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Diversity policies face ‘full-out attack’ in 2024, leading HR boss warns. By Lauren Aratani / The Guardian
The Biggest Threat to America’s Universities. By Paul Krugman / NYT
What elite colleges and their critics get wrong about antisemitism and free speech. By Nicole Narea / Vox
A fight for Black representation, with a civil rights landmark on the line. By Patrick Marley / Wash Post
The nation’s largest credit union rejected more than half its Black conventional mortgage applicants. By Casey Tolan, Audrey Ash and Rene Marsh / CNN
Alabama made $450 million annually from ‘convict leasing,’ forcing Black prisoners to work at fast-food chains: Lawsuit. By Elura Nanos / Laaw and Crime
For some Black women, the fear of death shadows the joy of birth. By Alilah Johnson / Wash Post
Racism produces subtle brain changes that lead to increased disease risk in Black populations. By Negar Fani and Nathaniel Harnatt / The Conversation
Black church coalition names reparations, voting, health equity among priorities. By Adelle M. Banks / RNS
James Carville Draws Fire For Calling Speaker Mike Johnson a Christian Nationalist. By Cecilia Buchanan / Beliefnet
What Was Christmas Like For Slaves In America? By Bilal G. Morris / Newsone
100 years ago, the KKK planted bombs at a U.S. university – part of the terror group’s crusade against American Catholics. By William Trollinger / The Conversation
In the worst of America’s Jim Crow era, Black intellectual W.E.B. Du Bois found inspiration and hope in national parks. By Thomas S. Bremer / The Conversation
Confederate memorial to be removed in coming days from Arlington National Cemetery, despite some GOP pushback. AP News
Why Trump Won’t Win. By Hussein Ibish / The Atlantic
Constitution in the Crosshairs: The Far Right’s Plan for a New Confederacy. By Nancy MaClean and Arn Pearson / The Progressive Magazine
Top Court Clears Path for Democrats to Redraw House Map in New York. By Nicholas Fandos / NYT
Trump Allies Attack Corporate ‘Bigotry’ Against White Men. By Emily Birnbaum / Bloomberg
Giuliani defamation trial: election worker testifies ex-Trump lawyer’s 2020 lies ruined her life – as it happened. By Lauren Gambino and Rachel Leingang / The Guardian
Climate Change and Southern Black Migration. By Adam Mahoney /Capital B
The Theological Truth We Must Press During War. By Esau McCaulley / NYT
Is Anti-Zionism Always Antisemitic? A Fraught Question for the Moment. By Jonathan Weisman / NYT
How Republicans convinced themselves America was meant to be a “Christian nation.” By Amanda Marcotte / Salon
A Vision for Healing the Divided American Church. By Christianity Today
John “Jack Green Trice (1902-1923). By Otis Alexander / Black Past
Wisconsin Indigenous students could graduate in tribal wear under bill. By Frank Vaisvilas / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Harvard’s Board Unanimously Backs President Claudine Gay. By Nia T. Evans / Mother Jones
Trump Will Be a Dictator on Day One and Every Day Thereafter. By Matt Ford / The New Republic
A ‘tyranny of the minority’ is destroying American democracy, a new book warns. By John Blake / CNN
Donald Trump’s dream team looks like an American nightmare. By Heather Digby Parton / Salon
