National
Supreme Court declines racial bias claim from Texas death row inmate. By John Fritze / USA Today
Prosecutors drop charges against Adnan Syed. By Anastasia Tsioulcas / NPR
Even Christians who are Democrats are abandoning the Social Gospel. By Ryan Burge / RNS
The Southern Baptist Convention’s Deal With the Devil. By Sarah Posner / The Nation
PBS Docs Depict Frederick Douglass’ And Harriet Tubman’s Paths Of Freedom, Faith. By Adelle M. Banks / RNS
Saved by Grace’: Evangelicals Find a Way Forward With Herschel Walker. By Elizabeth Dias / NYT
Will America’s midterms in 2022 replicate 1866? By Manisha Sinha / CNN
What Indigenous Peoples’ Day means to Native Americans. By Harmeet Kaur / CNN
Mamie Clark’s Unsung Contribution to Brown v. Board. By Lacey P. Hunter / AAIHS
It’s one of the most radical and prophetic speeches in American history. And nobody knows about it. By John Blake / CNN
Look Out, Supreme Court, Ketanji Brown Jackson Came to Play. By Maya Wiley / The New Republic
A big chunk of Latino independent voters are undecided ahead of midterms, poll shows. By Suzanne Gamboa / NBC News
FEMA Says Hurricane Aid Was Sent to Black Neighborhoods. Residents Haven’t Seen It. By Margo Snipe / Capital B
The Stunning Neglect and Racist Politics Behind Alabama’s Prison Strike. By Isaac Chotiner / The New Yorker
US breast cancer rate drops 43% in three decades, but racial disparities remain, American Cancer Society report finds. By Jacqueline Howard / CNN
Fannie Lou Hamer’s Message to Contemporary America. By Keisha N. Blain / AAIHS
How Black troops lost out in bid to sever Army post’s Confederate ties. By Alex Horton / Wash Post
Philadelphia apologizes for experiments on Black inmates. By AP and NPR
Did the civil rights movement use military tactics to topple Jim Crow? By Kevin Boyle / Wash Post
NASA astronaut Nicole Mann now first Native American woman in space. By Scott Gleeson / USA Today
Killings of rappers are more than just a hip-hop problem, experts say. By Char Adams / NBC News
A Lost Manuscript Shows the Fire Barack Obama Couldn’t Reveal on the Campaign Trail. By Timothy Shenk / NYT
‘Death by a thousand cuts’: Georgia’s new voting restrictions threaten midterm election. By Sam Levine / The Guardian
University makes major push for diversity without considering race, gender in admissions. By John Yang and Cat Wise / PBS
‘Help me find my children’: How race affects social media efforts to find missing kids. By Doug Caruso, Rachel Looker and Ashley Luthern / USA Today
In wake of abortion scandal, Herschel Walker attends closed-door prayer event. By Jack Jenkins / RNS
United Methodists’ Native American International Caucus calls for end to Columbus Day. By Emily McFarlan Miller / Religion News Service
How Supreme Court Diversity Has Shaped American Life. By Amber Phillips / Wash Post
Richard Wright’s Legacy of Exposing Racial Violence Honored on Anniversary of Elaine Massacre in Arkansas. By Amy Goodman / Democracy Now
Supreme Court holds investiture ceremony for Ketanji Brown Jackson. By Lawrence Hurley / NBC News
