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Climate Change
Our Climate Emergency and 'Extinction Rebellion:' disruption and arrests can bring social change

Our Climate Emergency and ‘Extinction Rebellion:’ disruption and arrests can bring social change

The Conversation

It takes just 3.5% of a nation’s population engaged in sustained nonviolent resistance to topple a dictatorship

Climate Change
Earth Day:  Can the Sixth Extinction be Slowed?

Earth Day: Can the Sixth Extinction be Slowed?

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This event is driven by human actions that are dismantling and disrupting natural ecosystems and changing Earth’s climate

Colonialism
How Colonialists Led the Way to our Environmental Crisis of Over-Exploitation

How Colonialists Led the Way to our Environmental Crisis of Over-Exploitation

The Conversation

Our understanding of colonialism is often limited to simple ideas about what we think colonialism looked like in the past

Christianity
Why Good Friday was Dangerous for Jews in the Middle Ages and how that Changed

Why Good Friday was Dangerous for Jews in the Middle Ages and how that Changed

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By Daniel Joslyn-Siemiatkoski | – As Christians observe Good Friday they will remember, with devotion and prayer, the death of Jesus on the Cross. It is a day of solemnity in which Christians give thanks for their salvation made possible by the suffering of Jesus. They prepare for rejoicing on Easter Sunday, when the resurrection […]

Climate Change
Pacific Islands Menaced by Climate Crisis Focus on Most Vulnerable Towns and Cities

Pacific Islands Menaced by Climate Crisis Focus on Most Vulnerable Towns and Cities

The Conversation

Communities need help with engineering, geographic information systems (GIS) and climate analysis

Sudan
Songs of Freedom: The Soundtracks of Political Change in Sudan

Songs of Freedom: The Soundtracks of Political Change in Sudan

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In 2019, songs provided motivation and guidance

Muslim-Americans
Muslims arrived in America 400 years ago as part of the slave trade and today are vastly diverse

Muslims arrived in America 400 years ago as part of the slave trade and today are vastly diverse

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They are from Africa and the Middle East, as well as South and Southeast Asia

Sudan
How Sudan's Protesters Forced a Long-Ruling Dictator from Power

How Sudan’s Protesters Forced a Long-Ruling Dictator from Power

The Conversation

Protesters upped the stakes by trying to gain support from the army

Israel
Netanyahu won in Israel because his Rivals campaigned as Netanyahu Lite

Netanyahu won in Israel because his Rivals campaigned as Netanyahu Lite

The Conversation

The silence of Gantz’s team on the two-state solution enabled Netanyahu to move discussion to the hard-right’s agenda to annex the occupied territories.

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