Freethinking students organize against religious coercion in U.S. public schools
[ 3 minutes to read] A growing number of nonreligious students in the United States are organizing to defend their right…
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U.S. accused of a year of extrajudicial killings at sea
[ 4 minutes to read] For one year, the United States has been killing people aboard small boats in the Caribbean…
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U.S. appeals court blocks DOJ attempt to obtain transgender patients’ medical records
[ 4 minutes to read] Medical records contain some of the most private information a person can possess. Diagnoses, treatments, medications…
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Trump targets Soros and left-wing nonprofits in sweeping crackdown
[ 5 minutes to read] Donald Trump’s administration is preparing a broader campaign against nonprofit organizations that it accuses of financing…
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Trump’s attempt to deport pro-Palestinian students for their speech suffers a major court defeat
[ 4 minutes to read] The Trump administration wanted to use immigration law against international students who criticized Israel or publicly…
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Venezuela after Trump: Did removing Maduro actually improve the humanitarian crisis?
[ 5 minutes to read] When Donald Trump ordered the US intervention in Venezuela and Nicolás Maduro was captured in January…
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The end of separation of church and state?
[ 7 minutes to read] For more than two centuries, one principle has occupied a special place in American political culture:…
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Catholic abuse survivors get a point system for their trauma
[ 4 minutes to read] Imagine being sexually abused as a child by someone representing one of the world’s most powerful…
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Should priests be allowed to keep child abuse secret?
[ 8 minutes to read] Imagine a man enters a church, sits across from a priest and admits that he has…
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Priests, pastors and predators: America’s continuing church abuse scandal
[ 12 minutes to read] For generations, American churches presented themselves as places where parents could safely leave their children. Priests…
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Iran’s execution machine is accelerating
[ 8 minutes to read] Iran does not merely execute people convicted of murder or other violent crimes. It executes political…
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God didn’t say that. Neither did your pastor. AI did
[ 10 minutes to read] Imagine scrolling through social media one evening when your pastor appears on the screen. His face…
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The situation in Afghanistan now: Five years under the Taliban
[ 16 minutes to read] Five years ago, on August 15, 2021, Taliban fighters entered Kabul. Afghanistan’s Western-backed government collapsed with…
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Is “misogynistic” America ready for president AOC?
[ 9 minutes to read] Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has spent much of her political career being treated as simultaneously too young, too…
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Are Trump and Musk the best friends again?
[ 9 minutes to read] A year ago, Donald Trump and Elon Musk appeared to have transformed one of the strangest…
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Would brutal human rights abuses in Iran stop with regime change?
[ 13 minutes to read] There are many ways to discuss Iran. We can talk about nuclear weapons, uranium enrichment, Israel,…
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Tech Bros: One algorithm elects president
[ 7 minutes to read] “Today, an oligarchy is taking shape in America of extreme wealth, power and influence that literally…
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Elon Musk: The tech elite’s biggest mistake
[ 6 minutes to read] What exactly connects Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, and Larry Page? On the surface, the answer appears…
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The media like the establishment: Another Watergate impossible?
[ 6 minutes to read] When the Watergate scandal forced President Richard Nixon to resign in 1974, it became the defining…
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Will political culture deteriorate even more?
[ 5 minutes to read] For much of the twentieth century, democratic politics operated according to a relatively stable set of…
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The evolution of Satan: A God’s servant and the Prince of evil
[ 20 minutes to read] You think you know him, of course. The red skin, the horns, the pitchfork, the tail….
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Megachurches, private jets, big money. We are real Christians
[ 13 minutes to read] There is a man in America. He has three private jets, a mansion with gold-plated faucets,…
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A circus came to the US. After years, the show was over
[ 2 minutes to read] Once upon a time, there was a country called the United States. Long ago, its politics…
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Why Democrats and Republicans abandon ideology
[ 5 minutes to read] Politics is supposed to be driven by ideas. Conservatives should defend conservative principles. Progressives should defend…
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Americans think the US spends 25% on foreign aid. It spends 1%
[ 6 minutes to read] Ask the average American how much of the federal budget goes to foreign aid, and the…
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Inherited wealth, little innovation, lower taxes?
[ 22 minutes to read] Capitalism has always been sold as a system of competition. The idea appears straightforward. Anyone with…
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“Till we meet forever.” Can delusions become any deeper?
[ 3 minutes to read] “Till we meet forever.” People say it at funerals with complete sincerity. They believe they will…
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Banning a political party is no solution
[ 7 minutes to read] Banning a political party may look like a solution. In reality, it creates a dangerous political…
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USA’s and China’s AI Race. NATO buys scrap from the USA
[ 3 minutes to read] Artificial intelligence will shape the twenty-first century. Anyone who still doubts that reality ignores the biggest…
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Long live separatism. Say no to world government!
[ 3 minutes to read] Long live separatism. Bavaria should leave Germany. Moravia should leave Czechia. Scotland should leave the United…
