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Long neglected, white supremacy earns new urgency after Christchurch
Where Islamist terrorism is seen as a global phenomenon, that has not been the case for white supremacist terror, which has been viewed more regionally. The Christchurch mosque attacks may have changed that.
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Trump-Netanyahu: True bromance, or marriage of convenience?
President Trump has expressed affection for several world leaders but seems to share more than just mutual interests with Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu. What has made their relationship so durable?
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In the growing gospel of ‘workism,’ is all work holy?
America’s Calvinist roots mean the “land of opportunity” has always valued working long hours, but debate is growing over whether it’s wise to seek a sense of purpose and identity from a job. We also noticed that sometimes US “work worship” neglects people who work with their hands.
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With Turkey on edge, a look to architecture to bridge divides
How societies fill public spaces is often political, if not partisan. All the more so in Istanbul's Taksim Square, where a vast new mosque and a reconstructed cultural center are in seeming competition.
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Rock on. How biopics are giving rock ‘n’ roll new life.
Copycat biopics are blossoming now that Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” showed what’s possible. Does more artist involvement reveal a concern about their music enduring in an age of information overload?
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A budding nuclear threat, from more than just the usual suspects
Nuclear weapons: As the U.S. and Russia back away from arms control, how worried should the world be?
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Pray and wash: Finding church in unexpected places
For many, worship has always been about much more than the edifice in which it occurs. Today, a new locus of spiritual growth is emerging around alternative settings that redefine “church.”
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Democracy Under Strain: An occasional series
America’s political structure has survived serious challenges in the past. But partisanship linked to cultural and racial identity, and sorted by geography, is testing it in ways the Founding Fathers never envisioned.
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Solving the unsolved: How cities are turning up heat on cold cases
In 1965, US detectives routinely cleared nearly 90 percent of murder cases. Today, 40 percent of homicides go unsolved, according to the FBI Uniform Crime Report.
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Peaceful revolutionary: Can Armenia’s prisoner-turned-prime minister govern?
The journalist, revolutionary, and opposition leader became prime minister last May. Now he faces his hardest task yet: governing.
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Healing a generation wounded by Boko Haram
Aid groups are helping young people abducted by the terror group, and their children born of sexual violence, find acceptance in communities that often shun them.
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