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Translators struggle to keep up with increasing demand for Ukrainian literature amid the war

Since the war in Ukraine started, there’s been a wave of interest in Ukrainian history, culture and writing. That means publishers are scrambling and Ukrainian literary translators are working in overdrive.

Translators struggle to keep up with increasing demand for Ukrainian literature amid the war
Luke Sital-Singh's new single is called "Me & God."

Musician Luke Sital-Singh finds catharsis by singing a song to God

Musician Luke Sital-Singh finds catharsis by singing a song to God
Los Gatos live in concert, 1968. 

How the Beatles inspired a rock revolution in Argentina

How the Beatles inspired a rock revolution in Argentina
Rodrigo Amarante

Brazilian Rodrigo Amarante’s solo album ‘Drama’ testifies to a rich musical career

Brazilian Rodrigo Amarante’s solo album ‘Drama’ testifies to a rich musical career
Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar urges Senate to take up a bill renewing the Violence Against Women Act at a news conference outside the US Capitol in Washington, on May 22, 2019. 

Activists argue the US doesn't do enough to protect domestic workers. Can an international hearing change that?

Activists argue the US doesn't do enough to protect domestic workers. Can an international hearing change that?
Zimbabwean American singer, poet and activist Shungudzo says she finds an outlet for her activism through music.

Artist Shungudzo feels an urgency to 'use her words' to fight against racism

In her music and poetry, Shungudzo tackles the racist experiences she had growing up in Zimbabwe and the US.

Artist Shungudzo feels an urgency to 'use her words' to fight against racism
Mexico's Defense Secretary Gen. Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda is shown wearing his military uniform and billed hat while holding his right hand up to salute.

Arrest of former Mexican defense minister shakes military

Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Friday that his ambassador to the United States told him two weeks ago that there was an investigation underway there involving Mexico's former defense secretary, who was arrested Thursday in Los Angeles.

Arrest of former Mexican defense minister shakes military
Hossanna Pacheco, bottom left; her mother Mireya Pacheco, top left; sister Mireyari Pacheco; and sister Nefthali Pacheco at their home in Los Angeles.

Virtual schooling poses extra challenges for English-language learners

The pandemic has created unprecedented challenges for schools providing special instruction for English-language learners — and the burden has fallen on parents who often don’t have the language skills to help their children.

Virtual schooling poses extra challenges for English-language learners
A farmworker, considered an essential worker under the current COVID-19 pandemic, harvests beans, May 12, 2020, in Homestead, Florida.

Farmworkers are getting coronavirus. They face retaliation for demanding safe conditions.

The situation at Primex Farms highlights the tightrope farmworkers must walk to protect their health and jobs while avoiding retaliation from their employers.

Farmworkers are getting coronavirus. They face retaliation for demanding safe conditions.
Personal protective equipment brought to the US through an operation run by Harvard Business School student Sophie Bai.

Harvard grad student creates a new PPE supply chain from China to Boston

The coronavirus pandemic is creating an insatiable demand for medical and personal protective equipment (PPE) that has overwhelmed the world market. China has ramped up the production of needed supplies by bringing new manufacturers online. In an international marketplace where companies, federal and state agencies are fighting for equipment, Harvard business student Sophie Bai and her colleagues are creating a new supply chain.

Harvard grad student creates a new PPE supply chain from China to Boston
The Museum of the City of New York posted a #MuseumMomentofZen on Twitter: This is Herbert Bolivar Tschudy's work, "The Turtle Tank," from 1920.

5 museums offering virtual art while you’re quarantined

Numerous arts institutions are finding creative ways to display their works while their physical doors are closed.

5 museums offering virtual art while you’re quarantined
US Vice President Mike Pence is shown sitting at a table with people sitting all around him and microphones on boom polls hanging overhead.

California declares emergency over coronavirus as death toll rises

The death toll around the world continues to rise from coronavirus with 11 deaths now confirmed in the US as new cases emerged around New York City and Los Angeles, while Seattle-area health officials discouraged social gatherings amid the nation's largest outbreak.

California declares emergency over coronavirus as death toll rises
Students at Ettefagh School

A high school reunion for Iranian Americans, 40 years after the revolution

On the 40th anniversary of the Iranian Revolution, these former classmates said that this reunion — their first in 42 years — took them back to a time and place that felt like a world away.

A high school reunion for Iranian Americans, 40 years after the revolution
Iranian American businesses in Westwood, Los Angeles, California.

War or no war? Iranians in California try to make sense of US-Iran tensions

Today, about 180,000 Iranians live across California. Some say hearing calls for war between the US and Iran is like a "roller coaster ride" — and opinions vary on whether they would support US military strikes.

War or no war? Iranians in California try to make sense of US-Iran tensions
(Left to right) Gwen Muranaka, Mikey Hirano Culross and Mario Reyes, in the newsroom of the last remaining Japanese American daily newspaper, the Rafu Shimpo in downtown Los Angeles, 2010.

A Japanese American newspaper chronicles the ‘searing’ history of immigrant incarceration

As Japanese Americans incarcerated during World War II die, one newspaper finds its community’s history carries new resonance in the current era of immigrant detention.

A Japanese American newspaper chronicles the ‘searing’ history of immigrant incarceration