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Unruly Republic: A vast, monied network of activist groups keeps the public inflamed on issues including social justice, immigrant rights, Palestinian statehood, LGBTQ rights, and—as ever—climate ...

The Fourth Geneva Convention, adopted in 1949, codifies the protection of civilians in times of international armed conflict and occupation. Born from the ashes of the Second World War when the ...

I strive for positivity, but sometimes I fall short. In the Old Testament, the primary message of the Book of Lamentations is to express the grief the Jewish people felt over the destruction of ...

Writers have the gift of words and one of the greatest exercises of this gift is to provide humans with language for our deepest suffering. Biblical writers did not neglect this essential function and ...

What does one do after a long, successful and award-winning career as a war correspondent on CBS and NBC? Back then, I covered the civil rights struggle (some called it a war) in America, including ...

When the Sinaitic Covenant was renewed to the hosts of Israel, poised in the plains of Moab for the conquest of Canaan, the ancient promises of blessing were repeated; but so too were the curses that ...

Zeno Hintermeier is angry. He is a glaciologist; he loves ice and its many shapes and qualities. He knows the ice cap is melting and continues to mourn the slow death of a glacier he began to monitor ...

As we consider what 2025 might hold in store, there is much to make us concerned about the months ahead. In the wider world there are the continuing wars and unrest in Ukraine, the Middle East and ...

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