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Jun 19 2024
Headline Roundup
Louisiana Passes Law Requiring Ten Commandments Be Displayed in Public Schools
Louisiana became the first state to require public school classrooms to display the Christian Ten Commandments, likely setting up a legal battle surrounding the separation of church and state.
Details: The bill requires the commandments be displayed in “large, easily readable font” in classrooms ranging from kindergarten to state-universities. The bill describes the commandments as
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Jun 26 2020
Headline Roundup
Trump Signs Executive Order Aimed at Improving Child Welfare System
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday directed at improving the child welfare system and decreasing the amount of time kids spend in foster care before they are permanently placed with families. The order reportedly aims to give care providers access to better funding, tools for education, and ways of dealing with trauma.
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ACLU
National Review (News) 
Apr 01 2020
Analysis
How the coronavirus fight might end up at the Supreme Court
Though it may now be difficult to imagine, at some point this crisis will end. Whether when a vaccine for the novel coronavirus is released or — heaven help us — well before then, new infections will slow and life will move back toward normal. Then it will be time to sue each other.
Salus populi suprema lex esto, wrote the Roman jurist Cicero: "The health [or welfare or common good] of
The Week - News
Sep 13 2022
Perspectives Blog
AllSides Debate: The Queen is Dead. Should Americans Care?
Should Americans care about Queen Elizabeth II’s death?
The answer differs, depending on who you ask.
When the queen passed away at the age of 96 last week, it immediately became the biggest story in the world. But how much should it matter to people here in the U.S.? Do Americans actually care? How should they remember her? Why?
Those questions sparked a debate between
AllSides Staff
Jun 17 2019
Headline Roundup
SCOTUS Punts Decision on Oregon Wedding Cake Case
The Supreme Court of the United States sent a familiar case back to the lower courts on Monday. The new case involved a Christian baker from Oregon who refused to bake a wedding cake for a lesbian couple. The case was sent back to the lower courts for reconsideration based on the precedent set by Masterpiece Bakery v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission.
The Colorado case was decided last
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Jun 15 2020
News
Civil Rights Law Protects Gay and Transgender Workers, Supreme Court Rules
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that a landmark civil rights law protects gay and transgender workers from workplace discrimination, handing the movement for L.G.B.T. equality a stunning victory.
The vote was 6 to 3, with Justice Neil M. Gorsuch writing the majority opinion. He was joined by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen G. Breyer, Sonia
New York Times (News)
Feb 14 2020
News
Why Are We Polarized? Don't Blame Social Media, Says Ezra Klein
Ezra Klein, the editor-at-large at Vox and the host of The Ezra Klein Show podcast, has a new book out called Why We’re Polarized. He agreed to chat with us about the book’s arguments and the role that technology plays in it.
Nicholas Thompson: Welcome, Ezra! The book is marvelous. I read the galleys pretty much cover to cover and was captivated. You take readers through American
Wired
Sep 17 2019
Opinion
Stossel: Life Is Better Than Ever
News reports often give the impression that human beings have wrecked the earth, the middle class is disappearing, and the world is getting more dangerous.
"We are destroying the planet," Michael Moore says on CNN. MSNBC says that "the middle class is disappearing." The media warn us about things like a "deadly Ebola outbreak."
This negativity comes from the way humans are wired
John Stossel
Aug 27 2024
Headline Roundup
Is Telegram an Extremist Hub or a Bastion of Free Speech?
The CEO of the messaging app Telegram, Pavel Durov, was arrested in Paris on Saturday.
The Charge: Telegram takes a light approach to moderation, leading to the accusation that Durov has allowed illegal activity like money laundering, terrorism, and drug trade to take place on Telegram. Telegram was one of the social media platforms used to coordinate the recent riots in the UK.
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Apr 06 2020
News
Prayer services during a pandemic: Why some churches stay open
If liquor stores and smoke shops are considered “essential,” why not religious services? That’s the question a number of conservative religious groups are asking in the wake of the nearly nationwide shutdown sparked by the coronavirus crisis.
Rusty Reno has been a bit alarmed over the past few weeks as both civil and religious authorities began to restrict the number of people who can
Christian Science Monitor