For many years the prevailing debate about the Maya centred upon why their civilisation collapsed. Now, many scholars are asking: how did the Maya survive?

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ICE and Border Patrol close sophisticated La Nueva Empresa cartel tunnel under Rio Grande connecting Juárez to El Paso.

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We don’t need fewer opinions. We need fewer systems that profit from turning disagreement into identity warfare.

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This isn’t a new problem. It’s an old one we’ve dressed up with better technology.

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