Ten Commandments of War Propaganda
Ten Commandments of War Propaganda:
We do not want war. (more…)
When U.S. companies commit wrongdoing, they are supposed to be held accountable by criminal as well as civil penalties. But what if that does not actually happen? (more…)
“Nothing is left there,” said 55-years old widow Fazilat Begum who lost everything in river erosion 15 years ago.
She pauses for breath and looks out onto the alley through the half-open door of her home, a room made of corrugated iron in a slum of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. (more…)
Forgery of official documents by monks was rife across medieval Europe because of social changes and the growing importance of the written word, a new book shows. (more…)
Md Habibur Rahman, 60, was just sitting in a metallic three-wheeled cart at the corner of a lane of the main street of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. He was waiting for some benevolent pedestrians of the city, home to more than 100 million people. (more…)
Louise Toppin is a University of Michigan scholar and performer who has received critical acclaim for her operatic, orchestral and oratorio performances in the United States and around the world. (more…)
Divinity School/AP-NORC poll: 9% think in-person services should continue without restrictions
An overwhelming majority of people in the United States support restricting or suspending in-person religious services during the COVID-19 outbreak, according to a new poll from the University of Chicago Divinity School and the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs. (more…)
UCLA research uses artificial intelligence to analyze differences between a true story and a completely fabricated one
A new study by UCLA professors offers a new way to understand how unfounded conspiracy theories emerge online. The research, which combines sophisticated artificial intelligence and a deep knowledge of how folklore is structured, explains how unrelated facts and false information can connect into a narrative framework that would quickly fall apart if some of those elements are taken out of the mix. (more…)