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Back to SearchThe power of white evangelical Christians in MAGA politics
In the past decade, there has been one stable voting bloc: white evangelical Christians. Their support has been at a constant 80 per cent for Donald …
10 months ago
There's no potential danger of AI discrimination — 'it's here'
The grave consequences artificial intelligence poses aren't 'potential' — they are happening now, warns MIT researcher Joy Buolamwini. She argues tha…
10 months ago
The one exception that makes killing civilians legal in war
International law is clear: warring parties cannot kill civilians. It's a war crime. But there is one exception. An attacker can justify killing them…
10 months ago
The 2,000-year-old travel list to complete before you die
More than 2,000 years ago, someone sat down and wrote a travel bucket list for the ancient world — suggesting must-see places that we now call The Se…
10 months ago
Canadian troops who freed the Netherlands from Nazis
On May 5, 1945, Canadian soldiers played a key role in the liberation of the Netherlands from the German forces. Almost 80 years later, a large group…
10 months ago
What it means to call your loved one a ‘corpse’
In the hour’s following her mother’s death, Martha Baillie undertook two rituals — preparing a death mask of her mother’s face, and washing her mothe…
10 months, 1 week ago
The limitless mind and body of an 83-year-old super-athlete
"Never let anyone tell you that you're old," says Dag Aabaye, an 83-year-old super athlete who defies age. He runs two to six hours daily in B.C.'s O…
10 months, 1 week ago
How the American cowboy ignited the Republican movement
The cowboy — a symbol of the true American man who is anti-government, works independently and protects his family. Historian Heather Cox Richardson …
10 months, 1 week ago
Elections results are in. IDEAS recommends World Report
IDEAS listeners think deeply about the state of the world and how to improve it. To do that, you need to know what's going on. That's why we're recom…
10 months, 1 week ago
Reality TV might be making you smarter
When reality TV first exploded in the early 2000s, the media panicked about the effect "unscripted" content would have on viewers. They found it diff…
10 months, 1 week ago