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New Tennessee law: encouraging creationism or academic freedom?

Global Politics

A new law in Tennessee will allow public school teachers to discuss alternatives to such scientific topics as evolution and climate change. The bill, known as the “academic freedom” law by its supporters and the “monkey bill,” by its detractors, went into effect Friday.

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Evolution and Islam

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