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The New Dark Age. By Adam Serwer / The Atlantic
As Trump targets elite schools, Harvard’s president says they should ‘stand firm.’ By Steve Inskeep, Obed Manuel and Reena Advani / NPR
Vice President JD Vance says universities are racially discriminating against whites and Asians. By Gerren Keith Gaynor / The Grio
The Gutting of the Department of Education Is Worse Than You Think. By Elsie Carson-Holt and Adelaide Parker / The Nation
Pete Hegseth Has Banned 3 of My Books From the US Naval Academy. By George Yancy / Truthout
Another killing springs from an old well of hatred. By Colbert I. King / Wash Post
Faith, Power, And Political Allegiance. By Patheos
Tim Keller Preached the Superiority of Christianity, not Christians. By Marvin Olasky / Christianity Today
We Are Not Being Asked to Run Into Cannon Fire. We Just Need to Speak Up. By Drew Gilpin Faust / NYT
Charles B. Rangel, Longtime Harlem Congressman, Dies at 94. By Sam Roberts / NYT
Reimagining Racial Categories: Moving Beyond “White People” in Our Lexicon. By Chat GPT (AI generated)
Trump’s Lie About Dead “White Farmers” Just Got Even More Grotesque. By Greg Sargent / TNR
Why this diversity leader says scrapping DEI commitments without recognizing the benefits is ‘morally unjust and bankrupt.’ By Burt Morse / Fortune
Trump administration is minimizing white supremacist threat, officials warn. By Tess Owen / The Guardian
Trump’s Week: Rob From the Poor, Give to the Rich, Steal Like Crazy. By Michael Tomasky / TNR
Trump Is Holding International Students at Harvard Hostage. By Elie Mystal / The Nation
Colleges are canceling affinity graduations due to anti-DEI policies. Here is how students are preserving the traditions. By Nicquel Terry Ellis / CNN
How FAMU community plans to thwart Marva Johnson’s path to president. By Tarah Jean / Tallahassee Democrat
Yale University awards honorary degrees to five Black luminaries including Debbie Allen, Henry Louis “Skip” Gates Jr., and Ronald Carter. By Kay Wicker / The Grio
Judge blocks Trump’s plan to dismantle Education Department. By Zachary Schermele / USA Today
Meet the Evangelical Abolitionists Who Can Guide Today’s Church. By Obie Tyler Todd / Christianity Today
Christian nationalists decided empathy is a sin. Now it’s gone mainstream. By Aja Romano / Vox
The Supreme Court Rules Against Religious Public Charter School, For Now. By Nathalie Baptiste / HuffPost
Five years after George Floyd’s murder, church leaders say race relations face retrenchment. By Adelle M. Banks / RNS
The Battle for Our Memory Is the Battle for Our Country. By Kimberlé W. Crenshaw / Time
NAACP Honors 3 Mississippi Civil Rights Trailblazers: ‘These Folks Sacrificed Everything.’ By Jeroslyn JoVonn / Black Enterprise
The world witnessed George Floyd’s murder. 5 years later, what has changed? By Michel Martin / NPR
Glenn Loury on ‘the Barbarians at the Gates.’ By Evan Goldstein and Len Gutkin / The Chronicle of Higher Ed.
‘I Even Believe He Is Destroying the American Presidency.’ By Thomas B. Edsall / NYT
MAGA Senator’s Stunning Admission: GOP Is Badly Screwing Trump Voters. By Greg Sargent / TNR
