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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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Eating people is wrong – but it’s also widespread and sacred
Cannibalism is not uncommon… By Ben Thomas.
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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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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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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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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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‘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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'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 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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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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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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Trump Cons Religious Idiots With Meaningless Executive Order, Completely Forgets To Fuck The Gays
Sorry, Christian wingnuts, but you got scammed. By Evan Hurst.
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American Jezebels
In 1637, Mary Dyer of Boston gave a monstrous birth and its midwife was Anne Hutchinson. Both were Puritans of-a-kind… Ed Simon.
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The Two Most Dangerous Men in the World
Trump and Crown Prince Salman. By Patrick Cockburn.
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Slavery Now: Migrant Labor in the Persian Gulf and Saudi Arabia
Slavery still exists today. And it exists in the Gulf states and in Saudi Arabia. By Christiane Saliba.
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Pew Research
To understand the political power of evangelicals, we must look beyond the pulpits. By Jeff Sharlet.
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Donald Trump just put the US on the Sunni Muslim side of the bitter sectarian war with the Shias
It was crude stuff. President Trump called on 55 Muslim leaders assembled in Riyadh to drive out terrorism from their countries. He identified Iran as a despotic state and came near to calling for regime change, though Iran held a presidential election generally regarded as fair only two days previously. He denounced Hezbollah and lined up the US squarely on the side of the Sunni against the Shia in the sectarian proxy war that is tearing apart the Middle East. By Patrick Cockburn.
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Yet Another Video Shows U.S.-Funded White Helmets Assisting Public Executions in Rebel-Held Syria
The shocking regime change scandal mainstream media refuses to touch. By Ben Norton, Max Blumenthal.
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We need to talk about what inspired Salman Abedi’s attack on Manchester
In the wake of the massacre in Manchester, people rightly warn against blaming the entire Muslim community in Britain and the world. Certainly one of the aims of those who carry out such atrocities is to provoke the communal punishment of all Muslims, thereby alienating a portion of them who will then become open to recruitment by Isis and al-Qaeda clones. By Patrick Cockburn.
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A Pregnant Teen’s Graduation Drama Reveals an Uncomfortable Divide Between Pro-Lifers and Social Conservatives
Maddi Runkles is an 18-year-old senior at Heritage Academy, a small, conservative Christian school in Hagerstown, Maryland. She is also pregnant and has admitted to breaking the pledge that all Heritage students sign… By Ruth Graham.
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