Sports June 20, 2025 How Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Tyrese Haliburton are making signature sneaker history in the NBA Finals. By Aaron Dodson / Andscape
Sports June 20, 2025 Roger Federer’s commencement speech wasn’t just a viral moment. It was masterful. By Rustin Dodd / The Athletic
Sports June 20, 2025 How ESPN messed up its NBA Finals TV trio, now weighs future of Doris Burke, Richard Jefferson. By Andrew Marchand / The Athletic
National, Opinion June 19, 2025 Corruption Has Flooded America. The Dams Are Breaking. By Ben Rhodes / NYT
National, Opinion June 19, 2025 The Supreme Court Just Cleared the Way for a Flood of “Reverse Discrimination” Lawsuits. By Elie Mystal / The Nation
National June 19, 2025 Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been returned to the United States to face criminal charges. By Hannah Rabinowitz, Devan Cole, Katelyn Polantz and Evan Perez / CNN
National June 19, 2025 Neo-Nazi group ‘actively seeking to grow in US’ with planned paramilitary training event. By Ben Makuch / The Guardian
National, Opinion June 19, 2025 The Invisible Majority: Black Millennials Hold the Key to America’s Political Future. By Jasmine Browley / BET
National June 19, 2025 Gloom at MSNBC as Biden Veterans Jen Psaki and Symone Sanders Struggle To Draw the Same Audience as the Stars They Replaced. By Bradley Cortright / The Sun
Education, National June 19, 2025 What Is Replacing DEI? Racism. By Richard Amesbury / The Chronicle of Higher Ed.
Education, National June 19, 2025 In emergency appeal, Trump asks Supreme Court to let him gut Education Department. By Maureen Groppe / USA Today
Education, National June 19, 2025 Colleges are slightly less diverse as admissions officers seek ways to adapt post-affirmative action. By Grace Manthey et al / CBS News
Education, National June 19, 2025 State university board rejects UF’s pick for next president. News4Jax
World June 19, 2025 PEPFAR architect reflects on hazy future of Bush’s program to stop AIDS. By Melody Schreiber / NPR
World June 19, 2025 Why we should worry about nuclear weapons again. By Jon B. Wolfsthal, Hans Kristensen and Matt Korda / Wash Post
World June 19, 2025 Israel’s Humanitarian Aid Blockade in Gaza Is a War Within a War. By Ghada Abu Muaileq / Truthout
Ethics/Morality/Religion, National June 19, 2025 Why MAGA Christianity should fear the new pope. By Jennifer Butler / RNS
Ethics/Morality/Religion, National June 19, 2025 What our faith should tell us about DEI. By Joseph Moran / The News and Observer
Ethics/Morality/Religion, National June 19, 2025 Black Women’s Faith and Moral Leadership in the Civil Rights Movement. By Aaron Pride / AAIHS
Culture June 19, 2025 No funding for nascent Smithsonian Latino museum in Trump’s 2026 budget request. By Vivienne Serret / Miami Herald
National, Past Voices June 19, 2025 Overlooked No More: Hong Yen Chang, Lawyer Who Challenged a Racist System. By Julie Ho / NYT
Book/Podcast and Video Favorites June 19, 2025 White Rural Rage: The Threat to American Democracy. By Tom Schaller and Paul Waldman / Amazon
Culture June 19, 2025 Things You Didn’t Know About Legendary Rocker Prince, on His June 7. By Angela Johnson / The Root
Sports June 19, 2025 Jim Marshall, Iron Man Defensive End for the Vikings, Dies at 87. By Jason M. Bailey / NYT
Sports June 19, 2025 French Open final: Coco Gauff beats Aryna Sabalenka to win second Grand Slam title. By Charlie Eccleshare and Matthew Futterman / NYT