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^^^"Amendment I: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof."

caltrek's comment: Sure, the phrase "separation of church and state" may not be in the Constitution, but this clause in Amendment I amounts to approximately the same thing. Especially regarding "Congress."

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Texas makes Bible passages required reading for millions of public school students

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... lic-school

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What Has Chris Rufo Wrought?

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/30/opin ... -rufo.html

Ezra Klein: Yes. I don’t think it is a problem, or unfair, or even wrong, to worry about large-scale, rapid demographic change.

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Environmental Defenders Remain Among World’s Most Targeted Activists
By Katie Surma
June 27, 2026

Introduction:

(Grist) Environmental and Indigenous rights defenders remained among the world’s most targeted human rights advocates in 2025, despite landmark rulings by international courts affirming governments’ obligations to protect both the environment and those who defend it.

At least 358 human rights defenders were killed last year, according to a report released last week by Front Line Defenders, a Dublin-based group that provides support for global human rights activists.

Nearly a quarter, 84, were targeted because of their often unpaid work protecting land and the environment. Those killings were documented in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, France, Honduras, Guatemala, Mexico, India, Indonesia, Peru, Philippines, Turkey, Somalia, and Palestine.

Indigenous-rights defenders — often working on environmental issues but tracked separately from environmental defenders — accounted for another 17 percent of the killings documented by the group.

Beyond the killings, even more defenders faced threats and attacks ranging from surveillance and smear campaigns to arbitrary detention, enforced disappearances, torture, and killings.

Read more here: https://grist.org/indigenous/environme ... tivists/