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White House aims for Thursday signing of religious liberty executive order
The signing would represent a major triumph for Vice President Mike Pence. By Timothy Alberta and Shane Goldmacher.
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The alt-right hates women as much as it hates people of colour
The alt-right was key in getting Trump into power. But its strain of misogyny differs in sometimes surprising ways to that of the traditional Christian right. By Matthew N Lyons.
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The five universal laws of human stupidity
We underestimate the stupid, and we do so at our own peril. By Corinne Purtill.
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'FGM happened to me in white, midwest America'
A Christian doctor removed my clitoris when I was three years old as a ‘cure’ for masturbation, writes Renee Bergstrom. (Dec. 3, 2016)
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‘The Road to Jonestown,’ by Jeff Guinn
In 1976, the Peoples Temple founder was courted by Bay Area politicos, praised by a famed newsman and invited to meet with Washington luminaries. Five others — a Bay Area congressman, three American journalists and one of Jones’ ex-disciples — had been shot and killed at a nearby airstrip… By Kevin Canfield.
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The Oil Cross: On Being Raised to Wage Spiritual Warfare
Kelsey L. Munger on her childhood and her devout parents, who raised her to fear and battle demons.
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Pro-Erdogan Sites Take Aim at Critics in Germany
Websites like the Ottoman Generation and Muslim Mainstream have become gathering points for supporters of Erdogan in Germany. But they are also being used to incite hatred against the Turkish president's critics. By Susan Djahangard and Katrin Elger.
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Where Evangelicals Came From
Frances FitzGerald answers the recurrent question, “Where did these people come from?” She says there is no mystery involved. They were always here. We were just not looking at them. By Gary Wills.
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Turkey is about to use democracy to end its democracy
The Turkish people are voting in a momentous constitutional referendum this month that would give the president unprecedented power. By Tezcan Gumus.
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Eating people is wrong – but it’s also widespread and sacred
Cannibalism is not uncommon… By Ben Thomas.
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America's Cult of Ignorance—And the Death of Expertise
More people are better educated than ever before, and knowledge is easier to come by. So why do we so often scorn those who plainly know more than we do? By Tom Nichols.
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What’s So ‘American’ About John Milton’s Lucifer?
The fallen archangel and antagonist of the epic poem. By Edward Simon.
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Betsy DeVos' Holy War on Education
Betsy DeVos’ appointment as Education Secretary marks crowning achievement of Christian right’s campaign to infiltrate America’s secular institutions. By Janet Reitman.
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The Amateur Historian Who Uncovered Ireland’s Mass Grave of Babies
The dogged effort of a determined historian in a small Irish town uncovered one of the greatest tragedies in modern Irish history. By Tom Sykes.
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Family Values
Mapping the spread of antigay ideology. By Masha Gessen.
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Religious Liberty is Only for Christians in Texas
Texas Republicans talk a lot about religious freedom, meanwhile GOP leaders impose their own beliefs about abortion and LGBT rights on everybody else. By David R. Brockman. (Nov. 1, 2016)
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Your App Isn’t Helping The People Of Saudi Arabia
On March 15, 2002, 15 Saudi girls burned to death inside their school in Mecca. They were not trapped by fallen debris, or unaccounted for by firefighters. The mutaween, Saudi Arabia’s religious police, would not allow the girls to leave their burning school because they were not covering their hair or wearing their abayas... By Felix Biederman.
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How to Convince Someone When Facts Fail
Why worldview threats undermine evidence. By Michael Shermer.
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The Making of an American Terrorist
Robert Dear shot up a Planned Parenthood clinic and killed three people. Did the right-wing media help turn a disturbed loner into a mass murderer? By Amanda Robb.
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‘Tenderness Leads To The Gas Chamber’
On euthanasia, the Catholic bishops of eastern Canada say, ‘Who are we to judge?’ By Rod Dreher.
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