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March 12, 2021

Beth Moore, a Prominent Evangelical, Splits With Southern Baptists

Ruth Graham and Elizabeth Dias New York Times

A teacher on biblical topics, she cited the “staggering” disorientation of seeing denominational leaders support Donald J. Trump, among other issues.

March 12, 2021

Stacey Abrams' Plan to Dismantle the Filibuster and Protect Voting Rights

Here's why she thinks it can get support from reluctant centrist Democrats.

Why New Covid Variants Are Spreading Faster | WSJ

March 12, 2021

Scientists are racing to understand new, highly transmissible versions of the COVID-19 virus, and what they could mean for vaccine efforts.

Meet the Women Empowering QAnon

March 12, 2021

Thanks to Instagram-friendly, Mom-approved branding, QAnon is attracting more white women than ever, from suburban housewives to Congresswomen.

W. Kamau Bell Talks Covid With Black Health Care Workers

March 12, 2021

A conversation between W. Kamau Bell and Black doctors, nurses and researchers that gets to the heart of questions about the COVID-19 vaccines.

Higher Ground 2020 (Stevie Wonder) | Playing for Change

March 12, 2021

New version, with r&b vocalist Aloe Blacc, world-renowned percussionist Sheila E., blues vocalist Shemekia Copeland, soul folk duo The War and Treaty, banjo greats Bela Fleck and Silkroad's Rhiannon Giddens, and pedal steel guitarist Robert Randolph.

Closing In? Trump Caught on Tape Calling January 6 'Important Date'

March 12, 2021

Donald Trump’s former acting defense secretary bluntly states in a Vice interview that Trump is to blame for the insurrection at the Capitol on Jan. 6.

March 12, 2021

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Closing In? Trump Caught on Tape Calling January 6 'Important Date'. Higher Ground 2020. W. Kamau Bell Talks Covid With Black Health Care Workers. Meet the Women Empowering QAnon. Why New Covid Variants Are Spreading Faster.

March 11, 2021

G&Ts on the Veranda: An Homage to Franz Boas and a Better Anthropology

Francis Gooding London Review of Books

Boas was an outlier in a field that tolerated if not justified white racial superiority over the world’s “lesser” breeds, He and his intellectual successors— largely women-did what scholars and journalists need to do: listen, ask questions, observe.

March 11, 2021

Lula After the Annulment of Convictions: “Never Give Up”

Brasil de Fato Peoples Dispatch

In a press conference held at the headquarters of the Metalworkers Union, the former president criticized Bolsonaro, “Brazil does not belong to him or the militia members”