Nonprofit News From Elsewhere Online
The Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether the country’s first publicly funded religious charter school should be allowed to open. Oklahoma’s highest court ruled that using tax dollars to fund the Catholic school would violate the constitution’s separation of church and state, overturning a state board’s approval of the church’s application. Conservatives say the ruling amounts to religious discrimination against the Catholic Church, while the American Civil Liberties Union and other groups said in a statement: “The law is clear: Charter schools are public schools and must be secular and open to all students.” (Associated Press)
President Donald Trump has reinstated a policy banning U.S. foreign aid to groups that provide or counsel clients about abortions, or advocate for abortion rights. As in the previous Trump administration, the ban applies even to groups whose main function is not family planning support, including organizations fighting diseases such as AIDS and malaria. (NPR)
- Plus: The State Dept. Halts Global Mine-Clearing Programs. (New York Times)
More on the Second Trump Administration
- Community Groups Set Up Strike Teams to Respond to Trump’s Mass Deportation Plans (Los Angeles Times)
- Trump’s Deportation Initiatives Force Charity to Postpone Free Food Boxes, Founder Says (LoneStarLive)
- ‘Functioning Out of Anger’: How These Immigration Activists Feel About Second Trump Term (Arizona Republic)
- Afghans Who Assisted U.S. Troops Among Those Targeted in Federal Suspension of Refugee Program (San Diego Union-Tribune)
More News and Opinion
- Five Takeaways From Bill Gates’s Interview With the Wall Street Journal (Wall Street Journal — subscription)
- How Some Christian Group Homes Avoid Florida’s Standards (New York Times)
- Oakland Budget Cuts Leave Nonprofits Reeling: ‘We Need More Culture, Not Less.’ (San Francisco Chronicle)
- Opinion: Donor-Advised Funds Are Growing. But If You Have One, You Should Shrink It. (Minnesota Star Tribune)
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