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Why the Olympic Games are a ‘civil religious’ ceremony with a global congregation
The Conversation via Yahoo Canada News· 5 days agoThe ancient Greeks organized the Olympic Games to demonstrate their devotion to Zeus and other...
A sharecropper’s son, he was one of the longest-serving pastors in Miami-Dade. He was 96
Miami Herald via Yahoo Canada News· 2 days agoBack in the day, many Blacks were Republican because Abraham Lincoln was a Republican. “Although...
Why the Olympic Games are a ‘civil religious’ ceremony with a global congregation
The Conversation via Yahoo Canada News· 5 days agoThe ancient Greeks organized the Olympic Games to demonstrate their devotion to Zeus and other...
In the Charlotte area, a slice of South Carolina helped boost the Hispanic growth rate
Charlotte Observer via Yahoo Canada News· 5 days agoCatawba County had the smallest increase at 0.9%. ▪ Two counties – Cabarrus and Gaston – saw a drop...
Meet Meredith Howard, the BND’s service journalism reporter: I find answers on your behalf
Belleville News-Democrat via Yahoo News· 6 days ago“Service journalism aims to answer readers’ questions and provide helpful information about how to...
Olympics fervor stems from 'civil religion'
United Press International via Yahoo Canada Sports· 5 days agoThe ancient Greeks organized the Olympic Games to demonstrate their devotion to Zeus and other deities. However, as Frank Kühn from the University of...
A Class on Presidents That Doesn’t Mention Biden or Trump
New York Times· 2 days agoThe professor in Politics 3316, a class on presidents and the presidency, had talked about how...
Opinion: This July 4th weekend, a different way to celebrate the history we share
CNN via Yahoo Canada News· 7 days agoThe Fourth of July is a day to see US history up close, write Lonnie G. Bunch III, Carla Hayden and...
In Brazil, Early Wildfires Break Records — and Raise Alarm
New York Times· 18 hours agoHuge blazes are spreading hundreds of miles across some of the most biodiverse parts of Brazil, with...
Minnesota Now and Then: Minnesota's role in the Underground Railroad
MPR News· 5 days agoCATHY WURZER: Newly uncovered history by a Minnesota historian suggests that the state had a larger role in the underground railroad than previously known. In our Minnesota Now and Then segment ...