How ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Ends After Six Seasons
Warning: Spoilers ahead for the series finale of The Handmaid’s Tale It’s hard to believe it, but one of television’s most eerily prescient and challenging...
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What Saint Augustine Can Teach us About Pope Leo XIV
Standing in front of the cascade of crimson curtains on the balcony of Saint Peter’s on the evening of May 8, with an emotional crowd...
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The Long History of the U.S. Backing White South Africans
Last Monday, 49 white South Africans landed at Dulles airport in Washington D.C. They arrived under President Donald Trump’s newly created refugee pathway, aimed squarely...
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The Trump Administration is Trying to Redefine Human Rights
Every spring, since the late 1970s, the State Department has released the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. This year, those waiting for these documents...
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The History of Government Influence Over Universities
On March 27, President Donald Trump issued an executive order titled, “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History,” which aims to root out the “corrosive...
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The SAVE Act Could Threaten Voting Access—And Repeat History
If the Senate passes the SAVE Act and President Donald Trump signs it into law, it will mean that millions of American women could find...
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Report Exposes the Painful History of International Adoption
In March, South Korea’s Truth and Reconciliation Committee (TRC) released its report on the country’s international adoption system. After a three-year investigation, the committee found...
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What to Do If You Get Diagnosed with an Ovarian Cyst
Ovarian cysts, which are small fluid-filled sacs that develop in or on the ovaries, are very common and are usually harmless. In fact, “the process...
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The True Story Behind Netflix’s ‘Untold: The Liver King’
Yanking organs out of bloodied animal carcasses and tearing them apart with his teeth; gnawing bull testes around the dinner table with his family as...
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The History Behind Judy Blume’s Controversial Novel, Forever
In 1975, Judy Blume released Forever, a YA novel about a young woman falling in love for the first time and losing her virginity. Almost...
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‘The Righteous Gemstones’ Ends With a Ludicrous Finale
The fourth and final season of HBO’s The Righteous Gemstones wrapped up with a bang—well, multiple bangs—on Sunday night, closing out another madcap adventure with...
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The Story Behind Netflix’s Angi: Fake Life, True Crime
In 2008, the death of a fashion designer in a Barcelona apartment would reveal one of the most cold and disturbing crimes in recent Spanish...