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6 days ago | 
thepreamble.com | Sharon McMahon
The United States recently deported three young children, all three of them citizens of the United States. One has metastatic cancer and was sent away without their treatment medications. Their mothers — citizens of Honduras — were in the US without authorization, and the children’s removal raises profound legal questions about the rights of minor citizens and who is subject to deportation.
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1 week ago | 
readthereporter.com | Sharon McMahon
“Sugar in the morning, sugar in the evening, sugar at suppertime …” – McGuire Sisters, 1958I imagine that when the McGuire Sisters recorded this tune many years ago (gosh, I sure hope you know who they were!) it was not the intent of their lyrics to include over consumption of sugar and related health issues.
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1 week ago | 
thepreamble.com | Sharon McMahon
“This is white people finally being fed up with this s**t,” she said. Her eyes are an arresting blue, and her hair cascades around her face in effortless waves.
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1 week ago | 
thepreamble.com | Sharon McMahon |Judd Legum
This isn’t the first time Oklahoma state school superintendent Ryan Walters has been in the news. Not long ago he had to revise his plan to spend taxpayer money on 55,000 Bibles for public school classrooms, because the Bibles Walters requested had to meet certain requirements, including having the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence enclosed inside the book. The Bible, as everyone knows, is not an American document.
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1 week ago | 
thepreamble.com | Sharon McMahon
Save the date! On May 20, I will be speaking at Eastern Kentucky University Center for the Arts. The event is open to the public, and you can buy tickets here. I hope to see you there! This story is personal. And it’s one in which I want to tread lightly, because I know some people will read it and their innate inclination will be to get their hackles up, to feel as though they are personally under attack.
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1 week ago | 
thepreamble.com | Sharon McMahon
This story is personal. And it’s one in which I want to tread lightly, because I know some people will read it and their innate inclination will be to get their hackles up, to feel as though they are personally under attack. They will want to hit back, to refute my claims, to lean into a posture of whataboutism that mollifies their own feelings. That’s easier. I get it. Let me ask, respectfully, that you try to read this with an open mind.
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2 weeks ago | 
thepreamble.com | Sharon McMahon
Today, the Supreme Court will hear one of the biggest cases about education since Brown v. Board. It’s one that could impact the nearly four million students who currently attend charter schools and tens of millions more who don’t. Let me get you up to speed before today’s oral arguments:At issue are two cases that have been consolidated into one. Both deal with a charter school in Oklahoma, called St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual Charter School.
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2 weeks ago | 
readthereporter.com | Sharon McMahon
“You pray for the hungry. Then you feed them. That’s how prayer works.” – Pope Francis, May 29, 2023How many times have you heard the phrase “food insecurity”? Probably more than a few. For most of us, dear readers, it is a term which does not resonate with us personally. We tend to tune out the news reports or media discussions surrounding the topic. We can relate to topics such as taxes, infrastructure, weather reports, etc., but hunger is something esoteric which does not affect our own lives.
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2 weeks ago | 
thepreamble.com | Sharon McMahon
Sponsored byDavid Hogg is only 25 years old, but he’s already one of the top leaders of the Democratic Party. And as the newly elected vice chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), he’s not following the usual playbook. Instead of staying neutral in primary contests, the way party officers usually do, Hogg is part of a new movement inside the party that’s pushing for generational change.
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2 weeks ago | 
thepreamble.com | Sharon McMahon
Ryan Holiday has spent years studying Stoic philosophy. You might know him from his #1 New York Times-bestselling books, like The Obstacle is the Way, his chart-topping Daily Stoic podcast, or his newsletter, DailyStoic.com. He’s an in-demand speaker who travels the world discussing how we might apply the stoic virtues, like courage and wisdom, to our lives in the modern day. He’s been called one of the finest thinkers of our generation.
