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In 1969, Woodstock and its counterculture protest music defined an era. Fifty years later, it still resonates. Could a gathering the...
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Even as Americans are drinking more, interest in the sober curiosity movement is swelling. The trend coincides with a wellness...
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The loss of a single language, legendary linguist Kenneth Hale used to say, “is like dropping a bomb on the Louvre.” Saving the...
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Quantum physics probably isn’t your normal topic of conversation. But we should have at least a working understanding of some of the...
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A “media scout” program in Germany partners older and younger students in a mentorship effort aimed at teaching safe,...
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By Stacy Teicher Khadaroo – In Baltimore, students understand what others think about their city. They aren’t blind to...
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By Stacy Teicher Khadaroo – Brenden Bixby chose college over working full time on the apple orchard that his dad manages...
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School choice is a rallying cry for Republicans and the Trump administration. Florida is leading the voucher charge at the state...
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But his pride was quickly stifled by another emotion: loss. Most Nigerians, he knew, would never have the resources to stand where he...
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Reports from the latest Central American migrant caravan indicate a growing lack of food and shelter. Support from Mexican towns and...
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Louisiana’s flagship public university, LSU, has a checkered past on integration. A black student president helps students of color...
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Boys in crisis? The claim has cropped up in several places around the world. It often points to shifting social realities – and...
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Young women are supporting each other and challenging attitudes that contribute to trafficking. Helping others discover their agency,...
read moreIn Flint, a future built on sc...
The Flint water crisis may have faded from national headlines, but for locals the story is lifelong. The city’s holistic...
read moreChina gets tough on US recycla...
Sanford and Portland, Maine At the peak of the recycling crisis here, Kayla LeBrun almost pressed the panic button that summons...
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The internet is no longer an amenity, it’s essential to thrive in the 21st-century economy. But too many Americans still don’t have...
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Silicon Valley has long been disproportionately male. Our writer looks into some encouraging new activity around one important...
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In a nation where a majority relies on subsistence farming, improved crop strains can make a big difference. But getting fortified...
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By Molly Jackson – Brigham Young University is hardly a place you’d expect Muslim students from halfway around the world to...
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By Fred Weir – Moscow It’s the kind of tragedy Americans are all too familiar with; Russians, far less so. But the...
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