The Syllabus is a column that features student opinions on timely national and international topics. We aim to highlight how evangelical students in the US are thinking about important issues and how the Christian faith informs their worldview. Students should use this link to submit a response for
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Best-selling British author Os Guinness never planned to be a writer. America helped make him one, with a little help from Switzerland. Since then, hundreds of thousands of readers have turned to the Christian public intellectual to understand both their walk with God and their p...
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For decades, on campuses across the country, the math wars have been raging with a knockdown, drag-out brutality perhaps only rivaled by national politics. Public shouting matches, lawsuits, and character assassinations have surrounded a debate about how to teach students algebra...
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Thirty years ago in Seattle, I was sad to see a homeless man sleeping in a park at the top level of a double slide. It was a nice playground—I could imagine little brothers enjoying a race down that slide—but as things were, parents and kids stayed away. What I witnessed then was...
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. The 2024 SEA Joint Risk Assessment (JRA) provides a national baseline on Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) risks in Somalia. Conducted as part of the UNICEF Somalia Country Office’s PSEA Action Plan, the assessment evaluates vulnerabilities, response mechanisms, and organisat...
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. Yemen is already ranked as one of the world's worst countries affected by explosive remnants of war, with the third-highest number of landmine casualties over the past decade. Ballistic missiles, rockets and mortars are all common sights in heavily populated urban centres. The ...
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. Summary Working equids, particularly horses and donkeys, play a vital role in supporting livelihoods and community resilience in Senegal. This participatory research study, conducted by Brooke- Action for Working Horses and Donkeys in collaboration with University College Londo...
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Countries: Myanmar, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Malaysia .
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Countries: Myanmar, Bangladesh, India, Thailand .
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Countries: Myanmar, Bangladesh, India, Thailand .
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. The alert was issued following the drone strikes of 25 September 2026, which reportedly affected several civilian locations in El Obeid, including a shelter hosting displaced families, a fuel station, a civilian passenger bus and a residential house. At least two civilians were...
