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What Comey learned from theologian Reinhold Niebuhr about ethical leadership

Source: The Conversation While James Comey’s most recent clashes with President Trump are foremost on everyone’s minds, he’s had quite a career. He was the U.S. attorney responsible for taking down the New York mafia, the acting U.S. attorney general who stopped the policy that George W. Bush’s administration called “enhanced interrogation” or, in […]

The Muslim Ban Is Working

Source: Slate If the Supreme Court needs proof of the ban’s discriminatory intent, just look at the numbers. By BILAL ASKARYAR It might sound strange to say that when I was a child in Kabul, Afghanistan, I was lucky. There was a war, there were armed militias stopping families and raping […]

Trump’s travel ban faces U.S. Supreme Court showdown

Source: Reuters BY Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The first big showdown at the U.S. Supreme Court over President Donald Trump’s immigration policies is set for Wednesday when the justices hear a challenge to the lawfulness of his travel ban targeting people from several Muslim-majority countries. https://queso-cdn.prod.reuters.tv/new/index.html?autoplay=true&muted=true&countdown=true&preroll=true&proll=iuuqt%3A%2F%2Fqvcbet.h.epvcmfdmjdl.ofu%2Fhbnqbe%2Fbet%3Fta%3D3y3%26jv%3D%2F4735792%2Fwjefp.vt.sfvufst%2Fqpmjujdt%2Ftvqsfnfdpvsu%2Fbsujdmf%26djv_tat%3D300y250%2C1500y692%26dvtu_qbsbnt%3DwjefpJe%253E420798890%2526uzqf%253Ebsujdmf_qsfspmm%2526begsjfoemz%253Eusvf%26jnqm%3Dt%26hegq_sfr%3D1%26fow%3Dwq%26pvuqvu%3Dynm_wbtu3%26vowjfxfe_qptjujpo_tubsu%3D1%26dpssfmbups%3D5462657931726185%26vsm%3Diuuqt%3A%2F%2Fvt.sfvufst.dpn%26eftdsjqujpo_vsm%3Dxxx.sfvufst.dpn%2Fbsujdmf%2Fvt-vtb-dpvsu-jnnjhsbujpo%2Fusvnqt-usbwfm-cbo-gbdft-v-t-tvqsfnf-dpvsu-tipxepxo-jeVTLCO1IU0JS&poster=%2F%2Fs4.reutersmedia.net%2Fresources%2Fr%2F%3Fd%3D20180424%26t%3D2%26i%3DOV8CSO8GV%26r%3DOV8CSO8GV&mid=OV8CSO8GV&title=Trump%27s%20travel%20ban%20faces%20U.S.%20Supreme%20Court%20showdown&suppress_ads=false&suppress_rtv=false&source=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-usa-court-immigration%2Ftrumps-travel-ban-faces-u-s-supreme-court-showdown-idUSKBN1HT0IR%3Futm_source%3DPew%2BResearch%2BCenter%26utm_campaign%3Db7685d3c0e-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_04_23%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_term%3D0_3e953b9b70-b7685d3c0e-400098637&chartbeat_uid=52639&chartbeat_domain=preview.reuters.com&region=US&draggable=true&hide_title=false&allow_collapse=true The case represents […]