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Dozens of pro-choice activists gather in front of the Argentine Congress in Buenos Aires, on June 3rd, 2018, calling for the approval of a bill that would legalize abortion. The abortion bill will go to a vote in the lower house on June 13th.

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Viewfinder: Pro-Choice Activists Demonstrate in Front of the Argentine Congress

Dozens of pro-choice activists gather in front of the Argentine Congress in Buenos Aires, on June 3rd, 2018, calling for the approval of a bill that would legalize abortion.

Pacific Standard Staff

A man dances on the runway during an eco-fashion show for recycled or biodegradable materials as part of the Fashion for Sustainable Future event in Kisumu, Kenya, on May 31st, 2018. Beat Plastic Pollution will be the theme of this year's World Environment Day on June 5th.

Advocates Around the World Fight to Reduce Plastic Pollution (in Photos)

Campaigns against single-use plastic waste are picking up steam.

Ashley Hackett

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More Evidence That Abortion Does Not Cause Depression

A common talking point among anti-abortion activists is debunked.

Tom Jacobs

A protester is removed by police officers during a sit-in to block construction vehicles working on the expansion of Camp Schwab, a United States military base, on May 31st, 2018, in Nago, Okinawa prefecture, Japan. Demonstrators protesting against the U.S. military presence on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa have staged continuous protests outside Camp Schwab to block construction vehicles as the camp is expanded to accommodate the relocation of an airbase in nearby Henoko.

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Viewfinder: Okinawa Residents Protest Against U.S. Military Presence

A protester is removed by police officers during a sit-in to block construction vehicles working on the expansion of Camp Schwab, a United States military base, on May 31st, 2018, in Nago, Okinawa prefecture, Japan.

Ashley Hackett

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Should We Take Preventative Action to Mitigate the Potential Dangers of Innovation?

Technology seat belts could help prevent the next Cambridge Analytica scandal.

Autumn C. McDonald

An American family saying pre-Thanksgiving grace, circa 1955.

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Political Polarization Shortened Thanksgiving Dinners

New research finds that, after Trump's election, holiday gatherings with relatives who voted for the other party were often abbreviated.

Tom Jacobs

A man walks in the open air market in Manbij, northern Syria, on March 28th, 2018.

In Northern Syria, Residents Balk at Turkish Threats

A snap election in Turkey, announced earlier this month, briefly put residents of Northern Syria on edge ahead of a threatened incursion by Turkish forces. Now, it's back to life-as-usual.

Kenneth R. Rosen

Two women rest in a shelter for Hurricane Maria victims in in Toa Baja, Puerto Rico, on December 25th, 2017.

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The Real Cost of Trump’s Negligence in Puerto Rico

Hurricane Maria is officially the deadliest storm in modern U.S. history—yet it received just a fraction of the aid given to Houston.

Jared Keller

Shifa Amankwah-Gabbey, 12, of Accra, Ghana, participates in the 91st Scripps National Spelling Bee at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center on May 30th, 2018, in National Harbor, Maryland. More than 500 spellers from across the country and around the world competed in the bee.

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Viewfinder: Students Compete in the Annual Scripps National Spelling Bee

Shifa Amankwah-Gabbey, 12, of Accra, Ghana, participates in the 91st Scripps National Spelling Bee at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center on May 30th, 2018.

Pacific Standard Staff

Televangelist Pat Robertson delivers remarks at a campaign event for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at Regent University.

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Tracing the Rise of Christian Media in American Political Discourse

Over the past few decades, Christian television has gone from spreading the gospel and moved directly into covering news and politics, reaching millions of Americans daily.

Jason C. Bivins