Year: 2017
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As Rohingya refugees continue to flee from persecution, here’s how you can help
More than 500,000 Muslims Rohingyas have fled their homes since August to escape systematic violence in the hands of government…
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WATCH: NFL commissioner says players ‘should stand for the national anthem’
NFL players will be encouraged to defend the national anthem at the start of football matches, the head of the…
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For black athletes, wealth doesn’t equal freedom
In America, there’s a significant kind of public insistence that one’s “freedom” is fundamentally tied to one’s wealth. Much of…
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Twitter chat: How the gun control debate mirrors larger issues of partisanship in America
What would it be necessary to transform Texas, a republican bastion, in a blue state? According to SurveyMonkey data, simply…
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Tillerson: ‘Heartbreaking’ reports of suffering in Myanmar
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is condemning reported atrocities committed against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, and he says…
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Trump and the new politics of honoring war dead
WASHINGTON — After her Army son died in an armored vehicle rollover in Syria in May, Sheila Murphy says, she…
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Karen Pence to outline goals for art therapy initiative
Washington – When Karen Pence discovered that a Porto Rico art therapist was the subject of a hurricane could not…
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News Wrap: Trump’s latest travel ban blocked by federal judge
JUDY WOODRUFF: The president answered by saying, “At some point, I fight back, and it won’t be pretty.” In turn,…
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Trump ignites furor with claim past presidents didn’t console military families by phone
John Yang: The response of the former Obama officials was rapid and energetic. The former prosecutor General Eric Holder tweeted…
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Puerto Ricans still don’t have reliable drinking water, and fears of contamination are rising
DAVID BEGNAUD: The two men running the ship told us that nearly 87 percent of the ship is empty. Sounds…
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