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A scholar went on a Voodoo pilgrimage in Haiti and learned how an oppressive slave past has shaped its religious present.
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A 15-year-old fleeing violence in El Salvador came to the US in 1985. Her immigration case sparked a Supreme Court decision…
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An anthropologist who's researched the dispossession of Native Americans and their enduring connections to ancestral…
A controversy has erupted yet again among Southern Baptists over women's preaching. An expert explains how despite this…
June 27 is National HIV Testing Day, and an expert suggests it's a good time to think about testing, especially for…
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White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders is leaving her job, and two media scholars reflect on the career of the very first…
A photo of a drowned father and his 23-month-old daughter at the US-Mexico border has prompted horror and outrage on social…
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The high court struck down a ban on trademarking 'immoral' or 'scandalous' words and symbols. A trademark…
Patriotism means pride in country, but what are we proud of? A former national park ranger suggests that visiting historic…
Alarm arose when news spread that Ebola cases had been found in Uganda. Here are the real reasons for concern.
A political scientist warns that a new lobbying initiative launched by Bill and Melinda Gates could harm US higher education.
Les gens tombent dans le piège des fausses photos, qu’elles proviennent de Facebook ou du New York Times. Qu’est-ce…
Hidden for decades in a vault at the Uganda Broadcasting Corporation, the photographs depict a regime fixated on establishing…
Trump believes the money Americans spend on Chinese imports like the iPhone goes straight into China's pockets. In reality,…
Some parks reduce violence in the local vicinity. Other parks attract crime. The difference has to do with how these urban…