Writer and researcher for Voice of Reason
Writer and researcher for Voice of Reason, the newsletter of Americans for Religious Liberty, and author of several books, including Religion at the Polls
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Albert J. Menendez
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FROM Albert J. Menendez
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Religious Diversity in 110th Congress Keith Ellison of Minnesota is now well known as the first Muslim elected to Congress. Despite some complaints, he'll take the oath tomorrow on the Koran. Less well known is the growing religious diversity of Congress as a whole. The House of Representatives will also seat its first two Buddhists— Mazie Hirono of Hawaii and Hank Johnson of Georgia, an index of how Congress is changing.
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Human Rights in the era of Donald Trump President Trump’s UN Ambassador, Nikki Haley, said today the US might pull out of the United Nations’ Human Rights Council. Serious violators of human rights are members of the Council itself–and a US resignation could make things worse. Later on today’s show, now that he’s into his second term, comedian turned US Senator Al Franken is telling jokes again.
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Trump's new look at civil rights and global warming President Trump is reportedly ready to pull the US out of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. We look at the possible consequences. On the second half of the program, we hear about cuts in Obama-Era civil rights programs called for by the Trump Administration's first budget plan.