Articles from David L. Barkey

The Jewish News of Northern California

Roger Severino, director of the Office of Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, speaking at a Washington news conference announcing a new division on Conscience and Religious Freedom, D.C., Jan. 18, 2018. (Photo/JTA-Aaron P. Bernstein-Getty Images)

How the Trump administration condones discrimination in the name of religion

by David L. Barkey February 5, 2018

Free exercise of religion in America is a foundational civil right and one of our nation’s greatest strengths. But as the U.S. Supreme Court ruled decades ago, the free exercise […]