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Why Private Security Is a Booming Industry in South Africa 0
- Politics
- April 27, 2018
South Africa made international headlines in March when the government voted to seize land from white farmers without compensation. It is still unclear how the expropriations will proceed. But the vote put South Africa under a negative spotlight. No discussion of the country is complete without a mention of its high and ever-rising crime rate.
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5 Creepy Science Terms That Explain Your Addiction to Junk Food 0
- Science
- April 27, 2018
Five years ago, the New York Times published an engaging exposé by Michael Moss titled “The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food.”The exposé (which was adapted from Moss’ book titled Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us) revealed that Americans’ addiction to junk foods such as chips and soda was not merely the result of a lack of
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5 Myths about the Great Depression and New Deal 0
- Economics
- April 26, 2018
This year marks the 85th anniversary of the New Deal, the controversial set of programs, public works, and economic reforms that President Franklin Delano Roosevelt undertook to combat America’s Great Depression. Historians commonly contend that the New Deal was pivotal in beating the Great Depression and protecting the American middle class. But how significant was it,
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The ‘Story’ That Replaced Christianity Is Collapsing 1
- Religion
- April 26, 2018
In graduate school, one of the most helpful concepts I learned about was narrative theology. The basic premise behind it is that theologies are rooted in a narrative, or story, that forms the lens through which a religion’s adherents interpret the world. Christianity itself is a story, one that captured the West’s attention for almost
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GQ Magazine Includes the Bible on its List of Books Not Worth Reading 0
- Literature
- April 26, 2018
A new article in GQ lists the“21 most overrated books ever.” Of the 21 books GQ lists that aren’t worth reading, one of them is the Bible. It’s enough to make you wonder if GQ is a magazine worth reading. The Bible gets the boot, along with Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea and
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Man’s Tweet on Voter ID Laws Goes Viral: Stop Treating Black People Like We’re Vagrants!0
- Politics
- April 26, 2018
Voter ID laws are one of the most controversial topics in America today. As of 2016, 33 states had some kind of voter ID law. Here is the breakdown, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Strict photo ID required: Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Mississippi, Tennessee, Virginia, and Wisconsin. Strict non-photo ID required: Arizona and
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