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  • December 13, 2025 | On Race in America (Dec 13) – Stories, Insight and Perspective
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  • December 8, 2025 | Rethinking the Criteria for the Presidency. By Ronald J. Sheehy, Editor
  • December 8, 2025 | The Trump train — and its conductor — are losing steam. By Heather Digby Parton / Salon
  • December 8, 2025 | Anti-Blackness Is at the Heart of Trump’s Toxic Politics. By Perry Bacon / TNR
  • December 8, 2025 | The mass deportation campaign is already backfiring. By Editorial Board / Wash Post
  • December 8, 2025 | White nationalism fuels tolerance for political violence nationwide. By Murat Haner, Justin Pickett and Melissa Sloan / The Conversation
  • December 8, 2025 | Mississippi’s Black Voters Face New Threat in Supreme Court. By Brandon Tensley / Capital B (Image by AP)
  • December 8, 2025 | Black and Latino homeowners in Philly face discrimination when appraisers assess their properties. By Gregory Squires and Ira Goldstein / The Conversation
  • December 8, 2025 | The full list of US universities at risk of losing state department funding over DEI support. By Joseph Gedeon / The Guardian

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Featured December 8, 2025

The Echoes of America’s Revolutions. By Ronald J. Sheehy, Editor

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Original

Rethinking the Criteria for the Presidency. By Ronald J. Sheehy, Editor


National, Opinion

The Trump train — and its conductor — are losing steam. By Heather Digby Parton / Salon


National, Opinion

The mass deportation campaign is already backfiring. By Editorial Board / Wash Post


National, Opinion

White nationalism fuels tolerance for political violence nationwide. By Murat Haner, Justin Pickett and Melissa Sloan / The Conversation



National

Mississippi’s Black Voters Face New Threat in Supreme Court. By Brandon Tensley / Capital B (Image by AP)


National

Black and Latino homeowners in Philly face discrimination when appraisers assess their properties. By Gregory Squires and Ira Goldstein / The Conversation


Education, National

The full list of US universities at risk of losing state department funding over DEI support. By Joseph Gedeon / The Guardian


Education, National

New moves to dismantle the Education Department raise legal questions. By Cory Turner / NPR



Education, National

Trump’s Anti-Affordability Agenda Has a New Target: College. By Perry Bacon / TNR


Education, National

Jay-Z’s Foundation Transforms College Access Through Family Support. By Jamal Watson / The Eduledger


World

Trump Says South Africa Is Not Invited to G20 Summit in U.S. in 2026. By John Eligon / NYT


World

What Is Trump’s 28-Point Plan to End Russia’s War in Ukraine? By Paul Sonne and Ivan Nechepurenko / NYT



World

Beware of ‘Regime Change’ in Venezuela. By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J S Davies / The Progressive Magazine


Ethics/Morality/Religion, National

Who can tame Trump? An unlikely candidate is emerging: the Catholic church. By Simon Tisdall / The Guardian


Ethics/Morality/Religion, National

African Methodist Episcopal bishop, social justice advocate Reginald Jackson dies at 71. By Adelle M. Banks / RNS


National, Past Voices

Barn Where Emmett Till Was Killed Will Soon Be A Memorial. By Joe Jurado / Newsone



National, Past Voices

The Right Wants to Write Indigenous People Out of US History. We Won’t Let Them. By Johnnie Jae / Truthout


National, Past Voices

Allensworth: How Racism Destroyed A Black Town In California. By Bilal G. Morris / Newsone


National, Past Voices

Viola Fletcher, oldest survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, dies at 111. By Emily Langer / Wash Post


National, Past Voices

Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, Black Power Activist Known as H. Rap Brown, Dies at 82. By Paul Vitello / NYT



Sports

NBA Legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Announces Off-Court Move. By Angelo Guinhawa / Athlon Sports


Sports

Overhyped or underrated? What to make of Browns QB Shedeur Sanders’ first start. By Jeff Howe / The Athletic


Sports

Marquette King was one of the NFL’s best punters, then he was gone: ‘I’m definitely blackballed.’ By Michael-Shawn Dugar / The Athletic


Original

Unlocking the Nation’s Untapped Genius. By Ronald J. Sheehy, Editor / Race Inquiry Digest



Book/Podcast and Video Favorites

December 8, 2025

Anti-Blackness Is at the Heart of Trump’s Toxic Politics. By Perry Bacon / TNR

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December 8, 2025

‘The First Eight’: Jim Clyburn reflects on Jim Crow, civil rights, and today. By Ken Makin / CSMonitor


December 8, 2025

The NFL Pretends It’s Above Politics. It Never Was. By Tim Miller / The Bulwark


December 1, 2025

Michelle Obama’s New Book Is a Historical Document Dressed Up as a Coffee-Table Tome. By Vanessa Friedman / NYT


November 24, 2025

How We Got Here: Jelani Cobb on Rise of Trump & White Nationalism After Push for Racial Justice. By Amy Goodman / Democracy Now


November 11, 2025

How Jesse Jackson set the stage for today’s political landscape. By Daniel Pryer / Wash Post


November 3, 2025

A Horrific Tale of the Slave Trade, Destined to Become a Classic. By Marcus Rediker / NYT


October 25, 2025

Benjamin Watson and Russell Moore on The Just Life. By Russel Moore / Christianity Today


October 20, 2025

Wisdom Bearers: Ambassador Andrew Young, The Rev. Dr. Paul Smith, and Dr. Catherine Meeks. You Tube Video


October 20, 2025

“To Free Someone Else”: Toni Morrison the Book Editor. By Marina Magloire / The Nation


October 18, 2025

Video of Jasmine Crockett calling out Byron Donalds for bill revoking juvenile crime reform he benefited from goes viral. By Gerren Keith Gaynor / The Grio


October 18, 2025

Cornel West: Justice, Not Revenge. By Benjamin Watson / Christianity Today Podcast


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