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Iran
Trump's Crackdown on Iran's Oil Exports Could Backfire Badly-- With Serious Risks to Global Economy

Trump’s Crackdown on Iran’s Oil Exports Could Backfire Badly– With Serious Risks to Global Economy

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Inflation-adjusted oil prices nearly doubled during the 1973 embargo

Buddhism
Sri Lanka's Mainstream Muslims Caught in Nexis of Extreme Nationalisms and Fringe Radicalism

Sri Lanka’s Mainstream Muslims Caught in Nexis of Extreme Nationalisms and Fringe Radicalism

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Even though most Sri Lankan Muslims are Sunni, it is a diverse community, with some following the mystical form of Islam, Sufism

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

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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

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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

The Conversation

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

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