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PublishedSeptember 12, 2021
Lewiston and Auburn honor 2 great men with bridges across the Androscoggin River
The John T. Jenkins Memorial Footbridge and the Bernard Lown Peace Bridge are named after men who devoted their lives to improving the lives of others.
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PublishedSeptember 12, 2021
Why some Muslim women feel empowered wearing hijab, a headscarf
For some Muslim women, wearing a hijab can be a religious act but Muslim women’s clothing isn’t entirely about faith. It has been used – and is still used – as an assertion of identity.
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PublishedSeptember 12, 2021
What do Muslims believe and do? Understanding the 5 pillars of Islam
There are five pillars – or basic tenets – of Islamic faith. Each of these pillars is an important part of being Muslim.
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PublishedSeptember 12, 2021
America’s Muslims come from many traditions and cultures
Many Muslims belong to one of two sects of Islam, which agree on most of the fundamentals of Islam but vary in others.
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PublishedSeptember 12, 2021
Tolerance isn’t enough; we must welcome Afghans with open arms
Like generations of immigrants before them, they will become part of America, contributing their brain and manpower, their optimism and their culture.
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PublishedSeptember 5, 2021
Another ‘bright, shining lie’ has blinded the US from seeing the truth in Afghanistan
Like in Vietnam, American leaders deceived the public and ultimately themselves as to the success of their endeavors.
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PublishedSeptember 5, 2021
Why did a military superpower fail in Afghanistan?
It may be attractive to think that promoting democracy in occupied foreign countries is an appropriate moral and effective path for restoring security and stability. But it’s not accurate.
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PublishedSeptember 5, 2021
Calculating the costs of the Afghanistan War in lives, dollars and years
Following the completion of the US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, Neta Crawford, the co-director of the Costs of War Project, reflects on 7,268 days of American involvement in the conflict.
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PublishedAugust 29, 2021
Reparations for slavery is not about blame, but reconciliation
So how does one make up for slavery, Jim Crow, and all the rest? How do we make it right, and perhaps move on?
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PublishedAugust 29, 2021
Holocaust victims got reparations, so why not descendants of trans-Atlantic slavery?
There are major obstacles in confronting the social movement for reparations for the slave trade. Such reparations are a moral imperative, but politically, successfully obtaining them will be hard.
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