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“Slavery produced a genuine affection between the races”: Hegseth’s church foretold “DEI” firings. By Amanda Marcotte / Salon
The Catholic Church has played a shameful role in Black American history. By Alessandra Harris / NCR
“This is our time”: Economic blackout targets injustice. By Venessa McGrady / Salon
‘Arbitrary and discriminatory’: Judge blocks Trump’s effort to deter DEI programs. By Kyle Cheney / Politico
Across the US, Protesters Rally Against Donald Trump and Elon Musk. By Arianna Coghill / Mother Jones
Joy Reid’s MSNBC Show Canceled in Major Shake-Up. By Benjamin Mullin / NYT
Trump Fires Joint Chiefs Chairman Amid Flurry of Dismissals at Pentagon. By Eric Schmitt, Helene Cooper and Jonathan Swan / NYT
Kash Patel confirmed to lead the FBI, an agency he has vowed to purge of Trump’s “deep state” foes. By Nicholas Liu / Salon
Education Dept. Lifts Pause on Some Civil Rights Probes, but not Cases of Race, Gender Discrimination. By Jennifer Smith Richards and Jodi S. Cohen / ProPublica
Trump backs Rep. Byron Donalds for likely run Florida governor run. By Matt Dixon / NBC News
NYC Mayor Eric Adams’ corruption trial indefinitely delayed, but judge won’t dismiss charges yet. By Adam Reiss, Chloe Atkins and Kyla Guilfoil / NBC News
The spiritual wisdom of Howard Thurman in the face of fear. By Daniel P. Horan / NCR
How Trump Twisted DEI to Only Benefit White Christians. By Jessica Washington / The Intercept
The Christian Nationalist Plot to Disenfranchise Women Voters. By Sarah Stankorb / The New Republic
Broken Promises: Black Land and the New Fight For Reparations. By Mother Jones
60 years after Malcolm X’s killing, his message can’t be silenced or ignored. By Omar Suleiman / RNS
The Great Resegregation. By Adam Serwer / The Atlantic
Trump reverses decades of civil rights advances. By Peter Phillips / Salon
Harris Has Scrambled the California Governor’s Race Without Entering It. By Laurel Rosenhall / NYT
Trump’s Black Supporters Gave Up Everything To Get Nothing. By Jason Johnson / NewsOne
Department of Education Halts Thousands of Civil Rights Investigations. By Jennifer Smith Richards and Jodi S. Cohen / ProPublica
To these Black retirees, the federal civil service now under attack was a path to the middle class. By Gary Fields / AP
“His mission is to eradicate ‘woke Jesus’”: How money, lies and religion are abused to gut democracy. By Amanda Marcotte / Salon
Black faith leaders call for Target boycott for backing off diversity initiatives. By Deborah Barfield Berry / USA Today
Christian nationalism is rising. So is the Christian resistance. By Benyamin Cohen / Forward
How Baylor Is Facing Its Slavery History. By Emily Belz / Christianity Today
Andrew Young on the current political moment and his life of service. By Geoff Bennett and Kaisha Young / PBS
Alfred Street Baptist Church Worship Service. The DEI of Grace. By Rev. Dr. Howard John Wesley / You Tube
‘A first taste’: Trump DEI war escalates, reshaping diversity in corporate America. By Jessica Guynn / USA Today
Trump’s shock and awe campaign rocks the courts. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
