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After nearly 30 years on death row, Christa Pike survived an attempted execution. Does the state have the right to try to kill her again? By Włodzimierz Wróbel On Wednesday, 30 September, Tennessee attempted to carry out the death sentence on Christa Pike, convicted in 1996 of murdering 19-year-
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In Putin's neo-totalitarian, warmongering state, humor is permitted today only if it serves those in power. Russian émigré humor, meanwhile, remains in the grip of nostalgia. By Bartłomiej Mayer After Putin struck Ukraine on February 24, 2022, the unwritten rules about what kind of humor was acceptable
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Hurtful stereotypes, fear of rejection, and overwhelming emotions. This is what people with borderline personality disorder face every day. Monika, Ola, and Justyna tell us how they took back control of their lives. By Anna Korytowska "For me, borderline shows up mainly as very intense emotional experiences and as
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Universities have no chance of rising to the challenges of the future. So maybe they should play an entirely different role? By Mateusz Mazzini The turning point came on a particular autumn afternoon. We were, technically, still in one place — my twelve first-year journalism students and I — but beyond
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They fled to Kazakhstan to escape Chinese repression. But today it's Kazakhstan that hunts them down when they speak up for relatives in China's Xinjiang. A story about people who are strangers everywhere. By Agnieszka Pikulicka, reporting from Kazakhstan Alimnur Turganbay crossed the Kazakh-Chinese border
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Living alone has become easier and more convenient than ever. Large corporations have built an entire business model around it. By Jakub Dymek There is one thing that the internet — as it forced its way into our lives in the first decade of the 21st century — promised above all else.
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GLP-1 analogues have transformed the treatment of obesity and the lives of many patients. But the popularity of Ozempic and Mounjaro also reveals something uncomfortable about a new ideal of thinness, class inequality, and a market that sells hope at a high price. By Michał Kuźmiński "Everyone looks
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It costs billions, makes millions unhappy, and kills thousands. The United States and some European countries have recognized it as an epidemic. Poland has yet to join them. By Przemysław Wilczyński Student A: "It comes up when I'm at university and don't know people (...); when
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Masking is not an occasionally used tool but a constant effort aimed at surviving in a world created by and for the neurotypical majority. By Jędrzej Grodniewicz and Anna Urbanek Imagine you receive an invitation to an exclusive party hosted by a somewhat eccentric circle. You rarely attend such events
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Media attention focuses on the crisis in the Church and accelerating secularization. But many young people still find their spiritual home in Catholicism. By Piotr Sikora "Faith is, above all, a decision. My conscious faith began with that decision. Faith is trust arising from experiencing God in everyday life.
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We stand on the threshold of another AI revolution. Growing lonelier, we reach for the illusion of closeness in the digital world. By Agata Kaźmierska At first, the only noticeable change was that 14-year-old Sewell lost interest in things that had previously excited him, like Formula 1 racing