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Sage burning as a spiritual cleansing ritual is common at Black Lives Matter protests. Erin Clark/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

Far from being anti-religious, faith and spirituality run deep in Black Lives Matter

Hebah H. Farrag, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences and Ann Gleig, University of Central Florida

BLM has been accused of being 'Godless' and operating in a 'demonic realm.' But scholars of religion see a deep spirituality at work in the movement.
A nursing home resident in Rome is moved to a hospital. Mauro Scrobogna/LaPresse via AP

5 reasons the coronavirus hit Italy so hard

Sara Belligoni, University of Central Florida

The coronavirus found dangerously fertile ground in elements of the country's demographics, business, geography and culture.
Talk to the hand. SoumenNath/Getty Images

Is workplace rudeness on the rise?

Shannon G. Taylor, University of Central Florida

Growing alarms over a 'rudeness epidemic' make it seem like incivility in the workplace is on the rise. The data suggest otherwise.
Dilbar Ali Ravu, 10, is kissed by his aunt, Dalal Ravu, as Yazidi children are reunited with their families in Iraq after five years of captivity with the Islamic State group, March 2, 2019. AP Photo/Philip Issa, File

5 years after Islamic State massacre, an Iraqi minority is transformed by trauma

Tutku Ayhan, University of Central Florida and Güneş Murat Tezcür, University of Central Florida

Interviews with the Yazidi survivors of IS attacks that killed 3,100 people in 2014 reveal the emotional, cultural and spiritual scars of religious persecution.
Les forces démocratiques syriennes dirigées par les Kurdes sur le champ pétrolier d'al-Omar à Deir Al Zor, en Syrie, lors de l'annonce qu'elles avaient mis fin au contrôle de l'État islamique sur les terres de l'est du pays, 23 mars 2019. Rodi Said/Reuters

Parmi les Kurdes visés par l’offensive turque : les milliers de femmes qui ont affronté Daech

Haidar Khezri, University of Central Florida

L’offensive turque contre le Kurdistan met notamment en danger des milliers de femmes qui ont héroïquement combattu Daech.
The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces at al-Omar oil field in Deir Al Zor, Syria, at the announcement that they had ended the Islamic State’s control of land in eastern Syria, March 23, 2019. Reuters/Rodi Said

Kurds targeted in Turkish attack include thousands of female fighters who battled Islamic State

Haidar Khezri, University of Central Florida

Kurdish women have fought on the front lines of military battles since the 19th century. A scholar explains the origins of Kurdistan's relative gender equality in a mostly conservative Muslim region.
Nigerian soldiers clearing Boko Haram camps in Borno State. The government has contracted private security companies to help. EPA/Stringer

Peeling back the layers on the role of private security companies in Africa

Jonathan Powell, University of Central Florida; Christopher Michael Faulkner, Centre College, and Joshua Lambert, University of Central Florida

Private military and security companies are increasingly being contracted in Africa. But there are big gaps in understanding their impact.
I don’t know about you, but I’m not really feeling 22. Sucharas Wongpeth/Shutterstock.com

Why the ‘perfect’ office temperature is a myth

Fan Zhang, Griffith University; Peter Hancock, University of Central Florida, and Richard de Dear, University of Sydney

Workplaces the world over tune their thermostats to 22C, because this supposedly optimises mental performance. But the factors that underpin a productive office are much more complicated.
Mauro still has enough money to buy the loyalty of Venezuela’s military — but his government is going bankrupt, so that will change. Reuters/Handout

Odds of military coup in Venezuela rise every day Maduro stays in office

Clayton Besaw, University of Central Florida

A coup seems so imminent in Venezuela that people are debating whether Maduro's overthrow would be good or bad for Venezuelan democracy. But history suggests a coup may be less likely than it seems.

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