Sutherland Institute
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Strong economy and disease can co-exist: 5 fundamentals for Utahns and their leaders
Even as the disease spikes, we now have enough data to know more – and do better – in our public health response. We also have enough evidence to recognize that disease and a strong economy can, and regularly do,…
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Q&A: From struggling student to education champion
As a young girl, Merriweather struggled in her Florida public school – failing third grade not once but twice, and getting into fistfights.
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Supreme Court’s LGBT rights decision: What does it mean, and what’s next?
A six-judge majority of the Supreme Court concluded that the plain language of the statute requires employers not to make hiring or firing decisions based – even in part – on an employee’s LGBT status.
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State school board candidates for District 10 debate tests, budget cuts, online learning
This week, candidates for District 10 responded to questions about the future of assessments after the pandemic suspended this year’s tests.
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U.S. History of Civics part 3: The ‘birth certificate’ of social studies
It’s no wonder the Founders taught that for the nation to survive each generation’s turmoil, young Americans must be taught about their unique form of government, how to engage it, and how to preserve its limits and usefulness in their…
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Racism did not begin in America, but it can end here
We face the most consequential opportunity since a tenuously reunited, post-Civil War nation dusted itself off, stood upright and chose to continue the experiment — imperfections and all.
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Q&A: What churches ought to be doing in a pandemic
“We may have to just do the right thing, and know that God sees.”
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Supreme Court weighs in on pandemic limits on worship
The most encouraging sign from the court is shared by both sides of Friday’s decision: Religious practice must not be singled out for disfavored treatment.
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Politics, public health don’t mix
Politics and public health should be like sick people and healthy people: kept apart as much as possible. Politics erodes everything that it touches, especially in a public health crisis.
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Riots and civic education: a way forward to a more just and merciful future
Nonviolent protests and swelling rhetoric surely have a place, but our history teaches that those who ultimately bring changes for the better are those who take responsibility and begin the process – sometimes the very long and arduous process –…