humanity
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Beijing has been accused of detaining more than a million Uyghurs and other Muslims since 2017, part of a campaign that the United Nations previously said could constitute crimes against humanity.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
If that is true, then the most consequential relationship humanity now faces is with the cognitive systems we are building and depending on more with each passing year.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
You can see somebody torn between their better judgment, their core instinct, their humanity, and someone who is so frustrated that they’re stepping toward a kind of nihilism.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
"In the face of the emptiness of indifference and compliance, before the violence of war and lies, you must be the sparks of a new humanity," he told those gathered.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
To deny the individual agency of those caught up in the system—their capacity to overcome seemingly impossible odds—would be to deny an essential element of their humanity.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address, January 20, 1961
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