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UN slavery estimate raises question: Are 50 million people really enslaved today?

Staff Writer - October 5, 2022

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Explaining polygamy and its history in the Mormon Church

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The morality of canceling student debt

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The morality of feeling equal empathy for strangers and family alike

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What is charismatic Catholicism?

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Tattoos have a long history going back to the ancient world...

Staff Writer - September 3, 2021

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What activists today can learn from MLK, the ‘conservative militant’

Staff Writer - January 14, 2018

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Yule – a celebration of the return of light and warmth

Staff Writer - December 20, 2023

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How Pat Robertson changed Christian media and made it politically influential

Staff Writer - June 13, 2023

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa meet in Turkey on April 11, 2025. TUR Presidency/ Murat Cetinmuhurdar/Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images

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Trump’s lifting of Syria sanctions is a win for Turkey, too...

Staff Writer - May 19, 2025

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Will outlawing ‘instant divorce’ advance justice for Muslim women in India?

Staff Writer - September 28, 2017

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Vaccine passports may be on the way – but are they...

Staff Writer - March 13, 2021

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What do protests about Harry Potter books teach us?

Staff Writer - June 27, 2017

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EXPLORING NATURE

This screenshot juxtaposes a fossil of stem from the plant Archaeopitys eastmanii (bottom) and a close-up of its vascular system (top). The specimen was found in Kentucky and is over 350 million years old. Ingrid C. Romero, CC BY-SA

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Galaxies of life are collecting dust in museums – digitizing microscope...

Staff Writer - May 5, 2026

Ingrid C. Romero, Smithsonian Institution and Scott L. Wing, Smithsonian Institution Approximately 145 million: That’s the number of specimens...

Gas prices were well over $4 a gallon on April 28, 2026, in Brooklyn, N.Y. Spencer Platt/Getty Images

What’s in the price of a gallon of gas?

May 1, 2026

The new federal classification of marijuana regulates only medical use; recreational use is still determined by state laws. tvirbickis/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Reclassification of marijuana opens doors for much‑needed medical research into the...

April 29, 2026

An artisanal miner holds a cobalt stone at a mine near Kolwezi, Congo, in 2022. About 20,000 people work there among toxic materials. Junior Kannah/AFP via Getty Images

The race to mine critical minerals for AI and clean energy...

April 28, 2026

Pope Leo XIV arrives to celebrate Mass at the Malabo stadium in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, on April 23, 2026, on the last day of his 11-day pastoral visit to Africa. AP Photo/Misper Apawu

‘Just war’ has guided Catholic thinking on conflict for centuries –...

April 26, 2026