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/ 2 months agoOn Bodhi Day, Buddhists commemorate Siddhartha Gautama’s enlightenment by lighting lamps to combat darkness
For Buddhists, Bodhi Day represents hope and the potential to overcome suffering.
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/ 2 months agoTo control your spending this holiday season, stick with cash
An economist swears by this technique.
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/ 2 months ago‘Insurrection,’ ‘equity’ and more − these are the words that trigger Trump supporters
Understanding the common terms that Trump supporters scorn can help decrease polarization in the country
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/ 2 months agoTrump’s next HUD secretary would have a lot to do to address the history of racist housing policy – and Trump’s own comments and history suggest that’s unlikely
Donald Trump’s false claims about Haitian immigrants echo an enduring element in the history of American housing − that certain people...
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/ 2 months agoChina’s influence grows at COP29 climate talks as US leadership fades
The annual UN climate conference ended with a weaker deal than many countries hoped for, and with calls to overhaul the...
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/ 2 months agoTaxpayers spend 22% more per patient to support Medicare Advantage – the private alternative to Medicare that promised to cost less
Rather than finding efficiencies and saving money all around, the private companies that administer the Medicare Advantage option to Medicare are...
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/ 2 months agoHow the gladiators inspired evangelicals’ sense of persecution
To early Christians, ancient gladiators were potent symbols of martyrdom, embodying virtue and bravery despite being enslaved.
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/ 2 months agoStudents go to hell and back in this course that looks at depictions of the damned throughout the ages
A course explores how ancient apocalypses find their way into movies and TV shows.
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/ 2 months agoAmid lull in tit-for-tat missile exchange, Iran and Israel seek to control the online narrative
The longtime foes have so far been able to put the lid on an all-out war. But their mutual battle over...
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/ 2 months agoElection reform was on the ballot – voters largely said ‘no’
Voters proved hesitant to overhaul the election systems they were already familiar with, as almost all of the reforms in nine...
