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Why Indigenous communities need a seat at the table on climate
Drought in Navajo Nation. Indigenous people around the world are dealing with many environmental problems, such as access to water.Spencer Platt/Getty Images NewsThere’s growing recognition that...
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How to know if your practice of Buddhism through listening to podcasts or use...
Guided meditation being done through the use of online apps.Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images for POPSUGARIs digital Buddhism, which includes computer-assisted practices such as listening to podcasts and...
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The US Civil War drastically reshaped how Americans deal with death – will...
An art installation by Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg in remembrance of Americans who have died of COVID-19, near the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C.AP Photo/Brynn AndersonMore than 1 million...
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The Martinican bèlè dance – a celebration of land, spirit and liberation
On May 22 each year, when the eastern Caribbean island of Martinique observes Emancipation Day, drums beat from sunrise until the break of dawn the next day.Participants at open-air, starlit gatherings...
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The Catholic Church's views on exorcism have changed – a religious studies...
A 19th-century engraving shows a cleric doing an exorcism against an evil spirit.Ipsumpix/Corbis via Getty ImagesIn September 2021, a 3-year-old was killed during an exorcism in a small Pentecostal...
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Protestants and the pill: How US Christians helped make birth control mainstream
Protestant Christians have been debating -- and more often than not, supporting -- modern contraceptives since they first appeared.Bettmann/Bettman via Getty ImagesSince May 3, 2022, when Politico...
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What the Voyager space probes can teach humanity about immortality and legacy...
Scientists expect the Voyager spacecraft to outlive Earth by at least a trillion years.NASA/JPL-CalTechVoyager 1 is the farthest human-made object from Earth. After sweeping by Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus...
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Yes, Muslims are portrayed negatively in American media -- 2 political...
Students with the Muslim Consultative Network's summer youth program gather on the steps of New York's City Hall on Aug. 14, 2013, to speak out against Islamophobia.AP Photo/Richard DrewThe warm...
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The 'sonnenrad' used in shooters' manifestos: a spiritual symbol of hate
A person visits a makeshift memorial near the scene of the fatal shooting at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, on May 19, 2022.AP Photo/Matt RourkeJust before the supermarket shooting that killed 10...
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The ordination of the first female rabbi 50 years ago has brought many...
Sara Hurwitz, Amy Eilberg, Sandy Eisenberg Sasso and Sally J. Priesand, each of whom was the first female rabbi in her branch of Judaism.Courtesy of The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish...
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Shavuot: A Jewish holiday of renewing commitment to God
An Ultra Orthodox Jewish man in Israel harvests wheat ahead of the holiday of Shavuot.AP Photo/Ariel SchalitThe festival of Shavuot, marked this year on June 5 and 6, celebrates the biblical story of...
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How the role and visibility of chaplains changed over the past century
A chaplain prays for a COVID-19 patient in Los Angeles while on a video call with the patient's daughter in November 2020.AP Photo/Jae C. HongThe COVID-19 pandemic brought new attention to the work of...
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Tallying the dead is one thing, giving them names would take an...
'Antigone leads Oedipus out of Thebes' painting by Charles Francois Jalabert.Collection Musée des Beaux-Arts de Marseille via Wikimedia CommonsThe official count of Americans lost to COVID-19 has...
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The US is importing baby formula to help end supply shortage – what parents...
Hopefully not staying empty for much longer.Samuel Corum/AFP via Getty Images)Industry and federal efforts to alleviate a baby formula shortage in the U.S. are ramping up, with the import of foreign...
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2/3 of US colleges and universities lack student groups for Muslims, Jews,...
Muslim student groups are located at only 28% of U.S. colleges. mkitina4 via iStock/Getty Images PlusThe Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.The big ideaMost U.S. colleges...
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Sri Lanka's protests show a fragile unity – for now
Sri Lankan students march during a protest over the economic crisis outside the residence of prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa in Colombo, April 24, 2022. AP Photo/Eranga JayawardenaSri Lanka is facing...
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Imposing penalties can deter rule breakers – but the timing needs to be right
Members of book clubs can impose rules through penalties.Hill Street Studios/Stone via Getty ImagesMany people participate in small groups like book clubs, community service associations or runners...
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Blaming 'evil' for mass violence isn’t as simple as it seems – a philosopher...
A visitor pays respects at a memorial created outside Robb Elementary School to honor the victims killed in the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.AP Photo/Eric GayThe word “evil” circulates widely in...
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Why Muslim countries are quick at condemning defamation – but often ignore...
Supporters of a Pakistani religious group burn an effigy depicting the former spokeswoman of India's ruling party, Nupur Sharma, during a demonstration in Karachi, Pakistan.AP Photo/Fareed KhanThe...
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There is no one 'religious view' on abortion: A scholar of religion, gender...
Demonstrators stand outside the Supreme Court in 2014.Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty ImagesThe Catholic Church’s official line on abortion, and even on any artificial birth control, is well known: Don’t do...
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