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Rioters break windows and breach the Capitol building in an attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
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The insights of an ancient historian show that the causes of civil unrest are often the same over time and across societies.
Infowars founder Alex Jones in court during his Sandy Hook defamation damages trial in Waterbury, Conn., Sept. 22, 2022.
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Shame and guilt seem equally foreign to many politicians and public figures these days. Rather than cover their bad behavior with a veneer of hypocrisy, they revel in it, a classics scholar says.
Voting at home by mail can be very convenient – and safe from concerns about COVID-19.
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A new study found that the device people used to communicate in a negotiation made a big difference in how likely they were to deceive for personal gain.
A woman runs from a house on fire after shelling in Donetsk in eastern Ukraine in June 2022.
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A classics scholar looks at Cassidy Hutchinson’s testimony and says only a rare few are able to summon courage. For others, the drive to maintain power produces cowardice and willful blindness.
President Joe Biden signs the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act into law.
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Psychologists know babies can form memories soon after birth. So why can’t people remember anything that happened to them before around age 2? A child development expert describes possible reasons.
Restrictive gun laws bring down the murder rate.
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Ukraine appeared not to matter much to the US and other Western countries. It wasn’t a vital interest. Russia’s war has redefined Ukraine’s status with the West.
So much uncertainty around risk can make it extra hard to decide what to do.
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People tend to dislike uncertainty and risk – two things that are hard to avoid completely during a pandemic. That’s part of why it can feel especially draining to make even small decisions these days.
A residential building destroyed by Russian army shelling in Borodyanka, Kyiv province.
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A group of Ukrainian teens writes about what they will do when the war ends. ‘The first thing that I would do is play the piano. I will play as long as I can,’ writes one.
Ketanji Brown Jackson is the first Black woman to serve on the highest court in the land.
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President Biden said that Vladimir Putin had committed war crimes, after news emerged of mass civilian murders in Bucha, Ukraine. Three stories from our archive explain what this means.
The next Supreme Court justice?
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Rusia ha perpetrado ataques generalizados contra la población civil de Ucrania, que incluyen asesinatos, secuestros, violaciones, torturas y deportaciones masivas. Dada la magnitud de la violencia, las advertencias de genocidio deben tomarse muy en serio.
A Ukrainian soldier observes a destroyed shopping mall in Kyiv on March 29, 2022.
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There are a few warning signs that genocide is happening. In the Russian war on Ukraine, all of those are present.
Poetry matters: City workers in Kiev, Ukraine, protect a monument to Italian poet Dante Alighieri from shelling by the Russians.
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When Russia invaded Ukraine, its leader was immediately labeled “fascist” by Ukrainians and others. A political scientist explains why that label fits.