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Salt Lake Tribune, Sept. 28, 2025, ‘I am a rebel’ — Historian examines the life of a liberal LDS apostle

Salt Lake Tribune, July 7, 2025, Historian discusses the brilliance and battles of liberal LDS apostle Hugh B. Brown

The Utah Monthly, Jan. 12, 2025, The Saga of ’78 – by Zach Stevenson – The Utah Monthly

The Utah Monthly, Dec. 15, 2024, The Reining in of Ezra Taft Benson – by Zach Stevenson

The Utah Monthly, Nov. 10, 2024, Everything You Thought You Knew about the Priesthood and Temple Ban Is Wrong

Daily Herald, Sept. 19, 2024, Guest opinion: Church’s priesthood and temple ban on women, LGBTQ+ folks mirrors restraints on Black people

National Public Radio/KJZZ (Phoenix), Sept. 17, 2024, The inside story of how the LDS church ended its ban on Black people in the temple

Religion Unplugged, Aug. 27, 2024, Latter-Day Saints Come to Terms With The 126-Year Racial Barrier

“The Author’s Corner,” Aug. 23, 2024, https://currentpub.com/2024/08/23/the-authors-corner-with-matthew-l-harris/

Religious News Service, Aug. 13, 2024, https://religionnews.com/2024/08/13/the-behind-the-scenes-battles-to-lift-mormonisms-racial-priesthood-temple-ban/.  Also republished in the Salt Lake Tribune.

Salt Lake Tribune, Aug. 10, 2024, https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2024/08/10/lds-leaders-could-make-big-changes/

National Public Radio/RadioWest, Aug. 8, 2024, https://radiowest.kuer.org/podcast/radiowest/2024-08-08/black-mormons-and-the-struggle-for-racial-equality-pt-2

National Public Radio/RadioWest, Aug. 6, 2024, https://radiowest.kuer.org/show/radiowest/2024-08-06/black-mormons-and-the-struggle-for-racial-equality-pt-1

PRX—Public Radio Exchange, Salt Lake City, Utah, July 29, 2024, https://beta.prx.org/stories/538164

From the Desk (Sponsored by BYU Studies), July 13, 2024, “How Was the 1978 Priesthood Revelation a Process?“

Faith Matters, July 3, 2024, How one religion finally rejected its deeply racist theology

Benchmark Books, July 3, 2024, Matt Harris (Second-Class Saints), Benchmark Books, 7/3/24 (youtube.com)

Salt Lake Tribune, June 9, 2024, “Secret meetings could have ended the LDS priesthood/temple ban a decade before it happened”

Salt Lake Tribune, June 5, 2024, “Mormon Land’: How Spencer Kimball won over apostle Bruce McConkie, other LDS titans to end the Black priesthood ban“

Salt Lake Tribune, Feb. 20, 2022, “‘A product of his culture’ — Why there may be more ‘Brad Wilcoxes’ in LDS circles”

Newsweek, Sept. 12, 2021, “Utah Sees Vax Rate Jump After Urging of Mormon Leaders, but Conspiracies May Derail Effort

RadioWest, Aug. 26, 2021, LDS, LGBTQ & BYU (kuer.org)

RadioWest, July 15, 2021, Do Conspiracy Theories Thrive In Religious Groups? (kuer.org)

From the Desk (Sponsored by BYU Studies), Feb. 1, 2021 “Matthew Harris and the Gospel Topics Essays”

Salt Lake Tribune, Oct 28, 2020 “Mormon Land’: Ezra Taft Benson and His Influence on Latter-day Saint Politics”

Religious News Service, Oct. 27, 2020, “For Mormons in faith crisis, the Gospel topics essays try to answer the hard questions.” Also republished in the Salt Lake Tribune.

Pueblo Chieftain, Oct. 25, 2020, “Why the Electoral College?”

RadioWest, Oct. 9, 2020, Riots, Race And Rumors In Utah, 1965 (kuer.org)

Religious News Service, Oct. 7, 2020, “How did Latter-day Saints Become So Republican?” Also republished in the Salt Lake Tribune.

Kuer90.1, Oct. 2, 2020, “How Will Latter-day Saint Leaders Address the Moment in October’s General Conference?”

Longreads, May 2018, “Bundyville Chapter Two: By a Thread”

CSPAN April 4, 2018. Pre-Civil War Anti-Slavery Movement

Pueblo Chieftain, Aug. 18, 2017, “Charlottesville: A Flashpoint for Removing Confederate Statutes”

Pueblo Chieftain, Oct. 22, 2016, “Electoral College, not popular vote selects our next president”

CSPAN July 11, 2016. “The Founding Fathers and the Debate over Religion in Revolutionary America“