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Views on how to deal with the homeless encampments that have cropped up across California in recent years, such as this one in Venice Beach, Los Angeles, in June 2021, don’t fall neatly along party lines.
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4 in 10 voters would back a candidate from the opposing party for local office if that politician shared their views on homelessness and housing, according to survey data from California.
Pèlerins musulmans à Mina, près de la ville sainte de La Mecque, en Arabie saoudite, le 18 juin 2024.
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La religion et le nationalisme étaient autrefois des idéologies opposées. Aujourd’hui, ils font de plus en plus bon ménage, le populisme en étant souvent le ciment.
Islamistas malasios se manifiestan a favor de la sharia el 20 de noviembre de 2023.
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Agama dan nasionalisme pernah menjadi ideologi yang bertentangan. Kini, keduanya semakin bersahabat, dengan populisme yang sering kali menjadi perekatnya.
Malaysian Islamists rally in favor of sharia law on Nov. 20, 2023.
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Black travelers want the tourism industry to recognize their full identity. That will require more than procedural checkboxes and targeted advertising.
Sound therapy, which uses bells and singing bowls for healing, has gained popularity in recent years.
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A medical anthropologist explores claims about the health benefits of sound baths and how to choose the one to attend.
The fresh flavors taste good now – a here-and-now reward that’s more motivating than potentially avoiding health problems in the future.
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Long-term goals can be hard to stick to if the benefits are only way off in the future. Research suggests ways to focus on the here and now to help you ultimately achieve your more far-off targets.
It’s hard to divulge an inability to put food on the table.
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On Aug. 11, 1973, a block party in the Bronx spawned a genre that would go on to influence nearly all aspects of US culture – and the music, fashion and art of countries around the world.
The exhibit “Afrofuturism: A History of Black Futures” at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., on May 4, 2023.
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Even with laws to protect a woman’s right to have an abortion, Black women found it hard to find access to reproductive health care. It’s only gotten worse since Roe v. Wade was overturned.
Supporters of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan celebrate in Istanbul on May 28, 2023.
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Incumbent president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan faces opposition leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu in a second-round vote that will decide the future trajectory of Turkey’s politics.
Erdoğan has led Turkey for 20 years. Will he be elected for five more?
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There’s a lot at stake in the May 14 presidential election. Will Turkey continue to be ruled by a populist Islamist government or return to a path of secular democratization?
Martin Luther King, Jr. leads a group that includes a nun and Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel during the Selma to Montgomery Civil Rights march.
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Religious pluralism and social justice were at the core of King’s campaigns – a vision shaped by influences as diverse as Gandhi, the Black church, Greek classics and Buddhism.
Erdoğan is facing criticism over his handling of the disaster.
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Disaster-hit Turkey is due to stage a presidential vote in June. Erdoğan’s handling of the earthquake response – and his role in the country’s perceived lack of preparedness – may be his undoing.