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SCOTUS Thinks Church-State Separation Is Anti-Religious Bigotry

Mark Joseph Stern Slate
The Supreme Court is poised to open the floodgates to mandatory taxpayer support for religious education across the country, striking down restrictions on religious charter schools. The right-wing justices seem unconcerned about the consequences.

A Vietnam Story: From Othering to Solidarity

JJ Johnson Washington Spectator
Fifty years after the end of the Vietnam War, JJ Johnson reflects on the journey that led him, along with two fellow Fort Hood soldiers, to refuse orders to Vietnam. He compares then to our situation today, "the darkest period in my lifetime."

Waiting for the Supply Shock

David Dayen The American Prospect
It’s coming, and we know approximately when. The economy contracted by 0.3 percent, and imports have contracted. Tariffs of 145 percent on China are a trade embargo for many sectors. China’s retaliatory measures are an embargo in the other direction.

Columbia Student Has Clear Message for Trump After Judge Frees Him

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling The New Republic
A federal judge freed Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian student leader at Columbia University, who was part of the pro-Palestine protests. “The two weeks of detention so far demonstrate great harm to a person who has been charged with no crime,”

Tidbits – May 1- Reader Comments: Children Deported; Judge Arrested; Is America Pissed Off Enough for General Strike-Happy May Day; Labor for Democracy; RFK Jr Ends Narcan Program; Appealing to Military-National Guard Not Comply With Unlawful Orders

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Reader Comments: Children Deported ; Judge Arrested; Is America Pissed Off Enough for General Strike-Happy May Day; 12 Unions Launch Labor for Democracy; RFK Jr Ends Narcan Program; Appealing to Military-National Guard Not Comply with Unlawful Orders