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Pope Francis climate advocate: reframing the debate

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imageMaking waves: the pope in Saint Peter's square at the Vatican City earlier this month. Giampiero Sposito/Reuters

Warning of “unprecedented destruction of the ecosystem,” Pope Francis in an encyclical to be released this week (and already leaked) calls for aggressive action to combat climate change and other environmental problems.

In the...

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Lessons from business for the would-be Labour leaders

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imageHow to muscle in on the centre spot.EPA/Facundo Arrizabalaga

The Labour leadership race is hotting up – and it’s interesting to watch how the various candidates are going about convincing party members that they are fit to hold the reins of leadership. With runners and riders now all declared and primed for their first hustings, it is...

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Spokane's black community embraces white allies, so what's behind Rachel Dolezal's perplexing deception?

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imageSelf-identifying as black is anyone's right, but the lies are what do the most damage.Colin Mulvany/The Spokesman Review via AP/file 2015

In the latest chapter of the peculiar story of Rachel Dolezal, Dolezal officially resigned from her leadership position with the Spokane, Washington NAACP yesterday via Facebook.

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