Book/Podcast and Video Favorites
Ibram X. Kendi Introduces Malcolm X to a New Generation. By Lizzie Skurnick / NYT
Author Judith Weisenfeld unpacks historic links between religion, race and psychiatry. By Adelle M. Banks / RNS
The Book MLK Historians Are Learning From. By Dave Zirin / The Nation
Nikole Hannah-Jones: Trump Is Erasing Black History. By Al Letson / Reveal
Carceral Apartheid: An Interview with Brittany Friedman. By Robert Greene II / AAIHS
A Place to Learn Your Place: Education and Racial Capitalism. By Eve L. Ewing / The Progressive Magazine
James’ Won the Pulitzer, but Not Without Complications. By Alexandra Alter / NYT
How Project 2025 is shaping Trump’s second term. By Dave Davies / NPR Fresh Air Podcast
Police reform in Minneapolis and beyond: A review of The Minneapolis Reckoning. By David Latimore / Christian Century
I wrote the book on Hitler’s first 100 days. Here’s how Trump’s compare. By Peter Fritzche / Forward
White supremacy and the Latino vote: A review of Defectors. By Tony Tian-Ren Lin / The Christian Century
The Very American Roots of Trumpism. By Ezra Klein / NYT Podcast
The New Far-Right Coalition That’s Out to Destroy American Democracy. By Casey Mitchel / New Republic
Religion or Ethnicity 3 – Untangling Critical Race Theory. By Paul Thompson / Patheos
A Video From Tufts Captures the Fear and Aggression in Trump’s Crackdown. By Jack Healy, Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Mike Baker / NYT
Is Our Political Identity Now Stronger Than Our Religious Identity? By Michael Steele / The Bulwark Podcast
Reevaluating Christianity’s bargain with democracy, with Jonathan Rauch. By Geoff Kabaservice / Niskanen Center
Strange Horizons – The Dark Delight of Being Strange by James B. Haile III. Reviewed By Ian J. Simpson / Strange Horizons
The historical reality of land ownership in South Africa amid Trump’s criticisms. By Ali Rogin / PBS
How Do We Combat the Racist History of Public Education? By Naomi Elias / The Nation
Sports Under Fascism & All-Time NBA Injury What-Ifs. By Dave Zirin / The Nation
Gymnast Jordan Chiles shares what’s next after 2024 Olympics. By Juana Summers, Brianna Scott and Christopher Intagliata / NPR
2025 Finalists for the Pauli Murray Book Prize in Black Intellectual History. By AAIHS Editors
Watch “Malcolm Nance Declares a National Security Emergency” on YouTube
Josephine Baker, in her own words, amplifies her renown as provocateur. By Lisa Page / Wash Post
Don’t Believe Him. By Ezra Klein / NYT Podcast
A Conversation with Tim Alberta. The Russell Moore Show / Christianity Today
The Reckless Creation of Whiteness. By Erin L. Thompson / The Nation
Heartbreak and History in a Single Color. By Alexandra Jacobs / NYT
How Tyranny Begins. Video by Kiana Cole and Adam Westbrook / NYT
