#At the heart of the Israel-Palestinian conflict, anthropology matters as much as history

#At the heart of the Israel-Palestinian conflict, anthropology matters as much as history

Who is indigenous to Israel and Palestine: Jews or Arabs? The answer depends on how we interpret history. Radically diverse starting points invoked by both parties have led to the terrible conflict we are witnessing. Starting with the past century, we can count backwards to see what history tells us. As both the Christian-European and Muslim-Ottoman colonial empires…

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#Big Labor systematically lies to forced dues-paying workers 

#Big Labor systematically lies to forced dues-paying workers 

Throughout last month’s first-ever U.S. House hearing on national right-to-work legislation in the Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions (HELP), the dividing line between the panel’s Republican majority and its Democratic minority was very clear. Every single one of the Republican HELP panel members who spoke during the 130-minute-long hearing expressed support for…

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#Beijing sees coldest December on record in more than 70 years

#Beijing sees coldest December on record in more than 70 years

Beijing recorded more than 300 hours of sub-freezing temperatures in the last two weeks, setting a record for the coldest two-week period in China’s capital city since officials began tracking. The official newspaper, the Beijing Daily, said the two-week period starting on Dec. 11 had the most hours of sub-freezing temperatures since 1951, The Associated…

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#Trump releases Christmas TV ad in early voting states

#Trump releases Christmas TV ad in early voting states

Former President Trump, the front-runner in the 2024 GOP presidential primary, released a new television ad Sunday afternoon that is set to air in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina. In the one-minute ad spot, former White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders described Trump’s surprise Christmas visit in 2018 to Iraq. The ad emphasized…

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#About 100 Airbus Atlantic employees fall ill after Christmas party: reports

#About 100 Airbus Atlantic employees fall ill after Christmas party: reports

About 100 Airbus Atlantic employees fell ill after a company-organized Christmas party in France earlier this month, according to a spokesperson for the European aeronautics company. “Around 100 Airbus Atlantic employees were taken ill after contracting a food-borne illness after eating the company-organized Christmas lunch,” an Airbus Atlantic spokesperson told multiple outlets. The spokesperson did…

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