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Angola’s long war changed the way farmers used fire – why it matters
Understanding how rural communities use fire is the first step in managing it.
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Female baboons keep family bonds strong: research reveals the benefits
Understanding how female baboons benefit from social bonds helps humans understand their own origins.
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Russia’s push to control Arctic waterway presents Europe with a daunting challenge
The Bear Gap is as vital to Russian military strategy as it is to Europe’s future security.
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30 years after ‘Reasonable Doubt,’ Jay-Z’s career embodies hip-hop’s biggest contradictions
What happens when a rapper whose early work explored capitalism’s brutality becomes one of the system’s most successful beneficiaries?
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The US founders’ other revolutionary choice: Separating religion and government
European colonial powers linked church and state. But the founders of the United States broke from that idea as surely as they broke from Britain.
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Beyond car seats and childproof pill bottles: A child psychologist explains how to empower kids to make safer choices
Unintentional injuries kill 20 US children every day. Building a family culture of safety can help them learn to make wise choices.
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I study the Declaration of Independence, and here’s why the colonists’ grievances are surprisingly relevant, 250 years later
A partisan judiciary, arbitrary power, officials beyond the reach of the people – these are the grievances that drove a revolution.
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How the US Supreme Court decides its cases – a step-by-step guide
Grasping how the nation’s highest court makes policy requires stepping into an exceptionally regulated and sometimes hidden routine.
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Climate warnings need to be told in tangible ways to prevent disaster
The science will tell us what is likely to happen. The harder question is whether that knowledge reaches people in a form they can feel and act on.
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ASIO chief reveals former Australian resident directed attack on Melbourne synagogue
The head of ASIO Mike Burgess has outlined Australia security situation in his annual threat assessment.
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David Robie: Decolonisation, the climate crisis, and improving media education in the Pacific
PROFILE: By Mong Palatino Global Voices has interviewed veteran Aotearoa New Zealand writer and educator David Robie who discussed the state of Pacific media, journalism education, and the role of the press in addressing decolonisation and the climate crisis. Professor Robie was among the 2024 New Zealand Order of Merit awardees and on the inaugural…
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Bird flu has spread to two Australian states. Here’s how it could accelerate our extinction crisis
The arrival of the H5N1 strain may threaten our most vulnerable species.