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The end of separation of church and state? For more than two centuries, one principle has occupied a special place in American political culture: government should neither […]

One Israeli embassy call and a band critical of Israel no longer makes an appearance A band is invited to perform at a Jewish cultural festival. The concert is arranged almost a year in advance. Then, shortly before the […]

Where did belief in God decline? And the sad news: The 21st century will still be a century of religion For anyone expecting religion simply to disappear as education, science and technology advance, the first decades of the 21st century […]

Catholic abuse survivors get a point system for their trauma Imagine being sexually abused as a child by someone representing one of the world’s most powerful religious institutions. Decades […]

Nearly 3,000 people publicly flogged under Taliban rule Public flogging sounds like something from another century. In Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, however, it is happening in the […]

There is no “me”, only a network of neurons We wake up every morning with an extraordinarily convincing impression. There is someone inside our heads. There is a “me” obs […]

Ruhollah Khomeini wrote about sex with children and animals. Perhaps he should have studied economics instead Ruhollah Khomeini is remembered primarily as the architect of Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution and the founder of the Islamic Republic. H […]

Should priests be allowed to keep child abuse secret? Imagine a man enters a church, sits across from a priest and admits that he has sexually abused a child. The priest now knows […]

More than 100 British and French diplomats say Palestine is being erased. Will their governments act? There is something unusual about diplomats abandoning diplomatic language. More than 100 former senior British and French diplomats […]

Gross neglect of drug addicts in the US: Only celebrities are visible Hayden Panettiere was famous, successful and recognizable to millions. She was also remarkably open about addiction. She described […]

Priests, pastors and predators: America’s continuing church abuse scandal For generations, American churches presented themselves as places where parents could safely leave their children. Priests heard […]

Iran’s execution machine is accelerating Iran does not merely execute people convicted of murder or other violent crimes. It executes political prisoners. It executes […]

Israel finally admits its troops killed Hind Rajab. Any accountability? For more than two years, the killing of five-year-old Hind Rajab stood as one of the most haunting episodes of the war in Gaza. A […]

The world is normalizing the Taliban. Half of surveyed Afghan women barely leave home Five years ago, the Taliban marched back into Kabul. Governments condemned them. Western politicians promised that Afghanistan would […]

Don’t want to die from a drug overdose? Pay for it in Latin American jails Latin America suffers from some of the world’s most serious problems with homicide, organized crime, extortion and drug trafficking. G […]

Whipping, cutting fingers and worse: What Russians and Ukrainians do to their own people Wars are usually narrated horizontally. Russians kill Ukrainians, Ukrainians kill Russians, missiles cross borders, armies capture […]

God didn’t say that. Neither did your pastor. AI did Imagine scrolling through social media one evening when your pastor appears on the screen. His face looks familiar, his voice sounds […]

Nigeria’s Muslims and Christians agree on something: Stop dividing us Nigeria is often described through its divisions. Muslim north and Christian south, Hausa and Fulani, farmer and herder, indigenous and […]

The social media utopia: What if people started collaborating? Social media promised to connect humanity. Instead, it often became extraordinarily efficient at sorting humanity into hostile […]

The woman who stripped in protest: What Iran did to Ahoo Daryaei In November 2024, a woman walked through the grounds of Tehran’s Islamic Azad University wearing only her underwear. The images […]