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When the right to die becomes a duty to die
(5 minutes) Allowing assisted suicide will pressurise many suffering and disabled people to end their lives, argues Mary Ann Macdonald.
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Why study the humanities?
(3 minutes) Teaching inner-city kids in London has helped Alex Norris see that the humanities are as relevant as ever and should be a key part of any school curriculum.
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Reading a good book helps us read ourselves
(4 minutes) Ryan Service helps us unpack a new document, surprisingly by a pope, which encourages reading not just the Word of God but also the profane word of secular literature.
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Honouring the world’s desaparecidos
(8 minutes) Mary Aileen Diez-Bacalso describes her lifework campaigning for ‘desaparecidos’, people who have been forcibly taken and ‘disappeared’ by those in power, and supporting their families.
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The young, architects of interreligious harmony
(4 minutes) An interfaith encounter together with Pope Francis in her native Singapore helped Nicole Law appreciate the key role of young people in bringing religious believers together.
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Why the best love is unequal
(10 minutes) Families, and economies, work better when we’re prepared to love more. Elizabeth Oldfield explains.
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Education is a life. Or, Sneaky ways to get your kids learning
(8 minutes) Kerri Christopher offers some ploys to ‘trick’ children into reading and other forms of learning.
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Bangladesh: guide to a revolution
(9 minutes) Adamah Media offers a unique insider’s analysis of how student activism led to the downfall of a repressive regime. Saira Rahman Khan and Mary Aileen Diez-Bacalso explain.
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Ten steps to renew inter-religious relations
(10 minutes) Joseph Evans offers a practical ‘decalogue’ which could help religions engage in positive discussion and action for the good of all concerned.
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“What matters for our kids is not online connections, but in-person relationships”
(10 minutes) The upstream cause of the youth mental health crisis is the loss of community, argues Seth Kaplan.
