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SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
10/4/2021
The Appeal of Multilevel Marketing to Latter-Day Saints Women
by Janiece Johnson
A popular documentary on the LuLaRoe company highlights how the history and gender norms of the Mormon church have made LDS women particularly attracted and vulnerable to multilevel marketing schemes promising income without forsaking domestic obligation.
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SOURCE: NPR
3/29/2021
The History Of The Suez Canal
The Suez Canal, according to Zachary Karabell, has been a nexus for past great power conflicts, anticolonialist struggle, and the Arab-Israeli conflict. Now it shows the vulnerability of global capitalism's supply chain infrastructure.
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SOURCE: Vinepair
Florence Revives Medieval Plague-Era ‘Wine Windows’ for Contactless Service
In Florence, the need for bars and restaurants to serve food and drinks in a socially distanced manner has seen a medieval architectural oddity revived.
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