Gospel-focused racial reconciliation in the Deep South Two former leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention, one Black and one white, want to bridge the Deep South’s racial divide with faith-based discussions in cities once active in the slave trade. Read more on NPR

Formula 1 expands grid to add General Motors’ Cadillac brand and new American team The approval ends years of wrangling that launched a U.S. Justice Department investigation into why Colorado-based Liberty Media, the commercial rights holder of F1, would not approve the team. Read more on NPR

Walmart becomes latest – and biggest – company to roll back its DEI policies Conservative groups have filed lawsuits against workplace diversity initiatives that prioritize historically marginalized groups. Read more on NPR

Supporters of ousted Pakistani leader clash with police in Islamabad Police used tear gas to disperse the crowds and at least one person has died in clashes. Read more on NPR

Was the Infowars auction fair? A judge wants to hear arguments in December The Onion’s bid came out on top, but a bankruptcy judge must sign off on the sale. Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and the losing bidder says the process was “rigged” against them. Read more on NPR

U.N. report: 85,000 cases of femicide in 2023. And that’s likely an undercount These are women murdered by an intimate partner, a family member, a rapist, a stranger randomly assaulting females. Laws do not always offer protection and justice. What needs to be done? Read more on NPR

Trump threatens Canada, Mexico, China with tariffs He said the countries weren’t doing enough to control the flow of illegal drugs, especially fentanyl, and migrants across the border. Read more on NPR

Lebanon’s first responders say Israeli strikes target them as they work to save lives More than 200 emergency and medical workers have been killed since last October, Lebanon’s health ministry says. Many believe Israel’s military is targeting them in its war against Hezbollah. Read more on NPR

The Consequences of Refusing to Serve in Israel’s Military Israel has mandatory military services for citizens over the age of eighteen that meet certain requirements, and refusing to serve, which has always been controversial is even more contentious now that the country is fighting in Gaza and Lebanon. We meet one young person choosing to…

‘I think of my body as a teacher,’ says Marine who struggled with disordered eating During her years as a military linguist, Bailey Williams pushed her body to extremes. Her new book is Hollow: A Memoir of My Body in the Marines. Read more on NPR