05/16/2025 - Weekly Wrap Up

Summary

In this Weekly Wrap Up, Eddie discusses various pressing issues, including Trump's recent Middle East trip, the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, executive overreach in the U.S., the assault on birthright citizenship, the implications of the current budget on social safety nets, and the importance of moral conscience in free speech. He emphasizes the need for individuals to speak truthfully and uphold their moral commitments, especially in the face of political and social challenges.

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Trump Administration and Foreign Policy:

• Trump's Middle East Visit (New York Times, May 16, 2025)

Birthright Citizenship:

• Trump and Birthright Citizenship (Common Dreams, May 15, 2025)

• Supreme Court and Birthright Citizenship: Key Takeaways (New York Times, May 15, 2025)

• Supreme Court and Birthright Citizenship (New York Times, May 15, 2025)

Education and Civil Rights:

• Louisiana Republicans and the Last Vestiges of School Desegregation (New York Times, May 16, 2025)

• Trump's Cuts to Medicaid Work Requirements (Washington Post, May 16, 2025)

• NYU Withholds Diploma Over Student's Gaza Speech (CNN, May 16, 2025)

• Moskowitz on NYU Grad Speaker's Pro-Palestine Speech (The Hill, May 16, 2025)

• Maryland Police Custody Autopsies Audit (New York Times, May 15, 2025)

• NJ Transit Strike (New York Times Video, May 16, 2025)

• Ras Baraka and Newark ICE Trespassing (New York Times, May 15, 2025)