Published in 1486, Malleus Maleficarum [generally translated as Hammer of Witches ] is widely believed to be the most misogynistic book ever written. Its author, the Catholic clergyman Heinrich Kramer, used the text to rationalise witch-hunts.
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Sharon LaFraniere
– Nov 21, 2020, 12:43 PM
WASHINGTON — The call was tense, the message discouraging. Moncef Slaoui, the head of the Trump administration's effort to quickly produce a vaccine for the coronavirus, was on the phone at 6 p.m. on Aug. 25 to tell the upstart biotech firm…
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Pope Francis
– Nov 26, 2020, 2:00 AM
In this past year of change, my mind and heart have overflowed with people. People I think of and pray for, and sometimes cry with, people with names and faces, people who died without saying goodbye to those they loved, families in difficulty…
Channel 4 and the UK's major supermarket brands are joining forces for a first-of-its-kind commercial initiative in which they will take over two primetime ad breaks and take a stand against racism. The broadcaster has agreed a deal to air ads by…
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) had a problem. It was costing $20m a year to clean up litter left on their highways. Every year they ran ad campaigns saying things like “Keep America beautiful” and “Stop litter…
