Meditative mothering? How Buddhism honors both compassionate caregiving and celibate monks and nuns https://buff.ly/GdMSgTR
New Pope Leo XIV's name choice may signal a focus on workers' rights and social justice, echoing Leo XIII's landmark 1891 encyclical on labor dignity. A religious studies professor explains: https://buff.ly/Ajp7LDI Joanne M. Pierce @holy-cross.bsky.social
Tupac’s ‘Dear Mama’ endures as rap artists detail complex relationships with their mothers, street life and the pursuit of success https://buff.ly/Dzm1HpA
On #MothersDay, Buddhism offers a complex lens. The Buddha saw family as an obstacle to enlightenment—yet he honored two mothers: Maya, who gave birth to him, and Mahaprajapati, the aunt who raised him and became the first Buddhist nun. Their stories still shape Buddhist views on motherhood and gender.
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Buddha’s foster mother played a key role in the orphaned prince’s life – and is a model for Buddhists on Mother’s Day
The historical Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama, taught that family ties were obstacles to enlightenment. However, his relationship with his mother remai...
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Pope Francis' favorite painting, "The Calling of Saint Matthew" by Caravaggio, directly inspired his papal motto, ‘looking at him with mercy, he chose him.’ https://buff.ly/ZeNWNTi #art
Musk’s slashing of government jobs, programs and departments isn’t the first effort by a president’s appointee to streamline government. William Howard Taft tried to do it in 1910 − but very differently. A historian explains:
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How William Howard Taft’s approach to government efficiency differed from Elon Musk’s slash-and-burn tactics
Musk’s slashing of government jobs, programs and departments isn’t the first effort by a president’s appointee to streamline government. Will...
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Putin's new state-sponsored documentary frames the #Ukraine war as a continuation of WWII against "neo-Nazis." It suggests he may seek more territory beyond Ukraine's borders, according to a government professor. https://buff.ly/S45NgiK
Trump threatens to revoke Harvard's tax-exempt status, but experts say it's not that simple. The IRS would need to conduct a lengthy audit and prove Harvard has a "substantial nonexempt purpose." Also, it’s illegal for Trump or any of his staff to tell the IRS to conduct an audit.
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Can Trump strip Harvard of its charitable status? Scholars of nonprofit law and accounting describe the obstacles in his way
The IRS would need to conduct an audit first. And presidents aren’t allowed to make the IRS do that.
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Putin's new state-sponsored documentary frames the #Ukraine war as a continuation of WWII against "neo-Nazis." It suggests he may seek more territory beyond Ukraine's borders, according to a government professor. https://buff.ly/S45NgiK
In past crises between #India and #Pakistan, the US would intensively mediate. This time, both sides appeared to downplay U.S. involvement, focusing instead on the direct bilateral nature of negotiations. The Trump Administration has not yet appointed a US ambassador to either New Delhi or Islamabad.
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India-Pakistan ceasefire shouldn’t disguise fact that norms have changed in South Asia, making future de-escalation much harder
Tensions in South Asia have been taken down a notch with news of a ceasefire – but the conditions for future escalations remain, and mechanisms f...
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