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The Big Lie About Immigrants You Heard at the RNC This Week. By Matt Shuham / HuffPost
DEI is under attack but workplace commitments are not wavering. By Jessica Guynn / USA Today (Image NYT)
The Country’s Most Conservative Court Just Reinstated a Jim Crow-Era Voter Suppression Law. By Ari Berman / Mother Jones
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, Who Had Pancreatic Cancer, Dead At 74. AP and HuffPost
Republicans inch closer to seeing Trump as a literal god. By Joan McCarter / Daily Kos
The Meaning of Prayer at a Political Convention. By Esau McCaulley / NYT
Texas’ Christian-influenced curriculum spurs concerns. By Jaden Edison / Texas Tribune
For Black people, there’s an important history of flight as fight. By Kellie Carter Jackson / CNN
The Navy exonerates 256 Black sailors unjustly punished over WWII explosion. By Ayana Archie / NPR
Tuskegee syphilis study whistleblower Peter Buxtun has died at age 86. By Mike Stobbe / ABC News
When Shirley Chisholm paid a visit to George Wallace. By Adam Nicholas Phillips / RNS
Biden Drops Out of Race, Scrambling the Campaign for the White House. By Peter Baker / NYT
1932 was a pivotal year in the Nazis’ ascent. It’s a terrifying parallel for today. By Peter Frizxhe / Forward
Biden Tries to Calm the Waters. By Peter Wehner / The Atlantic
Biden, addressing NAACP, bashes Trump in bid to move beyond age questions. By Toluse Olorunnipa / Wash Post
Elon Musk’s Shocking Plan to Swing the 2024 Race for Trump. By Robert McCoy / The New Republic
Judge dismisses Trump’s Mar-a-Lago classified docs criminal case. By Kyle Cheney, Josh Gerstein, and Betsy Woodruff Swan / Politico (Image NBC)
For Christian Nationalists, the Trump Shooting Proves He Was Anointed by God.
God did not save Donald Trump. By Shane Claiborne / RNS
Interfaith rally draws hundreds against Christian nationalism ahead of Milwaukee RNC. By Rory Linnane / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Five Faith Facts About Trump’s VP Pick, JD Vance. By Jack Jenkins And Aleja Hertzler-McCain / RNS
Louisiana governor cuts $1 million for Catholic Charities homeless shelter over serving migrants. By Kate Scanlon / NCR
The Black fugitive who inspired ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’ and the end of US slavery. By Susanna Ashton / The Conversation
Honoring Pioneering Journalist Ida B. Wells, Born On This Day In 1862. By Asha Bandele / Newsone
Eric Garner’s ‘I can’t breathe’ continues to echo across NYC and the world 10 years after his death. By Arun Venugopal / Gothamist
The Gunman and the Would-Be Dictator. By David Frum / The Atlantic
Donald Trump Is Unfit to Lead. By The Editorial Board / NYT
Shooting at Trump Rally Comes at Volatile Time in American History. By Peter Baker, Simon J. Levien and Michael Gold / NYT
Kamala Harris: Leading Despite Unprecedented Criticism. By Asha Bandele / Newsone
It’s time to fight the lawless Supreme Court — before Donald Trump makes it worse. By Sabrina Haake / Salon
