General Electric to shed 12,000 jobs
Source: BBC News General Electric is to cut 12,000 jobs in its power business, 18% of the division’s global workforce. The US industrial group expects the “painful but necessary” job […]
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Video: A closer look at ‘3.67m-year-old’ human skeleton
Source: BBC News It took 20 years to excavate, clean and put together Little Foot, whose skeleton was found in caves north of Johannesburg. Its exact age is debated, but […]
Outside the Supreme Court, demonstrators on both sides of cake case fear for their freedoms
Source: The Washington Post By Julie Zauzmer December 5 Jack Phillips, center left, the baker who refused to make a cake for a gay couple, waves to supporters as he walks out […]
Of Course Jerusalem Is Israel’s Capital
Source: The New York Times By Shmuel Rosner Photo CreditOded Balilty/Associated Press JERUSALEM — How long do you think there has been a Jewish temple on Temple Mount in Jerusalem? […]
How the Babri mosque destruction shaped India
Source: BBC News On this day, 25 years ago, right-wing Hindu mobs razed to the ground the 16th Century Babri mosque, claiming that it was built on the site of […]
U.N., European Union and Pope Criticize Trump’s Jerusalem Announcement
Source: The New York Times By JASON HOROWITZ ROME — Pope Francis said, “I cannot remain silent.” The United Nations secretary general spoke of his “great anxiety.” The European Union expressed […]
Pivotal Justice Kennedy poses tough questions in gay wedding case
Source: Reuters By Lawrence Hurley 6 MIN READ WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared sharply divided in the closely watched case of a Christian baker who […]
Supreme Court Seems Split In Case Of Baker Vs. Same-Sex Couple; Eyes Now On Kennedy
Source: NPR By NINA TOTENBERG All eyes were on Justice Anthony Kennedy Tuesday at a riveting Supreme Court argument where the issue was whether a baker may refuse to create a […]
TIME’s Person of the Year: The Silence Breakers
Source: Time BY STEPHANIE ZACHAREK, ELIANA DOCKTERMAN AND HALEY SWEETLAND EDWARDS PHOTOGRAPHS BY BILLY & HELLS Movie stars are supposedly nothing like you and me. They’re svelte, glamorous, self-possessed. They wear dresses […]
US to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital
Source: BBC News US President Donald Trump will recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, senior administration officials have said. He is due to announce the controversial decision in a speech later. […]
Why Jerusalem matters
Source: BBC News US President Donald Trump is expected to announce plans to move the American embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. The BBC’s Yolande Knell explains why the city is […]
Society’s gap between men and women still wide
Source: CNN By Kelly Wallace, CNN (CNN)The past two months have no doubt been a turning point when it comes to sexual harassment allegations in the workplace. Women, who are often […]
The Value of Women
Source: US News By Susan Milligan, Senior Writer | Dec. 5, 2017, at 12:01 p.m. Women: do you get the feeling that society values you largely for your beauty and nurturing manner, while […]
Men and Women Say They’re More Different Than Similar
Source: The New York Times By Claire Cain Miller Men are tough; women are in touch with their feelings. Men are providers; women are nurturers. Men should punch back when […]
On Gender Differences, No Consensus on Nature vs. Nurture
Source: Pew Research Center Americans say society places a higher premium on masculinity than on femininity BY KIM PARKER, JULIANA MENASCE HOROWITZ AND RENEE STEPLER Twenty-five years after the release of the bestseller “Men […]
How do your views on gender compare with those of other Americans?
Source: Pew Research Center BY KIM PARKER, JULIANA MENASCE HOROWITZ AND RENEE STEPLER Pew Research Center recently released a series of reports looking at Americans’ views on the state of gender equality, gender differences and gender identity, all […]
Ventura fire: Thousands evacuated in southern California
Source: BBC News Some 27,000 residents were forced to flee their homes in the middle of the night as a fast-moving wildfire ripped through southern California. Several thousand homes are […]
Can Celebrity Scientists Change The Way People Think About Science And Religion?
Source: NPR BY TANIA LOMBROZO Stephen Jay Gould famously described the relationship between science and religion as one of “non-overlapping magisteria,” with science restricted to facts and theories about the empirical […]
A Florida Man Was Arrested After Allegedly Planning A Mass Shooting At A Mosque
Source: BuzzFeed News BY Claudia Koerner A 69-year-old Florida man was arrested last week after allegedly planning to carry out a mass shooting at a Florida mosque, authorities announced Monday. […]
In schools, a growing push to recognize Muslim and Jewish holidays
Source: The Washington Post By Debbie Truong December 4 at 6:20 PM When her daughters were children, Khadija Athman packed the major Islamic holidays, Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha, with celebration. They […]