Weekly Wrap 12.9.16: The 10 Best Stories You Missed This Week | Sojourners

Weekly Wrap 12.9.16: The 10 Best Stories You Missed This Week

1. A White Supremacist By Any Other Name
“… it quite literally took [Richard] Spencer and other members of the alt-right ending a meeting with Nazi salutes and cries of ‘Hail Trump, hail our people, hail victory!’ for supporters and outlets to understand that the alt-right is just the new face of white supremacy.”

2. The Hubble Space Telescope Advent Calendar
This gorgeous Advent calendar has us all 😍 😍.

3. How to Stay Safe Online: A Cybersecurity Guide for Political Activists
An essential 8-step guide.

4. Military-Trained Police May Be Less Hasty to Shoot, But That Got This Vet Fired
One cop shot the suspect. The one who didn’t got fired.

5. ‘The Call of the Prophet Is to Speak the Truth’ Says Calvin Prof on ‘Radical’ Professor Watchlist
“If in speaking prophetically we wake the devil, let us not be afraid. For the devil is a liar, and we serve the truth.”

6. Evangelicals, Your Attacks on ‘the Media’ Are Getting Dangerous
Few members of the media have the garnered the kind of respect from the evangelical community as has Washington Postreligion reporter Sarah Pulliam Bailey. Here, she takes them to task on the proliferation of fake news.

7. Bana Alabed, Twitter’s Child Witness to the Battle for Aleppo

8. A Veteran LGBTQ Activist On Resistance and Key Lessons of Political Backlash
“With Trump in office, we may not see political leaders actively speaking out against queer rights or trying to sway public opinion against the queer community. Instead, people granted positions of power, [Michelangelo] Signorile thinks, will be given control of valuable and life-saving programs for LGBTQ people and other minority groups through governmental agencies, granting them the potential ability to roll-back or dismantle programs that benefit the most vulnerable Americans.”

9. Nun Fashion Is Way More Fascinating Than You Realize
Your guide to all the different colors and symbols.

10. Trump Could Be in Violation of the Constitution on His First Day in Office
Will his Dec. 15 press conference provide answers?