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Netanyahu's references to violent biblical passages raise alarm among critics

5:09am November 07, 2023

How should the world interpret Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's recent allusions to the Hebrew Bible, when discussing his country's war on Hamas?

Roland Griffiths' research showed how psychedelics can alleviate depression in people with terminal diseases.

This psychedelics researcher approached his death with calm and curiosity

5:23pm November 05, 2023

by Rachel Martin

Roland Griffiths spent the later stage of his career exploring the ways that psychedelic drugs, specifically psilocybin, could help patients with depression, addiction issues and even terminal cancer.

Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman elected to U.S. Congress was running for president in 1972 when she had a remarkable interaction with the pro-segregation George Wallace, then governor of Alabama. Her efforts to build bridges with him ultimately changed his point of view. She's pictured here giving a speech at Laney Community College during her presidential campaign.

Lessons from brain science — and history's peacemakers — for resolving conflicts

6:00am November 04, 2023

by Yuki Noguchi

Humans instinctually forge loyalties to groups to survive. Being aware of these impulses can help us deescalate arguments and find common ground. Some notable leaders in history show us how it's done.

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Writer Diana Helmuth wanted to learn what it means to be a practicing witch. So she spent a year delving into the occult.

'I was tired of God being dead': How one woman was drawn to witchcraft

3:35pm November 01, 2023

by Mallory Yu

Witches have long cast a spell on our imaginations, but real people practice witchcraft too. One woman dedicated a year to find out what it means to be a practicing witch.

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Priests, played by Max von Sydow and Jason Miller, try to help a possessed child in The Exorcist, from 1973.

A priest explains what 'The Exorcist' tells us about evil

11:50am October 31, 2023

by Neda Ulaby

After half a century, The Exorcist is still considered one of the scariest movies ever made. But one priest says it's a movie deeply concerned with faith, and responding to evil.

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Threats against Palestinian, Muslim and Jewish people has spiked since the war began

6:10pm October 30, 2023

As the war between Hamas and Israel rages on, the diaspora is feeling the pain of discrimination. Advocacy groups in the U.S. report a spike in threats of harassment and violence.

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A crowd swarms the airfield of the airport in Makhachkala, capital of Dagestan in southern Russia, on Sunday night.

Hundreds stormed an airport in Russia's Dagestan, looking for passengers from Israel

12:15pm October 30, 2023

by Emily Olson

Videos posted to social media showed crowds shouting anti-Semitic phrases as they swarmed the tarmac, going plane-to-plane in a search for passengers arriving from Tel Aviv.

Duncan Trussell and his mom, as imagined in the show The Midnight Gospel.

He chose to honor his mom's life with a psychedelic cartoon

9:12pm October 29, 2023

by Rachel Martin

Duncan Trussell turned real-life conversations about the biggest existential questions into a wacky yet genius animated show.

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Members of the Jewish Voice for Peace and the If Not Now movement, two Jewish activist groups, stage a rally on Oct. 18 in Washington, D.C., to call for a cease-fire in the Israel–Hamas war.

For some Jewish peace activists, demands for a cease-fire come at a personal cost

1:45pm October 28, 2023

by Jasmine Garsd

Jewish Americans critical of how Israel and the U.S. are responding to Hamas' attack say they're ostracized by the mainstream U.S. Jewish community. They worry there's no room for dissenting voices.

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Churches step in after Florida restricts how Black history can be taught

8:02am October 28, 2023

by Danielle Prieur

Black churches in Florida are offering classes in African American history in response to limits on the subject in its public schools. (This story first aired on Morning Edition on October 24, 2023.)