National
Albert Einstein’s Brilliant Politics. By Joshua Bennett / The Atlantic
Trump Takes America’s ‘Imperial Presidency’ to a New Level. By Peter Baker / NYT
Supreme Court Refuses to Allow Trump to Deploy National Guard in Chicago. By Ann E. Marimow / NYT
Special elections ordered for Mississippi Supreme Court after voting rights violation. By Ap and NPR
How the Trump Administration Is Quietly Resegregating the American Workforce. By Madiba K. Dennie / TPM
How the GOP abuses its white Republican base. By Thom Hartmann / Alternet
Ramaswamy Challenges Conservatives on Surging Bigotry on the Right. By Pooja Salhotra / NYT
Black Men Are Committing Suicide at an Alarming Rate, But This Is How To Help. By Lawrence Ware / The Root
Racial Harassment of Students Ignored by Trump’s Department of Education. By Jennifer Smith Richards, Megan O’Matz and Jodi S. Cohen / Propublica
Black Students Face Racism In Texas Schools With No Support. By Joe Jurado / Newsone
The Confederacy Goes on Trial, Along With Schools Named Jackson and Lee. By Clyde McGrady / NYT
“A path toward others”: Pope Leo calls for peace and welcoming immigrants with compassion. By CK Smith / Salon
JD Vance, playing unifier, declares the US ‘a Christian nation.’ By Mark Silk / RNS
What We Get Wrong About Christian Nationalism. By Molly Worthen / NYT
Conservatives Want the Antebellum Constitution Back. By Adam Serwer / The Atlantic
Freedom for Christmas: the extraordinary journey of an enslaved woman to Britain. By Genevieve Johnson / The Conversation
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
