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/ 2 years agoCo-workers could bear costs of accommodating religious employees in the workplace if Supreme Court tosses out 46-year-old precedent
The Supreme Court appears poised to change the definition of ‘undue hardship’ so that employers have to accommodate more of workers’...
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/ 2 years agoWhy so many South Korean women are refusing to date, marry or have kids
The South Korean government’s embrace of gendered citizenship has fueled the virulent gender war between men and women, with digital sex...
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/ 2 years agoI’m an educator and grandson of Holocaust survivors, and I see public schools failing to give students the historical knowledge they need to keep our democracy strong
There have been numerous efforts to limit students’ access to books and curricula about certain historical and societal topics. But history...
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/ 2 years agoWhat’s a Luddite? An expert on technology and society explains
Despite the association of ‘Luddite’ with a naïve rejection of technology, the term and its origins are far richer and more...
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/ 2 years agoBiden’s strategy for cutting carbon emissions from electricity generation could extend the lives of fossil fuel power plants
After the Supreme Court overturned the Obama administration’s strategy for reducing power plant carbon emissions in 2022, the Biden administration is...
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/ 2 years agoAn obscure 1800s law is shaping up to be the center of the next abortion battle – legal scholars explain what’s behind the Victorian-era statute
The 1873 Comstock Act makes it a crime to mail abortion drugs or medicine – raising legal questions about the law’s...
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/ 2 years agoA brief history of debt ceiling crises and the political chaos they’ve unleashed
There are political as well as economic risks to debt standoffs in Congress.
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/ 2 years agoMeditative mothering? How Buddhism honors both compassionate caregiving and celibate monks and nuns
The lines between family life and Buddhist monasticism are not so ‘either/or’ as they might seem.
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/ 2 years agoLessons from ‘Star Trek: Picard’ – a cybersecurity expert explains how a sci-fi series illuminates today’s threats
‘Star Trek: Picard’ is set 400 years in the future, but, like most science fiction, it deals with issues in the...
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/ 2 years agoTupac’s ‘Dear Mama’ endures as rap artists detail complex relationships with their mothers, street life and the pursuit of success
From Tupac to Jay-Z, many a rap artist has set pen to paper to pay homage to the women who gave...
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/ 2 years agoGene therapy helps combat some forms of blindness – and ongoing clinical trials are looking to extend these treatments to other diseases
Genetics expert Jean Bennett explains how gene therapy is being used to treat certain forms of inherited blindness.
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/ 2 years agoDespite the end of Title 42, restrictions on asylum seekers are expected to continue under Biden administration
Title 42 has triggered criticisms from immigration advocates and public health experts. But the end of the controversial policy may mean...
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/ 2 years agoWhat is carbon capture and storage? Power plant CCS gets a boost with EPA’s proposed new rules, but it’s not a quick solution
Carbon capture and storage is the most promising solution for gas and coal-fired power plants to keep running under the proposed...
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/ 2 years ago4 factors that contributed to the record low history scores for US eighth graders
A historian of education policy says the dramatic drop in history test scores among the nation’s eighth graders was a predictable...
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/ 2 years ago‘Courage is contagious’: Daniel Ellsberg’s decision to release the Pentagon Papers didn’t happen in a vacuum
The Vietnam War whistleblower’s decision to leak thousands of pages of government documents was not a quick one.
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/ 2 years agoImmigration policies don’t deter migrants from coming to the US — Title 42 and the border rules replacing it only make the process longer and more difficult
U.S. immigration policies have not deterred migration, but they have made the process longer and more difficult for migrants.
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/ 2 years ago‘The Diplomat’ negotiates expectations – and myths – about gender, power and politics
Although the series perpetuates the stereotype that politically ambitious women can’t be trusted in high office, it thoughtfully portrays the ubiquity...
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/ 2 years agoThe Nakba at 75 – Palestinians’ struggle to get recognition for their ‘catastrophe’
For the first time, the United Nations will mark the commemoration of the displacement of 750,000 Palestinians from their homes in...
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/ 2 years agoHow did abuse get baked into the restaurant industry?
Barbara Lynch’s alleged bullying of her employees is only the latest in a string of high-profile chef scandals. Two scholars explore...
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/ 2 years agoFrom Kali to Mary to Neopagan goddesses, religions revere motherhood in sometimes unexpected ways
Mother figures from faith traditions around the world reflect many different ways of thinking about the divine.
