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As the United States turns 250 there is bitter rivalry over who gets to tell the country’s story
The Trump administration wants to rid America’s naitonal monuments and museums of what they see as ‘woke’ interpretations of US history.
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Placenta as property: why every mother deserves the right to choose
For some mothers, the placenta has deep cultural meaning. Asking about it during pregnancy could prevent avoidable distress.
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How an El Niño becomes a super El Niño
Climate expert Ioana Colfescu talks to The Conversation Weekly podcast about predicting the impact of El Niño.
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The Bayeux tapestry and the hidden history of the women who embroidered it
The 70-metre embroidery will be displayed at the British Museum from September.
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Confessions II: why Madonna still matters
There are many more female artists in the 2020s than the early 1980s, but none is as iconoclastic as Madonna, more than 40 years on from her debut.
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State of emergency in Crimea as Ukraine focuses pressure on ‘jewel in Putin’s crown’
Crimea has been the symbol of the success of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. But now the peninsula is becoming isolated as Kyiv intensifies its attacks.
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Immigration and asylum bill: why yet another attempt to overhaul the system won’t work
If passed, it will be the fifth immigration act adopted in five parliamentary sessions.
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Smartphones are helping filmmakers tell the stories the movie industry overlooks
I wanted to make a film about solo parenting in all its messiness, the highs, but also the lows. I shot with my smartphone, almost daily, for nearly two decades.
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Why the UK government needed to apologise for its role in historic forced adoptions in England
Between 300,000 and 500,000 children in the UK and Ireland were put up for adoption without their mothers’ consent.
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Ulysses in isiZulu: why an African translation of the classic Irish novel matters in today’s world
Writers from very different places can grapple with the same questions.