National
The Truth of a Love Supreme. By Justin Giboney / Christianity Today
Why Is Lester Holt Leaving NBC Nightly News? What We Know About His Exit — and Other Networks’ Recent Reshuffling. By Rebecca Aizin / People
How ‘DEI’ replaced ‘structural racism’ in the national conversation. By Erika Franklin Fowler and Neil Lewis Jr / ABC News
The Department of Education Threatens to Pull the Plug on Colleges. By Sonja B. Starr / NYT
Dan Bongino tapped as FBI deputy director. Who is he? By Rachel Treisman / NPR
Trump and Hegseth’s Pentagon purge undermines the armed forces. By Max Boot / Wash Post
US white supremacist groups emboldened with ‘ethnic and racial hatred’ as Trump stokes immigration fears. By Stephen Starr / The Guardian
The Future of Student Loan Repayment: Why Black Borrowers Should Worry. By Brandon Tensley / Capital B
America Loses Its Soul When It Rejects People Fleeing Danger. By Diana Nayeri / NYT
Jesus Christ is your God. Or Trump is your god. You chose. By Rebecca Hamilton / Public Catholic
“Slavery produced a genuine affection between the races”: Hegseth’s church foretold “DEI” firings. By Amanda Marcotte / Salon
The Catholic Church has played a shameful role in Black American history. By Alessandra Harris / NCR
“This is our time”: Economic blackout targets injustice. By Venessa McGrady / Salon
‘Arbitrary and discriminatory’: Judge blocks Trump’s effort to deter DEI programs. By Kyle Cheney / Politico
Across the US, Protesters Rally Against Donald Trump and Elon Musk. By Arianna Coghill / Mother Jones
Joy Reid’s MSNBC Show Canceled in Major Shake-Up. By Benjamin Mullin / NYT
Trump Fires Joint Chiefs Chairman Amid Flurry of Dismissals at Pentagon. By Eric Schmitt, Helene Cooper and Jonathan Swan / NYT
Kash Patel confirmed to lead the FBI, an agency he has vowed to purge of Trump’s “deep state” foes. By Nicholas Liu / Salon
Education Dept. Lifts Pause on Some Civil Rights Probes, but not Cases of Race, Gender Discrimination. By Jennifer Smith Richards and Jodi S. Cohen / ProPublica
Trump backs Rep. Byron Donalds for likely run Florida governor run. By Matt Dixon / NBC News
NYC Mayor Eric Adams’ corruption trial indefinitely delayed, but judge won’t dismiss charges yet. By Adam Reiss, Chloe Atkins and Kyla Guilfoil / NBC News
The spiritual wisdom of Howard Thurman in the face of fear. By Daniel P. Horan / NCR
How Trump Twisted DEI to Only Benefit White Christians. By Jessica Washington / The Intercept
The Christian Nationalist Plot to Disenfranchise Women Voters. By Sarah Stankorb / The New Republic
Broken Promises: Black Land and the New Fight For Reparations. By Mother Jones
60 years after Malcolm X’s killing, his message can’t be silenced or ignored. By Omar Suleiman / RNS
