National
Andrew Johnson’s 1868 Christmas pardon shows how forgiveness and politics collide. By CK Smith / Salon
Stop Calling Me ‘Blackie!’ How Colorism Nicknames Still Wreak Havoc on Beautiful Black Women. By Asheea Smith / The Root
This Is What Presidential Panic Looks Like. By Tom Nichols / The Atlantic
Inside Stephen Miller’s Dark Plot to Build a MAGA Terror State. By Greg Sargent / TNR
Alvin Holsey, Admiral Who Oversaw Boat Strikes Off Venezuela’s Coast, Retires. By Eric Schmitt / NYT
The EEOC Is Now Letting Workplace Discrimination Stand. By Bryce Covert / The Nation
Fani Willis, testifying before Georgia Senate panel, defends 2020 election probe. By Olivia Rubin and Lucien Bruggeman / ABC News
85% of people given federal pardons or clemency this year are white, House lawmaker’s report says. By Daniel Arkin / NBC News
After a year of economic uncertainty, Black farmers look to the future. By Drew Hawkins / NPR
White House Attacks College Essays About Race In Latest DEI Crackdown. By Nahlah Abdur-Rahman / Black Enterprise
States Should Reject Federal School Voucher Scheme. By Robert Kim / The Progressive Magazine
This political moment demands theology. By Douglas F. Ottati / The Christian Century
People Who Left ‘MAGA Christianity’ Share What It Really Took To Step Away. By Molly Wadzeck / HuffPost
With Dreadlocks and Yoga, Oslo’s Bishop Practices an Atypical Evangelism. By Lynsey Chutel / NYT
Trump is whitewashing American history. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
Maryland to consider slavery reparations after Gov. Wes Moore’s veto is overridden. By AP and NBC News
The Mysterious Life and Afterlife of Private Fitz Lee. By Carol Rosenberg / NYT
Her 1951 walkout helped end school segregation. Now her statue is in the U.S. Capitol. By Rachel Treisman / NPR
Trump’s Anti-Immigration Tirade Sparks Major Backlash. By Olivia-Anne Cleary / Time
There are two Black Americas. Not everyone is happy about it. By Theodore R. Johnson / Wash Post
Miami Elects First Democratic Mayor in Nearly 30 Years. By Patricia Mazzei / NYT
Justice Department Will No Longer Investigate Claims of Systemic Racism, Sexism. By Jasper Smith / The Chronicle of Higher Ed.
John Robert’s Decades-Long Project to Neuter the Voting Rights Act. By David Daley / The Atlantic
Rep. Jasmine Crockett Enters Texas Senate Race as Allred Exits. By Grace Panetta / The 19th
Texas GOP turns schools into indoctrination machines. By Lisa Needham / Daily Kos
Morehouse Rhodes Scholar Sets New Standard for HBCU Excellence. HBCU Editors
MacKenzie Scott Keeps Giving – Another $25M Goes to Lincoln University. By Bernadette Giacomazzo / Complex
State Universities Are Scrambling to Appease the Bigoted MAGA Regime. By Aaron R. Hanlon / TNR
Why Is Christianity So Hard to Find in the Trump Administration? By Ross Douthat / NYT
Two governors — a Mormon Republican and a Jewish Democrat — team up to stop political violence. By Adelle M. Banks / RNS
