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Five centuries ago, a single misprinted image in a German Bible quietly rewired how Europeans pictured the world and their ...

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On paper, the change is simple: the informal Central Asian format is now a C6. Politically and conceptually, it is much more ...

We can fight child sexual abuse using a block-and-build strategy rooted in economic, racial, and gender justice.

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