Thousands of British boys can barely read or write English aged 16, with some of them routinely beaten in unsafe schools, because the government allows a strict religious group to deny them an adequate education, The Times has found. (Norfolk, The Times UK)
Read MoreThe French academic Carlos Moreno proposed the “15-minute city” in 2016 as a way of countering postwar urban sprawl. By dividing cities into walkable neighbourhoods, residents could access shops, pharmacies and schools within a 15-minute walk. Seven years on, the idea has attracted such controversy that five protesters were arrested in Oxford last weekend after gathering for a rally against it. (Kendix, The Times UK)
Read MoreWorkplaces that look like your living room; flexible, multiuse spaces; outdoor terraces. Today’s new hybrid work styles are reshaping the office buildings of tomorrow. Leading architects and real-estate developers are pioneering concepts aimed at workers who are splitting their time between home and office, and they predict these innovations will become mainstream in the years to come. (Smith, The Wall Street Journal)
Read MoreAmid ongoing national debate over Christian nationalism, North Idaho offers a window at what actually trying to manifest a right-wing vision for a Christian America can look like — and the power it can wield in state politics. (Jenkins, The Washington Post)
Read MoreThe most recent additions to Dictionary.com come from just about everywhere, spanning the multiverse-like complexity of modern life: they are at once serious (self-coup, rage farming, trauma dumping), amusing (petfluencer), and everything in between (liminal space). (Norlen, Dictionary.com)
Read MoreThe film “Jesus Revolution,” produced by Andrew Erwin and Jon Erwin, explores how Chuck Smith, pastor of Calvary Chapel, changed his mind about hippies and how that change of heart revolutionized his aging, declining church, turning it into a thriving community and eventually a denomination. (Payne, Religion News Service)
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