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Tag: Religion

65% of Israelis Agree that God’s Command to Exterminate Amalek Applies to Palestinians, 80% for Ethnic Cleansing
War

65% of Israelis Agree that God’s Command to Exterminate Amalek Applies to Palestinians, 80% for Ethnic Cleansing

May 26, 2025May 26, 2025

A poll by Penn State University has found that two thirds of Israelis support extermination of the Palestinians in…

Is Finland Really the Happiest Country? New Global Flourishing Study Find Indonesians Are Most Fulfilled
Human Sciences

Is Finland Really the Happiest Country? New Global Flourishing Study Find Indonesians Are Most Fulfilled

May 20, 2025May 20, 2025

A new measure of global mental wellbeing was recently released through a series of papers from Harvard University and…

Peace Pope Leo XIV Hints Vatican Could Host Russia-Ukraine Talks, While Condemning Gaza War in Inaugural Mass
World News

Peace Pope Leo XIV Hints Vatican Could Host Russia-Ukraine Talks, While Condemning Gaza War in Inaugural Mass

May 19, 2025

On Wednesday, WaL explored whether Pope Leo XIV could, more than any other pope before him, have a unique voice in…

Could the First American Pope Reduce His Home Country’s Militarism?
Foreign Policy

Could the First American Pope Reduce His Home Country’s Militarism?

May 13, 2025

Days after the shock announcement from the Vatican that the first American pope in history had been elected, Chicago’s…

Investigation Claims Interior Dept. Permitting Controversial Eagle Sacrifices in America’s National Parks
Policy

Investigation Claims Interior Dept. Permitting Controversial Eagle Sacrifices in America’s National Parks

May 3, 2025

Extraordinary reporting published by Animal Wellness Action and written by fish and wildlife reporter Ted Williams shows that, by…

Corrupted Monks and Conspiracy Along the Pilgrimage Called the ‘Buddha Circuit’
Culture

Corrupted Monks and Conspiracy Along the Pilgrimage Called the ‘Buddha Circuit’

June 4, 2024

This is part 2 of a 2-part series on the conditions of Buddhism at arguably the holiest site in…

Buddhism in Bihar—an Estranged Relationship in the Birthplace of the Fourth Largest Religion
Culture

Buddhism in Bihar—an Estranged Relationship in the Birthplace of the Fourth Largest Religion

May 16, 2024

This is part 1 of a 2-part series on the conditions of Buddhism at arguably the holiest site in…

Entering India to Search for Siddharta
Travel Dispatches

Entering India to Search for Siddharta

May 7, 2024May 7, 2024

From the days long before the Portuguese and the British plugged India all unwillingly into the European colonial world,…


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Israel’s Destruction of Palestinian Olive Trees: Security Meets Environmental Warfare

Suzanne Latre August 28, 2025

At dawn on Monday, Israeli military bulldozers entered the Nablus area. They began uprooting thousands of olive trees, which…

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US Has Bombed Somalia Over 50 Times This Year

Andy Corbley August 21, 2025

US Africa Command (AFRICOM) conducted an airstrike against al-Shabaab southwest of the city of Bariire in central Somalia last…

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American Children Getting as Much as Two-Thirds of Daily Calories from Ultra-Processed Foods

Andy Corbley August 7, 2025

Between August 2021 and August 2023, a new report from the CDC found that ultra-processed foods make up over…

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