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Americans spend six billion hours and $10 billion every year preparing and filing their taxes.
Books
Many countries have a simple, fair tax system. Could the US be next?
Members of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) “Urban Search and Rescue” team conduct a search operation in an area hit by Hurricane Maria in Yauco, Puerto Rico on September 25, 2017.
Development
The federal emergency response in Puerto Rico has been slow, and there’s a long way to go
People queue to fill containers with water from a tank truck at an area hit by Hurricane Maria in Canovanas, Puerto Rico.
Environment
How to help Puerto Rico after Maria
Female driver Azza Al Shmasani alights from her car after driving in defiance of the ban in Riyadh June 22, 2011.
Culture
Saudi women celebrate end of the driving ban
Actress and North Korean defector Kim Ah-ra, 25, on a talk show showcasing “northern beauties” from North Korea.
Media
From tyranny to reality TV: Meet the celebrity defector women of North Korea
A group of people heading to a demonstration are going up a stairway in downtown Chicago.
Conflict
Rohingya in Chicago make an emotional plea to the US: ‘Help our people’
Eugene Hutz of the band Gogol Bordello
Culture
Gogol Bordello’s front man on what it means to be Ukrainian