Who were the Sea Peoples?
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The Religion of Pre-Islamic Arabia
Before Islam, Arabs worshipped many gods. Using newly deciphered ancient desert inscriptions, we explore the forgotten religious world of pre-Islamic Arabia: The goddess Allāt, sacrifice, pilgrimage, fate, magic, and the…
AIPAC and US Elections
AIPAC's name has become so toxic that it's trying different tactics to hide election spending. When Kat Abughazaleh ran for Congress, AIPAC dumped $5 million into the race. But you…
Pure Land Buddhism
The Mahayana Multiverse
Residents SOUND OFF against Kevin O’Leary’s 40,000 acre Utah data center
Kevin O’Leary’s proposed data center is estimated to eventually consume 9 GW of power a year. That's more power than the entire state of Utah. At 40,000 acres, it would…
Their landlord abandoned them, then jacked up the rent. Now they’re withholding $50K to fight back.
Tenants just launched the first rent strike in Montana in 50 years. Residents at Bozeman mobile home parks are withholding $50,000 dollars in protest of a major rent hike. It's…
Why These Christians Worship with Deadly Snakes
In parts of Appalachia, a few Pentecostal Christians handle live venomous snakes during worship, following a literal reading of Mark 16. This video explores the history, psychology, and faith behind…
Inside a Renovated Council Flat by the Sea in Newhaven, Edinburgh
Eileen Inglis moved into a 1960s ex-local authority flat in Newhaven with lower ceilings than she’d been used to, a smaller kitchen, and not a trace of Georgian. She had…
The gull that set up her nest in the Giardini at the Venice Biennale
via hyperallergic May 10, 2026