Religion has always been vital to the region of Western North Carolina, from traditional Cherokee beliefs to modern multi-campus church complexes. Here, faith is more than a conviction; it’s a way of life. CLICK BELOW TO PLAY THIS STORY’S SOUNDSCAPE Nearly 70% of North Carolinians claim an affiliation with religious organizations, but even those with [...]
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Like any kind father, Pope Leo warned the Society of Saint Pius X against tearing “the garment of Christ,” which he called a “sin of extreme gravity." And like any willful offspring, the sect thoroughly ignored him.
We’ve all heard the warning that “the internet is forever.” In reality, huge swaths of the digital world are disappearing all the time, as websites go dark, governments purge public records, social media posts vanish, and streaming platforms remove films and music. Without deliberate efforts to preserve this material, much of our recent history could simply cease to exist. The Internet Archive has spent decades fighting that disappearance, most notably through its Wayback Machine, which preserves snapshots of a web that is otherwise constantly being rewritten. Current Affairs spoke with Mark Graham, director of the Wayback Machine, and librarian Chris Freeland, co-editor of the Internet Archive’s new Vanishing Culture report, about why the internet is far more fragile than we think and what is lost when corporations and governments can make information disappear.
The fight against Trump’s mass deportation of migrants has raged for some 17 months. Immediately when he took office, Trump announced his massive deportation efforts, and just as quickly it became clear that he had no interest in deporting violent criminals (who in any case have the right to due process, documented or not). Rather, [...]
The liberation of the American peoples cannot be achieved without the shedding of imperial weight, writes the Pulitzer prize-winning author in this somber essay marking the semiquincentennial.