National
Pregnancy deaths rose by 56% in Texas after 2021 abortion ban, analysis finds. By Erika Edwards, Zinhle Essamuah and Jason Kane / NBC News
Marcellus Williams executed in Missouri amid strong innocence claims. By Natalie Neysa Alund / USA Today
How Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs wielded power and prestige to fuel decades of alleged abuse. By Char Adams / NBC News
Project 2025 is a death sentence for religious freedom. By Wa’el Alzayat / RNS
William Barber joins faith leaders at vigil in Springfield to defend Haitian migrants. By Kathryn Post / RNS
Confessions of a (Former) Christian Nationalist. By Reverend Rob Schenck / Mother Jones
What Happened When an Ohio Megachurch Decided to Tackle Racism. By Ruth Graham / NYT
The American Catholic Right vs. The Social Justice Wing. By Julie Nichols / Patheos
The Civil War Still Echoes in the South, Forcing Towns to Take Sides. By Scott Calvert and Cameron McWhirter / WSJ
Traditions of Resistance in the Black Diaspora. By Christina Proenza-Coles / AAIHS
I see Howard of the 1980s in Kamala Harris. By Carla Hall / Wash Post
Why do people still back Trump, after everything? 5 things to understand about MAGA supporters’ thinking. By Alex Hinton / The Conversation
Harris Hits Core Campaign Themes in Emotional Forum With Oprah Winfrey. By Erica L. Green / NYT
The Trump Guide to Civil Discourse. By Jamelle Bouie / NYT (Image Seattle Times)
Mark Robinson Is a Poster. By David A. Graham / The Atlantic
Pro-Trump Georgia Election Board Invites Chaos By Requiring Hand Count Of Ballots. By Matt Shuham / HuffPost
Under Georgia’s Abortion Ban, She Died After Delayed Care. By Kavitha Surana / ProPublica
Jonathan Holloway Was Far More Than Rutgers’s First Black President. By Jim Sleeper / TNR
Lies About Immigration Help No One. By Caitlin Dickerson / The Atlantic
Trump and Vance keep repeating lies about Haitian immigrants in Ohio. The Republicans know exactly what they’re doing. By Eric Levitz / Vox
Trump, Outrage and the Modern Era of Political Violence. By Peter Baker / NYT
Harris holds 6-point national lead over Trump in postdebate polling. By Filip Timotija / The Hill
Millions Have Amnesia About the Worst of Trump’s Presidency. Memory Experts Explain Why. By David Corn / Mother Jones
John Roberts’ MAGA conversion: How Donald Trump remade the Supreme Court in his image. By Austin Sarat / Salon
“Get this under control”: Mark Robinson’s anti-birth control tirade spoils Trump’s Project 2025 spin. By Amanda Marcotte / Salon
Disinformation and suppression loom over Georgia, says Black Voters Matter co-founder. By Mary Louise Kelly ,Erika Ryan ,Kira Wakeam. Courtney Dorning / NPR
Tracking Higher Ed’s Dismantling of DEI. By Erin Gretzinger, Maggie Hicks, Christa Dutton, and Jasper Smith / Chronicle of Higher Ed
Black women are more likely than white women to die of all types of breast cancer. By Kaitlin Sullivan / NBC News
Do Christians Need to be Reminded that Racism is Immoral? By Jim Meisner Jr. / Patheos
The Uneasy Conscience of Christian Nationalism. By Russell Moore / Christianity Today
