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A pro-democracy activist in Hong Kong holds a photo of Zhang Zhan, a citizen journalist sentenced to four years in China for her reporting on the Wuhan COVID outbreak.
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The stakes are high for China as WHO teams arrive to investigate the origins of the coronavirus. Beijing has presented a success story to the world — and will not accept any criticism.
Students who attend racially diverse colleges benefit socially.
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Challenge trials – purposefully exposing volunteers to the coronavirus – could speed up the development of a vaccine. But there are serious ethical concerns with this approach.
When it comes to COVID-19 misinformation, not all nations are the same. Some are peddling a larger variety of myths than others - and each seems to have its own personal favourite.
Richard Byma from By-Acre farms in Sussex County, New Jersey, tends to his Holstein herd.
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Small-scale dairy farmers are struggling across the US – but in New Jersey they’ve developed a model that keeps their products and their customers local.
The ethnic and religious composition of our societies is increasing rapidly. How will these changes impact our quality of life?
A small boat in the Illulissat Icefjord is dwarfed by the icebergs that have calved from the floating tongue of Greenland’s largest glacier, Jacobshavn Isbrae.
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Sea levels could rise by two metres by 2100, sparking a refugee crisis unlike anything the world has ever seen.
Pour réinventer des politiques qui se fondent sur les projets des citoyens et les connaissances locales, il faut nous débarrasser des idéologies passéistes.
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Les populations se sentent privées de tout pouvoir face à une élite qu’elles perçoivent comme corrompue. Une solution : repenser le marché et l’entreprise privée.
The old ideologies have to go so we can re-invent politics based in local knowledge and citizens’ initiatives.
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Populism is currently attractive because it contains a grain of truth. If we want to be prepared for the post-populist period and hasten its coming, we must address these real issues.
Job seekers at a Walmart hiring event. in 2012 in Altadena, California. Hundreds of applicants showed up for 65 positions that were available.
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In April 2017 the IPSP surveyed a representative sample of US adults about what makes a job a good one. Respondents put money and atmosphere first, two very different and complementary criteria.
In April 2017 the IPSP conducted a survey on how cooperation and competition were perceived and how respondents felt in cooperative versus competitive situations.
Las bodas de Caná, Paolo Veronese, 1563. Museo del Louvre.
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La política y religión pueden coexistir, colaborar o destruirse. Según estas expertas, no hay una religión que condene o promueva la democracia. La actitud de los ciudadanos ante el régimen político no depende de su credo.
Members of the team who were rescued from a flooded cave prepare to be ordained to become Buddhist novices and monks.
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In Theravada Buddhism, ordaining to be a monk and donating the merit thus gained is one of the greatest honors that a person can give to another – in this case to the late Navy SEAL officer.
Protester one year after Occupy Wall Street.
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The support for the key values that pervade the discourse about social justice is overall very strong but it may be surprising that democracy and solidarity receive less support among respondents.
Headquarters of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development in Washington, DC.
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An April 2017 survey explored Americans’ opinions about government intervention and welfare policies. It found that on average, they want more from their government, but are highly polarised.
Americans are deeply religious people however our exclusive survey find that many do not want religion to mix with social or political life.
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Are Americans ready for a new media model? A new survey indicates that, surprisingly, those who are more willing to pay for news include women and the young.
Sur le plateau de Fox News, durant les élections de 2012.
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Thai monks pray during a cleansing ceremony and memorial service for Saman Gunan, the Thai SEAL diver who died while trying to rescue the boys trapped in the cave.
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In Theravada Buddhism, ordaining to be a monk and donating the merit thus gained is one of the greatest honors that a person can give to another - in this case to the Navy SEAL officer, who died.
Three of the 12 rescued boys in their hospital beds.
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A scholar, who has conducted research on the Thai caves in which 12 children were recently trapped, explains their power and appeal, including the rituals and myth surrounding these sacred sites.