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How to deal with visual misinformation circulating in the Israel-Hamas war...
Social media is often used during times of conflict to spread fake news.Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesIn the three weeks since war began between Israel and Hamas, social media has been taken...
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Palestinian Christians and Muslims have lived together in the region for...
Children at an Orthodox Christmas Mass at the Church of Saint Porphyrius in Gaza City on Jan. 7, 2023. Mahmud Hams/AFP via Getty ImagesA bomb struck the complex of the historic Church of Saint...
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Day of the Dead is taking on Halloween traditions, but the sacred holiday is...
Children trick or treat and wear Halloween costumes for a full week during Day of the Dead season in Mexico.FG Trade Latin/Collection E+ via Getty ImagesMany Latinos regularly declare: “Día de los...
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From India and Taiwan to Tibet, the living assist the dead in their passage
Hindu devotees prepare to scatter ashes of the deceased into the sea as part of Ngaben, a mass cremation ceremony, in Surabaya, Indonesia.Juni Kriswanto/AFP via Getty ImagesMany people see death as a...
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American individualism lives on after death, as consumers choose new ways to...
LifeGem is a company that extracts carbon from cremated human remains and transforms it into diamonds to remember loved ones. Handout/LifeGem via Getty ImagesDeath may be inevitable and universal, but...
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Gaza bombing adds to the generations of Palestinians displaced from their homes
Children sitting near their home at al-Shati camp for Palestinian refugees in the central Gaza Strip on June 20, 2020.Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesAn estimated 1.4 million Palestinians have...
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Modern medicine has its scientific roots in the Middle Ages − how the logic...
This 15th-century medical manuscript shows different colors of urine alongside the ailments they signify.Cambridge University Library, CC BY-NCNothing calls to mind nonsensical treatments and bizarre...
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As Ohio and other states decide on abortion, anti-abortion activists look to...
Roman Catholic nuns pray with anti-abortion activists across the street from a Planned Parenthood clinic in New York in September 2023.Robert Nickelsberg/Getty ImagesAbortion has become an increasingly...
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Latter-day Saints lawsuits raise questions over Mormon tithing – can churches...
The Mormon Temple is the centerpiece of Temple Square in Salt Lake City.AP Photo/Douglas C. PizacThree men have filed a lawsuit against the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints – also known as...
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In Gaza, the underground war between Israeli troops and Hamas fighters in the...
A Hamas fighter steps out of a tunnel during a 2014 public demonstration of the group's military abilities.Yousef Masoud/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesThe Israel Defense Forces have announced...
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A TikTok Jesus promises divine blessings and many worldly comforts
Jesus images on social media promise divine rewards for today's fast-paced age.TikTokThe TikTok profile Daily Believer (@believerdaily) has 70 videos with computer-generated Jesuses looking directly at...
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Unthanksgiving Day: A celebration of Indigenous resistance to colonialism,...
The Teo Kali, an Aztec cultural group, participates in a sunrise "Unthanksgiving Day" ceremony with Native Americans on Nov. 24, 2005, on Alcatraz Island. Kara Andrade/AFP via Getty ImagesEach year on...
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Gettysburg tells the story of more than a battle − the military park shows...
The North Carolina memorial stands in Gettysburg National Military Park on Aug. 10, 2020.Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty ImagesOn Nov. 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln traveled to Gettysburg,...
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Thanksgiving stories gloss over the history of US settlement on Native lands
Native Americans depicted at the first Thanksgiving feast, in a 1960 film about the Pilgrims’ first year in America.AP PhotoToo often, K-12 social studies classes in the U.S. teach a mostly...
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In America, national parks are more than scenic − they’re sacred. But they...
'Valley of the Yosemite' by the 19th-century artist Albert Bierstadt, owned by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.VCG Wilson/Corbis via Getty ImagesAbraham Lincoln has an almost saintly place in U.S....
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Why George Santos' lies are even worse than the usual political lies – a...
Rep. George Santos on Capitol Hill in Washington on Oct. 24, 2023.AP Photo/Stephanie ScarbroughOn Nov. 16, 2023, the bipartisan House Committee on Ethics issued a scathing report on the behavior of...
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The challenges of being a religious scientist
Many religious graduate students in science say they keep quiet about that aspect of their identity.Sean Anthony Eddy/E+ via Getty ImagesGiven popular portrayals, you would be forgiven for assuming...
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Stoicism and spirituality: A philosopher explains how more Americans' search...
Web communities have helped the ancient philosophy of Stoicism find fans in a new generation.utah778/iStock via Getty Images PlusStoicism may be having a renaissance. For centuries, the ancient...
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Israel's mosaic of Jewish ethnic groups is key to understanding the country
People cheer as a vehicle carrying hostages released by Hamas drives toward an army base in Ofakim, southern Israel, on Nov. 26, 2023.Menahem Kahana/AFP via Getty Images Some 16 million people...
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Why all civilian lives matter equally, according to a military ethicist
The scene in the Bureij refugee camp following an Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip on Nov. 14, 2023.AP Photo/Adel HanaSome commentators have criticized Israel for causing what is claimed to be...
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