Göbekli Tepe is now a Unesco world heritage site
An astonishing neolithic ruin shows the incomprehensible variety and power of religion
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Here’s What It’s Like to Work at a Shelter for Immigrant Kids
by Kavitha Surana and Robert Faturechi BROWNSVILLE, Texas — The employees were in the ninth hour of another 12-hour shift Saturday afternoon at a converted […]
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How China censors the net: by making sure there’s too much information
A new book shows how the republic’s government has adapted to the challenge of a networked age
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Corruption Is Bad, But Sabotage Is Worse
Did you hear that the head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Scott Pruitt, is so corrupt that he spent $1,560 on 12 customized fountain pens? But what’s really outrageous is what he’s doing with the EPA.
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Leaked UN draft report warns of urgent need to cut global warming
IPCC says ‘rapid and far-reaching’ measures required to combat climate change
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Mountain gorilla population rises above 1,000
New total represents an increase of 25% since 2010 in its central African heartland
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How ships bring agonising death to last Greek whales
Government promises action on collisions to avoid slaughter on busy shipping routes
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Questioning War is a Civic Duty. Why Do So Few Do It?
By Kevin Basl “How do you motivate men and women to fight and die for a cause many of them don’t believe in, and whose purpose […]
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‘We can’t see a future’: group takes EU to court over climate change
Litigants from eight countries claim EU institutions are not protecting fundamental rights
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The Moral Revolution America Needs
Thousands of civil rights advocates, low-wage workers, and religious leaders kicked off massive protests in an effort to revive Martin Luther King’s Poor People’s Campaign.
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