equal’ Ruling. By Janet McConnaughey / HuffPost
‘Physically Erased’: Archaeologists Rediscover Fourth Forgotten Black Cemetery Near Site of Florida Office Building. By Niara Savage / Atlanta Black Star
The battle over January 6 started in 1865. By Peniel E. Joseph / CNN
The riot, the republic and the fight for America’s soul. By Jonathan Allen / NBC News
New York governor declares racism ‘public health emergency’ amid new anti-discrimination legislation. By Kiara Alfonseca / ABC News
Federal agencies underestimated threat of domestic extremism for years. By Josh Meyer and Kevin Johnson / USA Today
