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Diwali—a popular festival for Hindus, Jains, Buddhists and Sikhs—is specially dedicated to the worship of Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess of prosperity and good fortune, Jeffery D. Long writes.
“Polls of Gazans from 2007 to 2023 tell a story,” French writes. “They help make clear that Gazan support for armed resistance grew alongside increasing frustration, anger and a sense of hopelessness with any political solution to their suffering.”
“As the religious landscape changes, new potential voters may be ready to engage—if political leadership can enact policies that help them turn out, and inspire them to turn out, too,” Evan Stewart writes.
“Efforts have been underway to restore MokuÊ»ula in Lahaina and revitalize its history as a Native Hawaiian sacred place,” Rosalyn R. LaPier writes. “These efforts, however, will be dramatically impacted by the devastation of the Lahaina fire.”
“303 Creative addressed whether a Colorado anti-discrimination law can require a designer who believes marriage is only between a man and a woman to create a wedding website for a same-sex couple,” Charles J. Russo writes. “Two years ago, the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed that the answer was ‘yes.’ But on June 30, 2023, a bitterly divided Supreme Court reversed that judgment.”
“Behind the history of the first Thanksgiving lies a rich story that illuminates the medieval Christian roots,” Joanne M. Pierce writes.
“Carson v. Makin represents a chance for more parents to give their children an education in line with their religious beliefs,” Charles J. Russo writes. “Opponents fear that cases such as Carson could establish a precedent of requiring taxpayer dollars to fund religious teachings. Based on its most recent judgments, many legal analysts maintain that the current court is increasingly sympathetic to claims that religious liberties are being threatened but, in so doing, is creating too close of a relationship between religion and government.”
“Recent studies have underscored that conservationists can learn a lot from traditional ecological knowledge about successful resource management,” Professor of Anthropology John Ziker writes. “Some experts argue that traditional knowledge needs a role in global climate planning, because it fosters strategies that are ‘cost-effective, participatory and sustainable.'”
In the 1780s, British and American Quakers launched an extensive and unprecedented propaganda campaign against slavery and slave-labor products. Their goal of creating a broad nondenominational antislavery movement culminated in a boycott of slave-grown sugar in 1791Â supported by nearly a half-million Britons.
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