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Thursday's News & Ideas - 2/4/2021

  • McKissic receives racist letter
  • Kennedy on Poor People’s Campaign
  • French on Trump presidency
  • Morehouse College program
  • Empathy can rewire brain
  • Gordon Parks’ photos

Arlington pastor Dwight McKissic receives racist letter after leaving Southern Baptists of Texas Convention*
The Dallas Morning News: The letter comes on the heels of a resolution McKissic disagreed with and comments about Vice President Kamala Harris by a Rockwall pastor.

Joe Kennedy III joins Poor People’s Campaign
Religion News Service: ‘I’ve been an admirer of the Poor People's Campaign for years,’ Kennedy told Religion News Service on Monday.

The Trump presidency was a catastrophe for American Christianity
Vox: David French on the crisis within the evangelical movement.

Morehouse College to launch online program aimed at helping Black men with some credits finish degree*
The Washington Post: The historically Black mens college in Atlanta, is trying to expand its reach with a new online undergraduate program designed to help people with some college credits, but no degree, complete their education.

Empathy is both better and worse than we think
Sojourners: White supremacy changes your brain. Empathy can help rewire it.

The Spark

Gordon Parks: Beautiful photos of an ugly history
Gordon Parks compared his camera to a weapon, yet shot his photos with the eye of a poet, the BBC says.

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