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Sex workers’ rights: Governments shouldn’t decide what is good or bad sex
Most feminists would reject the idea that they are complicit with ideas that harm women or LGBTQ+ people because they have no problem with gay sex, premarital sex or extramarital…
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Enemy below: sounds of breaking government
From President Joe Biden's perch, the most critical challenge is that of autocracies versus democracies. He sees the ascent of China and Russia, abetted by Iran and North Korea, as…
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Recreational, green spaces may take over dying downtowns in U.S. cities
Rooms of unoccupied work spaces are visible in the upper floors of a building in Times Square in New York City in 2022. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo…
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America’s leaders are older than ever — founding fathers didn’t foresee this
1 of 4 | President Joe Biden (80 years old) is the oldest U.S. president in history. Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo The U.S. Congress has had no…
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Reality TV show contestants more like unpaid interns than Hollywood stars
1 of 3 | John Legend reportedly earns $14 million a season for being a judge on "The Voice." Meanwhile, all of the participants on the show, save for the winner, earned…
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Drowning of Libyan town was man-made disaster decades in the making
A demolished building at the port city of Derna, Libya, is the result of a dam collapse in the wake of Storm Daniel on September 10. Photo by EPA-EFE In the early hours…
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Thinking the unthinkable: What if Donald Trump stood trial in office?
1 of 2 | Supporters of former President Donald Trump hold flags outside the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta on August 24 before Trump surrendered on criminal charnges.…
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France used 10% less electricity last winter; 3 lessons to fight climate change
During winter 2022, France’s emissions fell by around 8% compared with prepandemic levels. File Photo by Christophe Petit Tesson/EPA-EFE Measures that help people use…
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Mass atrocities in Sudan raise questions about responsibility to protect
Sudanese people walk with belongings after crossing the border from Sudan to southern Egypt, on May 18. According to the UNHCR office, some 200,000 people have fled Sudan since the…
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Conservative Supreme Court majority rewriting basic understandings of U.S. law
In the recent 2022-23 term, the U.S. Supreme Court again addressed religion and the power of the federal bureaucracy, also adding race as a major area of controversy in a decision…
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