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Conservatives believe that America was divinely created, and they want schools to teach this
The belief that merit rather than luck determines success or failure in the world is demonstrably false
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Learning to confront loss is a critical part of our humanity, one that modern society often discourages
I used to have both my father and America on a pedestal. My faith in both has been severely shaken, but I still have hope that it’s not too late for one of them.
New research finds that regardless of their religious views, people are more likely to condemn women having casual sex than men
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The intellectual destruction of Christian fundamentalism has caused the American right to believe that truth is entirely the product of social power