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Environment
After the floods come the human traffickers, but these girls are fighting back
Born in Afghanistan, Sonita Alizadeh got a full scholarship to go to Wasatch Academy, a boarding school in the heart of Utah.
Culture
Afghan teen rapper goes from poverty in Afghanistan to eating sushi in the US
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Culture
María María Acha-Kutscher illustrated one of our listeners and it’s amazing
Arts
Angy Rivera hopes to make ‘coming out’ as undocumented less taboo
Marriage Maria Maria
Arts
The outraged muses of María María Acha-Kutscher
Justice
This Indian mother takes her husband’s abuse to protect her daughter
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Global Politics
Greek polls show falling support for Syriza and Tsipras
Tequila grower Adolfo Murillo at his agave fields near the village of Agua Negra in Jalisco, Mexico.
Business
Mexican growers are hoping to give Chinese consumers a shot of organic tequila
Aaron Davidson, head of Traffic Group's US unit in Miami, exits Brooklyn Federal Court following his arraignment for his alleged involvement in the FIFA corruption scandal, in the Brooklyn, May 29, 2015.
Sports
A Miami soccer promoter could take down FIFA, if he flips
A young Syrian girl is wrapped with a thermal blanket following a rescue operation on the island of Lesbos, in Greece.
Conflict
Icelanders say they want to house Syrian refugees — but in Greece the government and residents are overwhelmed
border
Global Politics
A giant border wall between the US and Mexico? Here are five images that show how complicated that would be.
America’s highest peak, as seen from the Stony Dome lookout point in Denali National Park
Global Politics
So who was McKinley and why did he have a mountain?
NZ top four flags
Arts
It’s down to four. A New Zealand panel unveils alternate flag options, to a largely negative reaction.
The Temple of Bel in the historical city of Palmyra, Syria, August 4, 2010. UNITAR has confirmed with satellite images that ISIS has destroyed the ancient temple.
Conflict
ISIS continues its demolition of Syrian heritage with the destruction of the Temple of Bel