Peru has a new president, its fifth in five years – who is Pedro Castillo?
Catesby HolmesInternational Editor | Politics Editor, The Conversation US A 51-year-old farmer and teacher who wears a traditional Andean palm-straw hat took...
Month: July 2021
Why Ben & Jerry’s decision to stop selling ice cream in the West Bank rattled Israel
Ronnie OleskerAssociate Professor of Government, St. Lawrence University In 2018, I was living in Israel while researching a book about...
Cuba protests
Catesby HolmesInternational Editor | Politics Editor, The Conversation US Street protests erupted across Cuba on July 11, 2021, with crowds...
The ideal female body type is getting even harder to attain
Day after day, we’re bombarded with so many media messages that rarely do we stop to think about what they’re...
Poi making part of festival
By Dan TaskerKing County News A RECENT poi-making workshop in Mokau helped locals celebrate Matariki as the Māori New Year...
How Billy Graham’s legacy lives on in American life
David MislinAssistant Professor of Intellectual Heritage, Temple University Way back on Feb. 21, 2018, Billy Graham, the evangelical Christian minister...
Why the legacy of Billy Graham continues to endure: 3 essential reads
Kalpana JainSenior Religion + Ethics Editor A new two-hour documentary on PBS examines the life and rise of Billy Graham, the famed...
What makes a mountain, hill or prairie a ‘sacred’ place for Native Americans?
Rosalyn R. LaPierVisiting Assistant Professor of Women's Studies, Environmental Studies and Native American Religion, Harvard University For several months Native...
New wave of anti-protest laws may infringe on religious freedoms for Indigenous people
Rosalyn R. LaPierAssociate Professor of Environmental Studies, The University of Montana Over four days in June 2021, thousands of protesters...
What’s a suborbital flight? An aerospace engineer explains
John M. HorackNeil Armstrong Chair and Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The Ohio State University “Suborbital” is a term...
