The earth didn’t give way easily as Mayor Brad Miller drove his shovel into the sod on Saturday. A fitting reminder that even as the Village of Richmound, Sask., turns the page on years marked by the presence of the…[Continue Reading...]
Brooks Poston followed Paul Crockett up the canyon wall, trying to keep his balance as loose stones shifted under his boots. Below them stretched Goler Wash, a narrow desert canyon carved into the western edge of the Panamint Mountains, one…[Continue Reading...]
Key points Like torturers with captives, cult leaders use coercive control tactics to force members to submit. Cult tactics include isolation, degradation, exhaustion, occasional indulgences, threats, and other abuses. Biderman's chart of coercion—adapted for cults—helps us understand cult tactics of…[Continue Reading...]
“People have this idea that voodoo is used for harm,” says guide Andersen Gabrych, plunging a needle through the unblinking button eye of his feathered voodoo doll. “But these workshops are helping to change that narrative by showing how voodoo…[Continue Reading...]
Jay Taylor’s bed is empty as the door swings open on the second storey of the 13-year-old’s home in the picturesque maritime city of Gig Harbor, southwest of Seattle. It’s 6am on January 17, 2022 and the teen should be…[Continue Reading...]
A recent conference on nanoplastics at the European Parliament is drawing scrutiny after an investigation found that its co-hosts were affiliated with an alleged religious cult that claims humanity will go extinct by 2036. What happened? The investigation from openDemocracy,…[Continue Reading...]
If you’re not familiar with what or how Multi-Level Marketing (MLM) works, it’s a business model where salespeople sell products directly to consumers and earn commissions by recruiting others to do the same. One man lamented how this seemingly innocent…[Continue Reading...]
The satirical news site The Onion isn’t waiting to take possession of Infowars to launch a parody of Alex Jones ’ conspiracy platform. More than a year after first trying to buy Infowars, The Onion on Thursday will debut a…[Continue Reading...]
The Vice-Chancellor of Prince Abubakar Audu University, Anyigba, Professor Salisu Ogbo Usman, has strengthened the University’s security architecture with the donation of two (2) branded operational vehicles to security agencies to support anti-cultism operations and enhance safety on campus and…[Continue Reading...]
Rome — The Vatican announced Thursday that priests and members of a breakaway Catholic group that ordained four new bishops in defiance of Pope Leo XIV’s wishes are in schism and excommunicated. The Society of Saint Pius X, an ultra-traditionalist…[Continue Reading...]
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