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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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LSU diversity: Why more black ...
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,...
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The Flint water crisis may have faded from national headlines, but for locals the story is lifelong. The city’s holistic...
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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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By Dean Paton – A litany of pent-up grievances is propelling a wave of office-seeking educators. And it starts and ends with...
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Why We Wrote This Democracies aim to turn political passions into protests and activism. Living through such a time, however, draws...
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Why We Wrote This Many students are too busy to care much about politics, but those who tune in can make the difference in a tight...
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Think you’re good at dodgeball? See how long you last in boruboru, a traditional playground game. Formal leagues are giving...
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Washington, D.C., can be a contrast between a center of power and needy neighborhoods. Our reporter looks at how one woman leads an...
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Ahead of Zimbabwe’s July 30 elections, some voters are enjoying the freedom to criticize candidates online. It was only last year,...
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Why We Wrote This Immigration court judges have a bench-side view of the stresses already placed on the system. The Monitor’s...
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By Stacy Teicher Khadaroo – Students from other countries who study at US colleges contribute more than $30 billion to the...
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By Noble Ingram Staff writer – At its peak in the 13th century, the Mongol Empire covered more than 9 million square miles,...
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