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J.D. Vance Told Transgender Friend Sofia Nelson ‘I Love You’ and ‘I Hate Cops.’ By Hough Dougherty
The man who set the stage for an imperial presidency if Trump wins. By Dennis Aftergut / Salon
How Some States Are Making It Harder to Register Voters. By Michael Wines / NYT
Companies Slashing DEI Policies Face Long-Term Impacts. By Lisa Conn / Forbes
Georgia To Allow Funding For AP Black Studies After Outrage. By Bilal G. Morris / Newsone
Poor Black Kids Are Doing Better. Poor White Kids Are Doing Worse. By Annie Lowry / The Atlantic
Trump Exploits Christians. By Kermit Zarley / Patheos
Kamala Harris’ heritage draws attention to Hinduism’s complex history in Caribbean. By Richa Karmarkar / RNS
J. D. Vance’s Radical Religion. By Paul Elie / The New Yorker
Haitian American megachurch, 10 years in the making, opens $60 million campus in Miami. By Lauren Costantino / Miami Herald
New Richmond institute to examine how slavery helped build modern America. By Gregory S. Schneider / Wash Post
From Obama to Harris, a look at what’s changed. By Leah Donnella / NPR Podcast
Beware the People Who Claim “America Isn’t Ready for a Black Woman President.” By Elie Mystal / The Nation
Kamala Harris’s Diversity Hire. By Elaine Godfrey / The Atlantic
Joe Biden’s brilliant exit: Democrats get a boost, Republicans left bewildered. By Heather Digby Parton / Salon
Suddenly Trump Looks Older and More Deranged. By Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic
Is Donald Trump Getting Cold Feet Over JD Vance? What We Know. By Martha McHardy / Newsweek
Black Republicans Push Identity Politics At Convention. By Zack Linly / Newsone
The Supreme Court Fools Itself. By Adam Serwer / The Atlantic
North Carolina University System Bans All DEI Programs At Public Institutions, Forcing Layoffs And Cutting All Related Funding. By Josh Rodgers / Afrotech
Kamala Harris’ multi-religious identity is a map of the future. By Yonat Shimron / NCR
The Christian-Nationalist Rot Runs Deep. By Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark
Court battle to keep Annunciation House open underscores how faith groups strive to welcome strangers in the face of anti-immigrant sentiment. By Laura E. Alexander / The Conversation
Voter protection training begins as clergy, secular groups look toward election. By Adelle M. Banks / RNS
The Black women who paved the way for Kamala Harris. By DeNeen L. Brown / Wash Post
Buses weren’t the only civil rights battleground in Montgomery – the city’s parks still reflect a history of segregation. By Binita Mahato / The Conversation
Darren Walker, Who Reoriented the Ford Foundation, Will Step Down. By Robin Pogrebin / NYT
The simple reason why Kamala Harris has Donald Trump running scared. By Amanda Marcotte / Salon
She’s ready, but is America prepared for President Kamala Harris? Phillip M. Bailey,Nick Penzenstadler ,Francesca Chambers, and Deborah Barfield Berry / USA Today
This Crew Is Totally Beatable. By David Frum / The Atlantic
