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The Bible says to welcome refugees
A new Trump ruling will prohibit virtually all Central American migrants from seeking asylum in the United States.AP Photo/Rebecca BlackwellThe Trump administration will stop accepting asylum...
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Without school, a 'lost generation' of Rohingya refugee children face...
A Rohingya refugee girl sells vegetables in Kutupalong refugee camp, Bangladesh. Access to education is extremely limited in the camps, and most children — particularly girls — receive little to no...
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Webcams in nursing home rooms may deter elder abuse – but are they ethical?
Mary Ann Papp’s daughter Lisa was worried about her 75-year-old mother. A foot infection seemed to be going untreated, leading Lisa to fear that her mother’s nursing home wasn’t providing proper care....
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More Central American migrants take shelter in churches, recalling 1980s...
Honduran migrant Vicky Chavez with her daughter Issabella on May 31, 2018 in the First Unitarian Church in Salt Lake City, where she sought protection from deportation in late 2017. AP Photo/Rick...
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If Germany atoned for the Holocaust, the US can pay reparations for slavery
Slavery is not so far removed. Anderson and Minerva Edwards met in the 1860s as enslaved laborers in Texas, had 16 children and lived into their 90s in a cabin a few miles from the plantations they...
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Scammers don't cheat because they need the money — they cheat because they're...
Cheating in games may have more to do with personality than with economic necessity, a new study finds.ShutterstockWhy do people cheat? When we hear that a poor person scammed others out of money, we...
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Everything in Mecca gets 5 stars — and online reviews of other holy sites are...
Like any other travelers, Muslim pilgrims review their hajj trips on sites like TripAdvisor — usually with extreme enthusiasm.AP Photo/Khalil HamraFor the millions of Muslims preparing to gather in...
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French cannabis legalization debate ignores race, religion and the mass...
Evidence suggests that Muslim men in France have been disproportionately arrested and jailed for cannabis-related crimes since the drug became illegal in 1970.Francisco Osorio/flickr, CC BY-SALast...
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Saudi women are fighting for their freedom – and their hard-won victories are...
Saudi women will soon be allowed to obtain passports and travel without the permission of a male relative.This new regulation, announced by the government in early August, eases one of the most...
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What's behind the protests in Kashmir?
Kashmiri Muslims shout slogans during a protest after Eid prayers in Srinagar.AP Photo/ Dar YasinIndia recently enacted a law which will end a special autonomous status given to the state of Jammu and...
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'Christian left' is reviving in America, appalled by treatment of migrants
Citing scripture and church teachings, ever more Christians are pushing progressive policy positions based in their faith.ShutterstockHolding pictures of migrant children who have died in U.S. custody...
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How two Islamic groups fell from power to persecution: Egypt's Muslim...
Mohammed Morsi, Egypt’s first-ever democratically elected president, died unexpectedly during a trial in June 2019. He was a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, an almost century-old Islamist group that...
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What is Haitian Voodoo?
Voodoo believers walk during the annual Voodoo festival Fete Gede at Cite Soleil Cemetery in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.AP Photo/Dieu Nalio CheryFor many in the West, Voodoo invokes images of animal...
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Catholic Church sex abuse: The difference a Pennsylvania grand jury made in...
The Pennsylvania grand jury report may have played a role in helping survivors come to grips with their past.AP Photo/Matt RourkeIt has been one year since the Pennsylvania grand jury report named 300...
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Why Trump's tweets on Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib go into the heart of...
President Trump recently pressed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to block the entry of two congresswomen to Israel.AP Photo/Susan Walsh, FilePresident Trump recently asked Israeli Prime...
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Humanitarian forensic scientists trace the missing, identify the dead and...
Red Cross forensic specialist Stephen Fonseca, right, searches for bodies in a field of ruined maize in Magaru, Mozambique, after Cyclone Idai, April 4, 2019. AP Photo/Tsvangirayi MukwazhiThe word...
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Should investors buy marijuana stocks?
Taking a whiff of the marijuana flower.AP Photo/Richard VogelIllinois recently became the 11th state to legalize marijuana for recreational use. As more states follow suit, legal cannabis spending is...
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When religious ideology drives abortion policy, poor women suffer the...
Abortion rights supporters in Missouri take part in a protest, after state lawmakers passed rules aimed at closing Missouri's only abortion clinic, May 30, 2019.AP Photo/Jeff RobersonIn Northern...
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How American Christian media promoted charity abroad
An illustration from the Christian Herald showing famine-hit people in India.Courtesy of the Christian Herald Association, New YorkMany religions urge their adherents to be charitable toward those in...
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Lessons from the UN peacekeeping mission in Rwanda, 25 years after the...
Family photos of the victims of the 1994 Rwandan genocide, displayed at a 25th anniversary memorial in April 2019.AP Photo/Ben CurtisThe United Nations deployment to Rwanda seemed like a...
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