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A Most Violent Martyrdom
Who was Saint Bartholomew? By Tom Bissell.
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Why so many scientists are so ignorant
Science has a fundamentalism problem. By Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry.
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Bitter Lake
Bitter Lake explores how the realpolitik of the West has converged on a mirror image of itself throughout the Middle-East over the past decades, and how the story of this has become so obfuscating and simplified that we, the public, have been left in a bewildered and confused state. The narrative traverses the United States, Britain, Russia and Saudi Arabia—but the country at the centre of reflection is Afghanistan. By Adam Curtis. (2015)
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What Happened When I Went Undercover at an Anti-Abortion Conference
I've been on pro-choice marches and protests, but I wanted to see the abortion debate up close from the other side. At least, that's how I ended up at a training day for anti-abortion activists. By Amelia Horgan.
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The Indianapolis Pastor Who Outdid “Breaking Bad”
An Indianapolis pastor has pleaded guilty to manufacturing nearly 100 tons of ‘synthetic’ drugs in an extraordinary conspiracy that involved his fundamentalist church, a married couple who are crooked cops, a music producer and a school teacher. By Patrick Hilsman.
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How Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen has made al Qaeda stronger and richer
One unintended consequence of the war in Yemen: Al Qaeda now runs its own mini-state, flush with funds from raiding the local central bank and levying taxes. By Yara Bayoumy, Noah Browning and Mohammed Ghobari. (Apr. 8)
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The First Draft of History: Dispatches From the Frontline of War
War reporting is easy to do but very difficult to do really well... By Patrick Cockburn.
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Father Doyle’s disappearing act: how a paedophile priest hid in plain sight
Parishioners believed the Catholic hierarchy when they said a much-loved priest had retired. They were happy when he still played a part in their lives. Then, 11 years later, they learnt the truth. By Chris Vedelago, Beau Donelly and Cameron Houston. (May 28, ’16)
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How human sacrifice helped to enforce social inequality
Using a language-based family tree and statistical methods developed by evolutionary biologists, we were able to model how human sacrifice and social inequality evolved in the prehistory of Austronesia. By Joseph Watts.
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Before European Christians Forced Gender Roles, Native Americans Acknowledged 5 Genders
It wasn’t until Europeans took over North America that natives adopted the ideas of gender roles. For Native Americans, there was no set of rules that men and women had to abide by in order to be considered a “normal” member of their tribe. By Pearson McKinney.
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My Holy Land Vacation
Touring Israel with 450 Christian Zionists. By Tom Bissell.
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My Childhood in an Apocalyptic Cult
A clandestine cult with twenty children to a room, no outside music, movies or books, and no contact beyond the compound. For the first fifteen years of my life, this was my normal. By Flor Edwards. (April 9, 2014)
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The Cult Next Door
For decades, the people of Hinsdale gave little thought to the mysterious brick building in town. Then came a scandal. By Bryan Smith.
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‘Witch’ Prison Revealed in 15th-Century Scottish Chapel
A 15th-century chapel in the Scottish city of Aberdeen was equipped as a prison for accused witches snared during the city’s “Great Witch Hunt” in 1597. By Tom Metcalfe. (July 19, 2016)
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Tim Kaine’s Unlikely Biography
Tim Kaine isn’t shy about trading on his year in Honduras as a Catholic missionary. Accepting the V.P. nomination, he said, “My faith is my North Star for orienting my life...” By Daniel Hopsicker.
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Acceptable Losses
Aiding and abetting the Saudi slaughter in Yemen. By Andrew Cockburn.
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An Inside Look at Utah’s Land Grab Legal Scheme
In a recent article, lawyers for the Utah legislature attempt to persuade the American public that national forests, monuments, and other federal land in the West pose a danger to civil rights and self-determination. Do you believe them? By Jimmy Tobias.
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Saudis and Extremism: ‘Both the Arsonists and the Firefighters’
Critics see Saudi Arabia’s export of a rigid strain of Islam as contributing to terrorism, but the kingdom’s influence depends greatly on local conditions. By Scott Shane.
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The Most Intolerant Wins: The Dictatorship of the Small Minority
How Europe will eat Halal — Why you don’t have to smoke in the smoking section — Your food choices on the fall of the Saudi king –How to prevent a friend from working too hard –Omar Sharif ‘s conversion — How to make a market collapse. By Nassim Nicholas Taleb.
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Creationism Invades Europe
An antiscience movement once limited mostly to the U.S. is gaining ground on the eastern side of the Atlantic
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