“Senator Raphael Warnock Is Running Again for the Soul of Georgia” by Tayari Jones appeared in the June 23, 2022, issue of TIME Magazine.

“While the matter at hand is the November election, larger questions loom. Can the sparks that threaten the dry kindling of our democracy be extinguished at the ballot box? In an era of rage and political violence, can a reverend chart a path that gives him victory without fanning the flames?”

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