“Parents and science teachers in Dover, Pennsylvania are taking a stand for religious liberty and fighting to keep intelligent design out of our public school science classrooms.

The brave ACLU clients involved in this 21st Century version of the Scopes Trial are making a difference not just in their communities, but are influencing a nationwide debate that is about more than just science education – it is about the role of religion on our society and our government.

Sign on to our message of support now.” (ACLU)

“Iraq has become a ‘post-graduate faculty for terrorism’ and is attracting thousands of foreigners who could foment violence when they return home, the head of Canada’s spy agency said in an interview published on Thursday.” (Reuters)

“The UN says the shortfall in aid for victims of the South Asian quake has made the relief situation worse than after last December’s tsunami.” (BBC)

Old Ways of Life Are Fading as the Arctic Thaws: “Freed by warming, waters once locked beneath ice are gnawing at coastal settlements around the Arctic Circle.

…Take the Inuit word for June, qiqsuqqaqtuq. It refers to snow conditions, a strong crust at night. Only those traits now appear in May. Shari Gearheard, a climate researcher from Harvard, recalled the appeal of an Inuit hunter, James Qillaq, for a new word at a recent meeting in Canada.

One sentence stayed in her mind: “June isn’t really June any more.” ” (New York Times )

“Hundreds of Indians flocked to a village in the central state of Madhya Pradesh on Thursday to see if an astrologer who forecast his own death would die as predicted.

Kunjilal Malviya, 75, who lives in Sehara village, about 125 miles south of state capital Bhopal, was meditating in his house after announcing he would die on Thursday.” (Reuters)