1. We’ve Been Here Before: Charges Don’t Guarantee Conviction
"Before we get carried away with a sense of justice delivered, let us remind ourselves of some high-profile cases in which criminal prosecutions did not deliver findings of guilt."
2. ‘If My Shorts Make You Uncomfortable, You Are the Problem.’
A high schooler reminds everyone why she’s about to start wearing shorts. Hint: staying cool in record temperatures.
3. Should Churches Be Allowed to Back Political Candidates?
Is the long-held (and at least annually ignored) policy that prevents “politicking from the pulpit” inching toward a review? That’s what some pastors are hoping —by provoking a revocation of tax exempt status that would allow for a constitutional challenge to the law preventing endorsement of political candidates.
4. The Price of Nice Nails
“The New York Times interviewed more than 150 nail salon workers and owners, in four languages, and found that a vast majority of workers are paid below minimum wage; sometimes they are not even paid. Workers endure all manner of humiliation, including having their tips docked as punishment for minor transgressions, constant video monitoring by owners, even physical abuse. Employers are rarely punished for labor and other violations.”
5. What I Want You to Know About Losing a Child
Sojourners contributor Jamie Calloway-Hanauer writes an important piece for ‘Rage Against the Minivan:’ “Each time I’m asked ‘how many?’ Or, ‘Is this your first (or second or third) child,’ I die a little bit inside. I feel the lie eat away at me. I feel my son in Heaven wonder if I’m not his mama after all.”
6. Federal Appeals Court Says NSA Phone Records Program Illegal
The court, however, didn’t say the NSA had to stop doing it, so …
From Rand Paul: “While this is a step in the right direction, it is now up to the Supreme Court to strike down the NSA's illegal spying program."
7. 7 Ways to Welcome Young People to the Mainline
The follow up to Rachel Held Evans’ piece pleading for evangelical church leaders to "stop trying to make church cool."
8. The Onion Is Not a Joke
... Seriously. The fake newspaper is turning into a real media empire. Here’s how.
9. PHOTOS: Cancer Survivor Creates ‘Get Well’ Cards She Wishes She’d Gotten
“The most difficult part of my illness wasn’t losing my hair … It was the loneliness and isolation I felt when many of my close friends and family members disappeared because they didn’t know what to say, or said the absolute wrong thing without realizing it. “
10. WATCH: Scarlett Johansson Proves 'Marvel Gets Women' in SNL's Fake 'Black Widow' Spin-Off
'Nuff said.
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