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How the National Prayer Breakfast became an opportunity for presidents and...
President Joe Biden called for faith in these 'dark, dark times' at the National Prayer BreakfastAP Photo/Alex BrandonAddressing his first National Prayer Breakfast as president on Feb. 4, Joe Biden...
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The military coup in Myanmar presents opportunities to Buddhist nationalists
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For the birds? Hardly! Valentine's Day was reimagined by chivalrous medieval...
Roses are red, thieving birds are blue. My neck is aching, are you uncomfortable too?Universitatbibliothek HeidelbergValentine’s Day annoys many people.For many in a relationship, the pressure to...
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Single on Valentine's Day and happily so
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Indian farmers are a powerful force in Indian politics, and here's why their...
A large number of women have joined the protests against new farm laws in India.Sanchit Khanna/Hindustan Times via Getty ImagesFor over two months, farmers in India have been on a largely...
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Faith in numbers: Behind the gender difference of nonreligious Americans
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Why Indian farmers' protests are being called a 'satyagraha' – which means...
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An ancient Greek approach to risk and the lessons it can offer the modern world
A vase from ancient Greek civilization depicts Apollo consulting the oracle of Delphi.G. Dagli Orti/DeAgostini Collection via Getty ImagesMost of us take big and small risks in our lives every day. But...
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What are the origins of Lent?
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How Philadelphia's Black churches overcame disease, depression and civil strife
A statue of Bishop Richard Allen outside the historic Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Philadelphia.AP Photo/Matt RourkeThe Black Church is an institution that was forged in crises....
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How New York's 19th-century Jews turned Purim into an American party
The Jewish Museum's Purim Ball at the Park Avenue Armory in 2015 in New York...
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In Texas, price gouging during disasters is illegal – it is also on very...
Price gouging during disasters further shuts out those living in poverty.AP Photo/Eric GayIn Houston, as millions suffered power and water outages, food shortages and subfreezing temperatures, another...
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What is fascism?
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There was a time reparations were actually paid out – just not to formerly...
No guessing who in this 1864 depiction may have been compensated after slavery ended.API/Gamma-Rapho via Getty ImagesThe cost of slavery and its legacy of systemic racism to generations of Black...
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What the Bible's approach to history can teach us about America's glory and...
Trumpeting the past? The Bible has conflicting narratives over the conquest of CanaanWikimedia CommonsAt a time when Americans are seemingly as polarized as ever over the present, the country’s past...
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What the mythical figure of Şahmeran in Turkey represents and why activists...
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Can QAnon survive another 'Great Disappointment' on March 4? History suggests...
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Pope's upcoming visit brings attention to the dwindling population of...
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What the policing response to the KKK in the 1960s can teach about...
Archival image from 1967 shows protesters demonstrating while Ku Klux Klan members walk in a parade to support the Vietnam War.Bettmann Archive/Getty ImagesDuring his confirmation hearing in February,...
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Revisiting reparations: Is it time for the US to pay its debt for the legacy...
U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee is spearheading fresh efforts in Congress to address reparations.Al Drago/Getty ImagesSome 156 years after the end of the Civil War and the official abolition of slavery...
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