Sometimes worked within it. They help us see how the politics of religious pluralism intersects with american empire with global migration and with free market capitalism and how local and state actors shape the meaning of religion in american life. At a time of growing religious diversity and of growing conflict over what it means to assert religious values in the public sphere today. These histories can offer valuable insight into the controversies. Were facing some quick introductions of our panelists and then ill turn it over to them first. Well hear from carly bariant whos phd candidate in the committee on the study of religion at Harvard University where she works on the history of American Religions and politics with a focus on United States empire missionaries and militarism in the pacific. Before graduate school carly lived and worked in the republic of the Marshall Islands, and shes finishing up a dissertation entitled for the good of mankind marshallese missionaries militari
Sometimes worked within it. They help us see how the politics of religious pluralism intersects with american empire with global migration and with free market capitalism and how local and state actors shape the meaning of religion in american life. At a time of growing religious diversity and of growing conflict over what it means to assert religious values in the public sphere today. These histories can offer valuable insight into the controversies. Were facing some quick introductions of our panelists and then ill turn it over to them first. Well hear from carly bariant whos phd candidate in the committee on the study of religion at Harvard University where she works on the history of American Religions and politics with a focus on United States empire missionaries and militarism in the pacific. Before graduate school carly lived and worked in the republic of the Marshall Islands, and shes finishing up a dissertation entitled for the good of mankind marshallese missionaries militari
That sector excuse me, makes up about 11 of the entire u. S. Economy. Employees at some of the countrys largest retailers planned a national circumstanceout today they are doing it in coordinate with what is known as International Workers day, also may day. Lack of benefits, unstable schedules and potentially unsafe working conditions are what they are protesting. The World Health Organization says the organization has not been asked to participate had the origins of chinas covid. While the u. S. Government says the virus was not man made. There are some questioning whether the virus could have accidentally emerged from a lab that was studying coronaviruses from wuhan. Governor cuomo announced today he will be closing all new york schools for the rest of this academic year. Both secondary and ufers and more than 2. 5 million k12 students will continue to remote learn. I am joined by my coanchor for the next couple of hours, katy tur. It feels as if today it is may 1st. Yesterday the lo
Detainees the United States traded to free bowe bergdahl. Fox news is learning there was an effort to recruit the guys as assets to gather intelligence and implement their actions in the future once the restrictions are lifted. The taliban five are reportedly back to their old ways in the gulf nation of cutter where they the terms of their confinement were extended but only on a temporary bases. They are joined by 65 members of fair family members. Their Living Conditions alone are said to be allowing them to get back out there. They have been permitted to see folks beyond their other four colleagues. Without going into details of their numbers they have had access to outsiders who had access to outside. We have learning more more detainees are being transferred out this month. So we are learning they tried to crack the taliban five failed and went through with the swamp anyway. Why . The only thing i think of is legacy building. Nothing else makes sense. They are hardened individuals.
On his familys ultraconservative fundamentalist beliefs. Women required to be subservient to their husbands and encouraged to have as many children as possible. Tonight, were going to take you inside the quiverful moment. But i want to begin with those flash floods that killed at least 27 people and spread destruction from texas and oklahoma all the way into northern mexico. 13 are missing. Thats in hays county texas. Cnns Annika Cabrera live for us there. Im going to begin with you, annika. You got a cans to see one of the hardesthit areas in texas. What was that like . The devastation here is remarkable don. We are hearing from residents that the water rose so fast and with such force, it was like a tsunami hit. Now that the water has receded, you get a sense of just how far up the water came. You can see the river just beyond that tree down below at the blanco river, which rose about 30 feet in about two hours. And as we drove into the heart of the devastation, we saw home after hom