Collegiate Voices, National August 20, 2022 Oprah donated $13 million to Morehouse College. Her endowment is now the largest in the school’s history. By Amir Vera / CNN
Ethics/Morality/Religion, National August 20, 2022 Republicans keep mostly mum on calls to make GOP ‘party of Christian nationalism.’ By Jack Jenkins / Religion News
Ethics/Morality/Religion, National August 20, 2022 The U.S. Needs a National Plan for Racial Justice. Ejim Dike / The Progressive
National, Past Voices August 20, 2022 Lincoln’s midterms: The lessons of 1862, and how they may still apply. By Matthew Rozsa / Salon
National, Past Voices August 20, 2022 When America Joined the Cult of the Confederacy. By Brent Staples / NYT
Opinion August 20, 2022 One reason why America’s wealth gap persists across generations. By Jennifer Ludden / NPR
Culture August 20, 2022 ‘Maynard’ Review – The Hollywood Reporter. By Frank Scheck / The Hollywood Reporter
Culture August 20, 2022 Sam Gooden, founding member of the Impressions soul group, dies at 87. By Terence McArdle / Wash Post
Sports August 20, 2022 More Black Former N.F.L. Players Eligible for Concussion Payouts. By Ken Belson / NYT
Sports August 20, 2022 Serena Williams Forced Her Way Into the Tennis History Books. By Christopher Clarey / NYT
Sports August 20, 2022 Fisk University’s first-ever gymnastics practice goes viral on TikTok. By Claretta Bellamy / NBC News
National August 20, 2022 What Trump and Orbán want: It’s fascism — it’s not a metaphor or a joke. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
National August 19, 2022 Welcome to Georgia, Where the Democrats’ Electoral Dreams Live or Die. By Kevin Lee / New Republic
National August 19, 2022 Biden deserves kudos for diverse judges. But White men still dominate. By Jennifer Ruben / Wash Post
National August 19, 2022 Democrat Mandela Barnes set to challenge GOP Wisconsin Sen. Johnson. By Sara Burnett and Scott Bauer / PBS
National August 19, 2022 Two in Arbery Case Sentenced Again to Life in Prison; Third Man Gets 35 Years. By Richard Fausset / NYT
Book/Podcast and Video Favorites August 19, 2022 Viral Video Of Black Man’s Violent Arrest In Mississippi Sparks Investigation. By Michael Goldberg / HuffPost
National August 19, 2022 Family Of Anton Black, Who Died In Police Custody, Reaches $5 Million Partial Settlement. By Phillip Jackson / HuffPost
National August 19, 2022 A grand jury declined to indict a woman whose accusations set off Emmett Till killing. By AP and NPR
National August 19, 2022 American Sikhs are targets of bigotry, often due to cultural ignorance. By Simran Jeet Singh / The Conversation
Collegiate Voices, National August 19, 2022 A Latina professor who was denied tenure at Harvard is demanding a ‘revolution’ in academia. By Zachary Schermele / NBC News
National August 19, 2022 Black, Native American and Latino families face serious problems from inflation. By Will Stone / NPR
National August 19, 2022 Black Americans are now struggling with long Covid. By L’Oreal Thompson Payton / Fortune
Ethics/Morality/Religion, National August 19, 2022 The Christian Case for Reading Black Classics. By Patricia Raybon / Christianity Today
Ethics/Morality/Religion, National August 19, 2022 What Thomas Merton tells us about the Gospel’s logic vs. our society’s. By Daniel P. Horan / NCR