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How palm oil became the world’s most hated, most used fat source
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Controversy over Communion in the Catholic Church goes back some 2,000 years
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Patsy Takemoto Mink blazed the trail for Kamala Harris – not famous white woman Susan B. Anthony
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Oppression in the kitchen, delight in the dining room: The story of Caesar, an enslaved chef and chocolatier in Colonial Virginia
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Tomanowos, the meteorite that survived mega-floods and human folly
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Personality is not only about who but also where you are
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Why getting more people with disabilities developing technology is good for everyone
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The iconic American inventor is still a white male – and that's an obstacle to race and gender inclusion
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Uprisings after pandemics have happened before – just look at the English Peasant Revolt of 1381
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The jokes always saved us: humour in the time of Stalin
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What is a hate crime? The narrow legal definition makes it hard to charge and convict
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Japanese American soldiers in World War II fought the Axis abroad and racial prejudice at home
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