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This Nearly 2000-Year-Old Temple Was Destroyed By ISIS

This August, ISIS members destroyed the Temple of Baalshamin, a Syrian temple regarded as a historic cornerstone of religious life.

By All That's Interesting • Sep 24, 2015

This Nearly 2000-Year-Old Temple Was Destroyed By ISIS

This August, ISIS members destroyed the Temple of Baalshamin, a Syrian temple regarded as a historic cornerstone of religious life.

By All That's Interesting • September 24, 2015

Unequal Protection: Gay Rights Around The World

Gay rights are a flashpoint in what can be described as a global culture war, and in many ways a country’s stance on gay rights can serve as a somewhat reliable indicator of that nation’s overall quality of life. After all, it’s hard to build a successful economy in an...

By Richard Stockton • Sep 18, 2015

Unequal Protection: Gay Rights Around The World

Gay rights are a flashpoint in what can be described as a global culture war, and in many ways a country’s stance on gay rights can serve as a somewhat reliable indicator of that nation’s overall quality of life. After all, it’s hard to build a successful economy in an...

By Richard Stockton • September 18, 2015

India Has A Sex Trafficking Problem, And It’s Worse Than You Think

Human trafficking is a global problem, shackling 35 million people worldwide to lives that they do not choose. According to calculations from the Walk Free Foundation, an Australian non-profit, 14 million of these modern slaves are held captive in India. The sex slave trade is centuries old, but its modern...

By Teresa Cantero • Sep 17, 2015

India Has A Sex Trafficking Problem, And It’s Worse Than You Think

Human trafficking is a global problem, shackling 35 million people worldwide to lives that they do not choose. According to calculations from the Walk Free Foundation, an Australian non-profit, 14 million of these modern slaves are held captive in India. The sex slave trade is centuries old, but its modern...

By Teresa Cantero • September 17, 2015

The Troubling History Of The Republican’s Frankenstein, Donald Trump

From buying political favors to dodging the draft, we look inside the hypocritical and scandal-ridden history of Donald Trump.

By Richard Stockton • Sep 8, 2015

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The Troubling History Of The Republican’s Frankenstein, Donald Trump

From buying political favors to dodging the draft, we look inside the hypocritical and scandal-ridden history of Donald Trump.

By Richard Stockton • September 8, 2015

Your World This Week, Volume XII

New Study Shows That HIV Prevention Pill Is Literally 100% Effective Recently, 600 healthy subjects considered to be at high risk for contracting HIV were given the daily prevention pill, Truvada. When the study ended, not a single subject had contracted HIV. Success rates of 100 percent are practically unheard...

By John Kuroski • Sep 7, 2015

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Your World This Week, Volume XII

New Study Shows That HIV Prevention Pill Is Literally 100% Effective Recently, 600 healthy subjects considered to be at high risk for contracting HIV were given the daily prevention pill, Truvada. When the study ended, not a single subject had contracted HIV. Success rates of 100 percent are practically unheard...

By John Kuroski • September 7, 2015

This Is What A War Crime Looks Like: Life Inside Occupied Palestine

“You can’t have occupation and human rights.” That’s what public intellectual and essayist Christopher Hitchens had to say about Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories, one of the most contentious components of the decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This conflict came to a head once again last summer, when Israel launched a seven-week...

By Savannah Cox • Sep 3, 2015

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This Is What A War Crime Looks Like: Life Inside Occupied Palestine

“You can’t have occupation and human rights.” That’s what public intellectual and essayist Christopher Hitchens had to say about Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories, one of the most contentious components of the decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This conflict came to a head once again last summer, when Israel launched a seven-week...

By Savannah Cox • September 3, 2015

eL Seed Paints Peace Across The Arab World

How eL Seed, a celebrated French-Tunisian calligraffiti artist, is spreading peace and hope, one blank wall and one can of spray paint at a time.

By Briana Jones • Sep 1, 2015

eL Seed Paints Peace Across The Arab World

How eL Seed, a celebrated French-Tunisian calligraffiti artist, is spreading peace and hope, one blank wall and one can of spray paint at a time.

By Briana Jones • September 1, 2015

Hawaii’s Relationship With The US Is Not As Pretty As You’d Think

Triangles have three sides. The sun sets in the west. The United States is composed of 50 states. All are taken to be self-evident, but up until August 21, 1959, the latter was simply not true. Of course, that all changed when President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a proclamation that...

By Kiri Picone • Aug 21, 2015

Hawaii’s Relationship With The US Is Not As Pretty As You’d Think

Triangles have three sides. The sun sets in the west. The United States is composed of 50 states. All are taken to be self-evident, but up until August 21, 1959, the latter was simply not true. Of course, that all changed when President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a proclamation that...

By Kiri Picone • August 21, 2015

How North Korean Propaganda Depicts, And Distorts, America

North Korean propaganda: outlandish glimpses at what one of the most dangerous countries on earth thinks about us--and claims to have in store for us.

By John Kuroski • Aug 19, 2015

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How North Korean Propaganda Depicts, And Distorts, America

North Korean propaganda: outlandish glimpses at what one of the most dangerous countries on earth thinks about us--and claims to have in store for us.

By John Kuroski • August 19, 2015

Your World This Week, Volume VII

President Obama Issues Strongest Clean Power Plan Ever By An American President Healthcare? Check. Marriage Equality? Check. Cutting carbon pollution? Check. Now that the end is in sight, it seems that President Obama is finally becoming the man that so many voted for in 2008. Just this week, Barack Obama...

By John Kuroski • Aug 3, 2015

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Your World This Week, Volume VII

President Obama Issues Strongest Clean Power Plan Ever By An American President Healthcare? Check. Marriage Equality? Check. Cutting carbon pollution? Check. Now that the end is in sight, it seems that President Obama is finally becoming the man that so many voted for in 2008. Just this week, Barack Obama...

By John Kuroski • August 3, 2015