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...phenomenon known as de-identification may also work against a middle-born. Siblings who hope to stand out in a family often do so by observing what the elder child does and then doing the opposite. If the firstborn gets good grades and takes a job after school, the second-born may go the slacker route. The third-born may then de-de-identify, opting for industriousness, even if in the more unconventional ways of the last-born. A Chinese study in the 1990s showed just this kind of zigzag pattern, with the first child generally scoring high...
...leadership. "It's probably time they receive some clarification that this is a distortion of our faith," he says, adding, "This poses a challenge for the church." (The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops hasn't issued an official position on Santa Muerte, partly because it is a relatively new phenomenon in this country...
...image to reconnect with what they perceive to be part of their heritage. Recently a Chicago art gallery opened an exhibit showcasing images from Tepito - with Santa Muerte figuring prominently. And Santa Muerte may gain even more credibility with the release of Saint Death, a new documentary about the phenomenon, narrated by Mexican actor Gael Garcia Bernal...
...threat of global warming and for correlating human activity with climate change. The Nobel Committee said in the statement that in the 1980s, global warming was seen as an “interesting hypothesis,” while in the last few years the consequences of the phenomenon are more apparent and widely accepted. “We face a true planetary emergency,” Gore said in a statement on Friday. “The climate crisis is not a political issue; it is a moral and spiritual challenge to all of humanity.” After switching...
...said. According to her, it was a time in which pre-revolutionary Americans were forced to fend for their lives on a constant basis by the original “terrorists”—a phrase she said the settlers used to describe the Native Americans. This phenomenon began the tradition of historical rewriting by male authors, which she described as an effort to glorify the hyper-masculine settler who supposedly defended his home. In our modern day, Faludi notes the predominance of the cowboy mentality in politics: “We get candidates that fit the climate...