As we think about our veterans, here's a look at why the DEI purge in the military ignores lessons from America's biggest military disasters—and will hurt White men more than people realize: www.cnn.com/2025/05/26/u...

www.cnn.com/2025/04/20/u... "The Easter miracle, though, cannot be explained exclusively through a spiritual lens. It’s also a story of power — about people who seemed to have none but rose up to defeat an empire.

I spoke with @jkblake.bsky.social about my upcoming biography of Malcolm X—MALCOLM LIVES!—and the enduring power of his voice during this time of the progression of racism. www.cnn.com/2025/03/01/u...

Given the assault on DEI, the reversal of the racial reckoning and his new book on Malcolm X, author Ibram Kendi had plenty to say when I recently caught up with him for an interview: www.cnn.com/2025/03/01/u...

How do you find hope and the energy to go forward when it seems like all you believe in is a mirage, and will never come true? I faced this question, and found inspiration in an unlikely source—an old photograph of my mom that faced something worse.

Tomorrow, the observance of MLK's national holiday falls on the same day as President Trump's second inauguration-MLK meets MAGA on the same day. What lesson can we draw from that timing? I asked those who study and knew King. Some progressives may no like their answers: www.cnn.com/2025/01/19/u...

Please stop by if you can next Thursday night at Mercer University's campus in Macon, GA. den.mercer.edu/award-winnin...

What is it like to live in a country where White Christian nationalist have unprecedented access to political power? Americans could find out the next four years. I asked this question of Kristin Du Mez, author of "Jesus and John Wayne." Her answer to that questions are chilling

An article I recently wrote about Carter just before his passing. It looks at the specific brand of evangelical Christianity he subscribed to, and how it's been overtaken by something else. www.cnn.com/2023/03/05/u...

“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist” James Baldwin