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/ 1 year agoThe federal government turns to local communities to help refugees settle into the US, but community-based programs bring both possibilities and challenges
Citizens are helping refugees get settled in the US, but the lack of standard federal rules makes the process tricky for...
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/ 1 year agoYear-round school: Difference-maker or waste of time?
Two education researchers reviewed the evidence on year-round school. Here is what they found.
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/ 1 year ago50 years after the Bunker Hill mine fire caused one of the largest lead-poisoning cases in US history, Idaho’s Silver Valley is still at risk
A fire and decades of silver and lead mining created the largest contiguous Superfund site in the nation in what today...
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/ 1 year agoGiraffes range across diverse African habitats − we’re using GPS, satellites and statistics to track and protect them
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/ 1 year agoIran’s street art shows defiance, resistance and resilience
Iranian artists are showing renewed determination to promote freedom as a cultural necessity in Iran, even in the face of a...
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/ 1 year agoWorkers like it when their employers talk about diversity and inclusion
Policies that foster diversity, equity and inclusion have been shown to have many positive operational impacts − including leading to more...
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/ 1 year agoWith ‘Goodbye Mary,’ Molly Tuttle extends country music’s lineage of reproductive rights songs to the post-Roe era
From the pre-Roe years to today, country musicians have written about the realities of life with restrictions on reproductive rights.
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/ 1 year agoWhat can cities do to correct racism and help all communities live longer? It starts with city planning
An analysis by scholars at the University of California, Davis showed that just a small number of cities in California actively...
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/ 1 year agoQuran burning in Sweden prompts debate on the fine line between freedom of expression and incitement of hatred
Several countries across Europe are introducing new legislation to curb hate speech against religions, even as they get rid of older...
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/ 1 year agoHow individual, ordinary Jews fought Nazi persecution − a new view of history
Finding the stories of individual Jews who fought the Nazis publicly and at great peril helped a scholar see history differently:...
