Thursday’s News & Ideas - 5/14/2026
- Poll: Americans on religious influence
- Cherokee Bible
- ‘Biblical’ diet
- Israel’s govt coalition
- USDA employees sue
- Accents shape our lives
How Americans feel about religion’s influence in government and public life
Pew Research Center: There are sharp partisan divides on whether religion’s influence is good or bad and how far that influence should go.
The Washington Post: Share of Americans who say religion is gaining influence reaches 24-year high*
The Cherokee Bible, one of the language’s first books, is a window between worldviews
The Conversation: Cherokees of all ages and in communities across the U.S. are working to revitalize the language in new ways, from apps, games and videos to social media, music and immersion schools.
Eating healthy? No, they’re eating biblically.*
The New York Times: A diet inspired by the Bible has found new audiences online in the Make America Healthy Again era.
Israel’s government is expected to collapse over ultra-Orthodox military draft
NPR: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's governing coalition may collapse next week, after one of his key ultra-Orthodox coalition partners called for the parliament to be dissolved.
USDA employees allege Easter religious message violated First Amendment
Politico: A federal lawsuit alleges Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins has “adopted a practice of sending increasingly proselytizing communications” to her employees.
The Spark
Do we judge people by the way they sound? How accents shape our lives
A new book by linguistics professor Valerie Fridland, who was raised in Memphis by parents with French accents, explores the power behind the way we speak, The Guardian says.
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