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Will Our Obsession With Looking Young Follow Us Into Heaven?
What form will our bodies take in heaven? Not all religions posit bodily resurrection. But those that do tend to depict them as young.
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When the KKK Planted Bombs at a Catholic University
The KKK is infamous for violently terrorizing Black Americans, but the Second Ku Klux Klan also harassed Catholics, Jews and immigrants.
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Behind the Slogan ‘From the River to the Sea, Palestine Will Be Free’
What does “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” mean to Palestinians who say it? And why do they keep using the slogan?
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White ‘AI Jesus’ Answers Questions From the Serious to the Comical
By Joseph L. Kimmel
Jesus has been portrayed in many different ways: from a prophet who alerts his audience to the world’s imminent end to...
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Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Black Voters in Alabama and Protects Landmark Voting Rights Act
The Supreme Court threw out GOP-drawn congressional districts in Alabama that a lower court had ruled violated the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
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When Faith Says to Help Migrants — and the Law Says Don’t
Many religions preach on caring for strangers. But what happens when caring for the stranger comes into conflict with government policy?
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Missionary System That Brought US Man Accused of Abusing African ‘Orphans’ Was Always Deeply Flawed
Matthew Durham, a young missionary from Oklahoma, was convicted of raping three girls and molesting a boy at a children's home in Kenya.
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The Women Who Stood With Martin Luther King Jr. and Sustained a Movement for Social Change
Historian Vicki Crawford explains contributions of women who influenced MLK Jr. and helped fueled campaigns during the civil rights era.
