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Religion influences politics more now than it did 50 years ago. Are we going forward or backward?

Men are barbarians, while women are civilizing. Or at least, that’s how the stereotype goes.    

The one thing both extremes of Left and Right agree on. 

Gulp. Is that you, Santa?

Science gone horribly wrong. This infographic presents inventors where wiped out by their own creations. 

Scientists solve the mystery of an ancient Babylonian tablet, rewriting history. They think the tablet has much to teach us.

Historian Alfred McCoy explains why American power is coming to an end and lays out his vision for the new global order.

America today has normalized crimes, both physical and spiritual, says Cornel West—and being indifferent to that is the worst of all evils.

Creators of the mega-hit tv show “Game of Thrones” face growing controversy over their next show.

Many people were upset when NPR tweeted out the Declaration of Independence.

Scientists solve the mystery of why 2000-year-old Roman concrete still stands strong.

The political and economic ideas of socialism are coming back into fashion.

A new study discovers why whales grew to be the largest animals on our planet.

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson releases an emotional video on the state of science in America.

The thoughts on ruthless leadership by Italian politician and writer Niccolò Machiavelli resonate today. 

A classic law of Internet debate explains why bringing up Hitler is a terrible idea as White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer found out in a disastrous press conference.

KGB-era “active measures” are still being used by Russian intelligence agencies today, according to experts.

From olde English dogs, to immoral women, to weak men, to irritating women, to its prideful reclaiming, to ownership over a woman (there’s a theme here), the word “b*tch” has a long and fascinating history, and it’s all stored in the archives of the Merriam-Webster lexicography department.

Charges of treason are often used incorrectly in today’s political climate. Treason has a very specific definition in the U.S. Constitution.

America’s most popular conspiracy theories and the science behind them.

The Middle Ages see a resurgence of interest among the alt-right and some conservative thinkers.

Irish Travellers, a group facing much discrimination and inequality, is given formal ethnic status in Ireland.

While often compared to the Roman Empire, the United States is not likely to collapse in the same way.

While Kellyanne Conway spoke of a nonexistent massacre, there was a real, historical massacre that took place at Bowling Green – in New York City.

Physicists propose that violations of a fundamental law of physics in early stages of the universe are responsible for the mysterious dark energy.

The environmental legacy of this generally disgraced President is second to none.

The United States and Russia are longtime geopolitical adversaries looking for a new way forward.

People like Thomas More, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Roosevelt, and Bertrand Russell have already had many of the arguments we’re having about basic income today.   Dr. Elise Klein wants to point out the conversations we’re having around Universal Basic Income (UBI) aren’t new. Great leaders and thinkers Thomas Paine, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Roosevelt, and Tony Atkinson have already had many of the arguments surrounding UBI, today. Its history bears repeating.

The work of Kremlin-approved philosopher Alexander Dugin provides key insights on the longterm strategy behind Russian hacks of the American elections. 

Much news on the Internet is very similar to the dangerous “yellow journalism” of history.