Welcome to Sunday. A list of our top five articles of the week is below.

Worth another read today is a story about First Amendment rights and mask mandates by John Finn, professor emeritus of government at Wesleyan University. More than 24 other news outlets picked up this article, which columnist Thomas Friedman mentioned this week in The New York Times. I hope you’ll read the whole thing, but here’s the part Friedman quoted: “There are two reasons why mask mandates don’t violate the First Amendment. First, a mask doesn’t keep you from expressing yourself. … Additionally, the First Amendment, like all liberties ensured by the Constitution, is not absolute. All constitutional rights are subject to the government’s authority to protect the health, safety and welfare of the community.”

Emily Costello

Deputy Editor
Christian fundamentalists like Ken Ham, CEO of the evangelical group that owns the Creation Museum, believe dinosaurs were among the animals rescued on Noah’s Ark. Jeff Haynes/AFP via Getty Images

At the evangelical Creation Museum, dinosaurs lived alongside humans and the world is 6,000 years old

William Trollinger, University of Dayton; Susan L Trollinger, University of Dayton

A Kentucky museum tells the history of the universe according to the Bible in an effort to debunk evolution. Its owner, the Christian group Answers in Genesis, promotes right-wing political causes.
Minneapolis, a city still split along racial lines. Jason Armond/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Urban planning as a tool of white supremacy – the other lesson from Minneapolis

Julian Agyeman, Tufts University

Despite its progressive image, Minneapolis is one of the most segregated cities in the United States. That is by design not accident, argues an urban planning scholar.