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Are Farage and Polanski already yesterday's men?

Whisper it quietly - but are we witnessing the strange rebirth of good, old-fashioned two party politics? Andy Burnham and Kemi Badenoch are now the only party leaders with net approval ratings among the public. Labour and the Tories are both within touching distance of Farage's Reform in a number of polls. Burnham has had a strong first week, and he and Badenoch are dominating the political airwaves at the moment in a classic row around tax and the State. Nigel Farage's £5m donation and Clac...

United Kingdom
Culture

A Compelling Witness

Two election cycles ago, Ben Grizzle, a Managing Director at Goldman Sachs living in New York City with his family, saw a friend from high school share on Facebook that he had unfriended three people, two of them from his church, because of the rhetoric they were using. In the post, his friend expressed his Read more. The post A Compelling Witness appeared first on Christianity Today

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Environment

What to Do with a Thousand Unemployed Mosquitos

A goat grazed outside a small building in a remote part of southern Zambia. Behind the building’s door waited a lab full of mosquitos, and he would be their dinner. Inside the warm, humid lab, called an insectary, mosquito larvae squirmed in trays of water. Hundreds of grown mosquitos buzzed in mesh boxes. A series Read more. The post What to Do with a Thousand Unemployed Mosquitos appeared first on Christianity Today

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Society

From an Old Addiction Baseline to a New Epidemic

Addiction is nothing new in our country. Sometimes it’s hidden away and people with abnormal habits can still lead mostly normal lives. But numerous studies over the years have linked substance abuse and homelessness. One oft-cited study showed that more than four out of five chronically homeless people have had alcohol or drug problems. That’s over a Read more. The post From an Old Addiction Baseline to a New Epidemic appeared first on Christianity Today

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Politics

How should the government balance internet access and public safety during youth protests?

India has extended a mobile internet shutdown in the capital, New Delhi, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi faces his biggest youth-led challenge since taking office in 2014. Leaders of the youth-led "Cockroach" movement are expected to meet government officials later today in an effort to resolve a standoff over the country's education system. The talks come hours after activist Sonam Wangchuk ended a 26-day hunger strike, amid mounting public anger over exam irregularities and a series of other scandals. Rachael Griffiths reports

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