1/ The Reverend Dr. Raphael Warnock's run for U.S. Senate has brought increased attention to the intersection of religion and progressive politics. Here's an Election Day thread of some of the best coverage 


2/ "Can the Religious Left Flip the Bible Belt?" @emmaogreen profiled Rev. Warnock in August for @TheAtlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/08/raphael-warnock-mlk-georgia-senate/615379/
3/ Also in August, @pfpicardi had Rev. Warnock on his @crookedmedia podcast Unholier Than Thou. Check out the episode: "Reverend Warnock and the case for the Religious Left" here: https://crooked.com/podcast/reverend-warnock-and-the-case-for-the-religious-left/
4/ "In Georgia, Warnock brings faith and activism to the arena" by @SudhinT >> https://apnews.com/article/race-and-ethnicity-georgia-rev-raphael-warnock-jeremiah-wright-atlanta-9649a065ddf8d3625f9f18187dcec137
5/ "The preacher who might finally turn Georgia blue" by @mayaaking in @politico: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/28/raphael-warnock-georgia-senate-race-432346 Maya King
6/ Read @om3 on why "Raphael Warnock is the man to bring the gospel back into public life" in @PostOpinions. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/12/10/raphael-warnock-black-church-theology/
7/ This episode of the @MotherJones podcast focused on how "Warnock Is Tapping Into a Long Legacy of Faith-Based Civil Rights Activism in his Quest for the Senate" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/12/raphael-warnock-georgia-runoff-faith-campaign-trail/
8/ ''My ideals are driven by my faith': Raphael Warnock on his Senate runoff race" @NBCNews https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/my-ideals-are-driven-my-faith-raphael-warnock-his-senate-n1246879
9/ Then there were the attacks on Rev. Warnock's faith. @RaR of the @nytimes reported on how "Georgia Pastors See Attack on Black Church in Campaign Against Warnock." https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/19/us/georgia-pastors-see-attack-on-black-church-in-campaign-against-warnock.html
10/ Watch @JoyAnnReid explain the hypocrisy: "GOP attacks Rev. Warnock's faith, when they said criticism of Coney Barrett's faith was off limits" on @thereidout https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/gop-attacks-rev-warnock-s-faith-when-they-said-criticism-of-coney-barrett-s-faith-was-off-limits-97512517747
11/ @AudreyCFarley was right to label this part of "The Conservative War Against the Black Church" in @newrepublic. https://newrepublic.com/article/160641/conservatives-loeffler-warnock-black-church
12/ I wrote for @CNNOpinion about "Why the GOP is so rattled by Rev. Warnock's faith-based Georgia Senate campaign" https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/23/opinions/reverend-warnock-religious-left-graves-fitzsimmons/index.html
13/ @jackmjenkins of @RNS explained how "Rev. Warnock blasted for being a ’pro-choice pastor,’ but his position isn’t uncommon" https://religionnews.com/2020/12/18/rev-warnock-blasted-for-being-a-pro-choice-pastor-but-his-position-isnt-uncommon/
14/ Read @maryrziegler in @TheAtlantic on "How Raphael Warnock Came to Be an Abortion-Rights Outlier"
"Religious, pro-abortion-rights voices were not always so rare." https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/12/liberal-religion-abortion/617491/
"Religious, pro-abortion-rights voices were not always so rare." https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/12/liberal-religion-abortion/617491/
15/ @MvonRen writes for @thehill that "Pro-choice pastors like Raphael Warnock have the Bible, history on their side" https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/531126-pro-choice-pastors-like-raphael-warnock-have-the-bible-history-on-their-side
16/ "Kelly Loeffler’s Sacrilegious Campaign" @NicholsUprising @thenation https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/kelly-loeffler-lies/
17/ @sayinggraceco @dpgushee @dlewicki wrote for @CNNOpinion about how "GOP attacks on Warnock echo a disgraceful tradition" https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/24/opinions/gop-attacks-warnock-disgraceful-waltemath-lewicki-gushee/index.html
18/ I wrote this piece for @NBCNewsTHINK: "Georgia's Loeffler-Warnock debate highlighted the GOP's anti-Christian hypocrisy" https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/georgia-s-loeffler-warnock-debate-highlighted-gop-s-anti-christian-ncna1250303
19/ "Faith takes the forefront as Georgia Senate runoffs heat up," @benjaminrnadler and @eschor of @AP reported. https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-race-and-ethnicity-georgia-elections-david-perdue-0e07d22a966eb0e618b3c1088464f066
20/ "In Georgia Senate runoffs, faith emerges front and center" @jaweedkaleem and @JennyJarvie of @latimes reported. https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-12-21/georgia-warnock-senate-pastors-faith
21/ @CAMcGrady of @washingtonpost on "Raphael Warnock’s campaign for the moral high ground" https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/raphael-warnocks-campaign-for-the-moral-high-ground/2021/01/01/acb5c81c-439c-11eb-8deb-b948d0931c16_story.html
22/ "The Black church is again at the center of American politics — and its leaders feel like a target" @Eugene_Scott writes for the @thefix https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/12/23/black-church-is-again-center-american-politics-its-leaders-feel-like-target/
23/ Read @WakeDivDean in @PostEverything: "Raphael Warnock’s Georgia critics don’t understand Black churches" https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/12/30/warnock-georgia-senate-runoff-black-church/
24/ Big picture from @jackmjenkins: "Biden Is Ushering in a Second Coming of Religious Liberals"
"Everyone from Nancy Pelosi to Rev. Warnock to AOC are publicly embracing their faith in a way many Democrats haven’t done in a long, long time." https://www.thedailybeast.com/joe-biden-nancy-pelosi-and-raphael-warnock-are-ushering-in-a-second-coming-of-religious-liberals
"Everyone from Nancy Pelosi to Rev. Warnock to AOC are publicly embracing their faith in a way many Democrats haven’t done in a long, long time." https://www.thedailybeast.com/joe-biden-nancy-pelosi-and-raphael-warnock-are-ushering-in-a-second-coming-of-religious-liberals
25/ "Georgia’s Black-Jewish campaign is the latest chapter in an old story" @RNS @directorsilk https://religionnews.com/2021/01/04/georgia-black-jewish-campaign-is-the-latest-chapter-in-an-old-story-warnock-ossoff/
26/ "Senate race thrusts ‘Black America’s church’ into spotlight" @aaronlmorrison @AP https://apnews.com/article/race-and-ethnicity-georgia-senate-2563753b703f7a46af9a0e75565b84db
27/ "For Black pastors, calling out racism is standard. It's become a weapon for Warnock's opponent." @JanellRoss @NBCNews https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/black-pastors-calling-out-racism-standard-it-s-become-weapon-n1251141
28/ "In the Attacks on Raphael Warnock’s Preaching, One Old American Tradition Meets Another" @juliacraven @Slate https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/12/georgia-senate-runoffs-raphael-warnock-republican-attacks-mlk-jeremiah-wright.html