Abandoning all hope: The divine comedy by Dante, explained ~humanities religion Video 30:42, published Mar 24 2019 3 votes
Polygamy is rare around the world and mostly confined to a few regions, but is slowly being more widely accepted ~lgbt Article 1135 words, published Dec 7 2020 10 votes
Amid a crackdown on ‘separatism’, how do French Muslims feel? ~humanities religion Article 1844 words 6 votes
Atheists are sometimes more religious than Christians ~humanities religion Article 478 words, published May 31 2018 11 votes
In a 5-4 ruling, Supreme Court sides with religious groups in a dispute over Covid-19 restrictions in New York ~news law usa.ny.nyc Article 20 votes
Biblically accurate angels and the first sphere of the angelic hierarchy explained ~humanities religion Video 8:52, published Jul 31 2020 13 votes
How the US military buys location data from ordinary smartphone apps, including a Muslim prayer app with over ninety-eight million downloads ~tech Article 2893 words 13 votes
Belgium has expelled five Danish far-right activists and banned them for a year over their plans to burn a Quran in a mainly-Muslim area of Brussels ~news denmark politics belgium.brussels Article 33 words 10 votes
Every year, millions of pilgrims descend on the central Iraqi city of Karbala to commemorate the Shiite holiday of Arbaeen, one of the largest organized gatherings in the world ~humanities religion Article 381 words 6 votes
Pope Francis appoints first African-American cardinal ~humanities religion Article 747 words 12 votes
'I could show you stuff you wouldn’t believe:' Gravediggers speak out about horrifying conditions ~life work Article 3980 words 8 votes
An old Norse 'godhouse' has been discovered in Norway – site reflects how the rise of Christianity to the south affected the worship of the Norse pantheon ~humanities.history Article 700 words 8 votes
Evangelicals are surprised and angered by Brazilian President Bolsonaro's Supreme Court pick, Kassio Nunes ~misc politics Article 1242 words 5 votes
Priest recorded having group sex on altar of Pearl River church, police say; three arrested ~humanities religion Article 1098 words 9 votes
Protest erupts in Orthodox Jewish community over NYC's new coronavirus restrictions ~health Article 604 words 4 votes
Iran’s secular shift: New survey reveals huge changes in religious beliefs ~humanities religion Article 939 words 12 votes
The Vow: A nine-hour docuseries on the appeal and deep psychological manipulation of the Nxivm cult is a searing portrait of gaslighting and abuse ~movies reviews documentaries Article 980 words 7 votes
An interview with Playboy magazine nearly torpedoed Jimmy Carter's Presidential campaign: The pious Georgia Democrat spoke earnestly of his views on sex, a bridge too far for conservative Christians ~humanities.history Article 1844 words 6 votes
The Amish keep to themselves. And they’re hiding a horrifying secret: "A year of reporting by Cosmo and Type Investigations reveals a culture of incest, rape, and abuse." ~humanities religion Article 3340 words, published Jan 14 2020 23 votes
Scaled-down hajj begins in coronavirus era – in pictures ~humanities religion Article published Jul 30 2020 11 votes
Is religion a flawed play-style for humans and if so, why did it arise in the first place? (Feat. TierZoo) ~humanities religion Video 14:34, published May 10 2020 2 votes
Racism in the USA is higher among white Christians than among the nonreligious. That's no coincidence ~humanities religion Article 1562 words 28 votes
B'nai mitzvah: Instead of a male or female coming-of-age ceremony, one Jewish teen decided to do "something in the middle" ~lgbt Article 775 words 8 votes
The Church of Sweden has more female than male priests for the first time – a sign of huge strides for gender equality since women were first allowed to be ordained in 1960 ~humanities religion Article 525 words 8 votes
The US Roman Catholic Church used a special and unprecedented exemption from federal rules to amass at least $1.4 billion in taxpayer-backed coronavirus aid ~finance Article 2360 words 10 votes
Young people around the world are less religious than their parents in several measures ~humanities religion Article 2942 words, published Jun 13 2018 10 votes
The invention of satanic witchcraft by medieval authorities was initially met with skepticism ~humanities religion Article 981 words 6 votes
The Chinese government is engaging in a widespread, systematic campaign of forced birth control and sterilization on Uighurs and other minorities ~news china.xinjiang Article 3251 words 48 votes
How a climate crisis helped shape Norse mythology – a group of archaeologists, linguists and other experts have teamed up to analyse the inscriptions of the Rök Stone ~humanities.languages Article 354 words 9 votes
Vatican urges Catholics to drop investments in fossil fuels, arms ~enviro climate change Article 301 words 14 votes
Actor Danny Masterson of That '70s Show charged with raping three women ~tv Article 303 words 8 votes
An Indian healer who kissed hands to cure coronavirus died of coronavirus: So far, 20 people who came in close contact with him tested positive, making the Indian state of Madhya Pradesha a hotspot ~health Article 432 words 9 votes
"My Immortal" as alchemical allegory ~humanities religion philosophy Article 7098 words, published May 27 2020 9 votes
Undercover at a Christian gay-to-straight conversion camp ~lgbt Article 1859 words, published Oct 25 2018 12 votes
More than forty diagnosed with COVID-19 after Frankfurt church service ~health Article 172 words 8 votes
Pastor who claimed to cure coronavirus with faith dies of coronavirus ~health Article 264 words 12 votes
Saudi Arabia, other gulf states reimpose strict measures after coronavirus cases spike during Ramadan ~health Article 970 words 6 votes
Men quitting masturbation: "Porn addiction" support groups reinforce damaging gender stereotypes ~life Article 2437 words 25 votes
Roe of “Roe v. Wade” says Christian right paid her to be anti-choice mouthpiece ~humanities religion Article 608 words 17 votes
Two churches reclose after faith leaders and congregants get coronavirus ~health Article 901 words 10 votes
In defense of hellfire: The rhetoric of damnation has been lost. But how else can we adequately condemn injustice? ~humanities.history Article 2629 words, published Nov 17 2019 8 votes