What Secretary Mattis didn’t say about Yemen peace talks

Immigrants have a long history of taking their issues to the people — as political candidates

It’s not just witches. New England has a history with vampires, too.

‘In love with democracy,’ Ilhan Omar draws diverse supporters in bid for Congress

Klaus Voormann’s long history with The Beatles

After Pittsburgh, Jose Antonio Vargas asks, ‘Who is an American?’

‘We were born refugees’ — Lebanon’s forgotten refugee camp

Dissident artist Ai Weiwei asks: Does America still have ‘the big heart?’

There’s big business behind rankings of passports and citizenship

Fado Bicha is forcing traditional Portuguese fado ‘out of the closet’

Arctic permafrost is starting to thaw. Here’s why we should all care.

This former refugee could win a seat in one of the whitest statehouses in America

Most Palestinians living in Jerusalem boycott elections. But one Palestinian is running anyway.

For this nurse trained abroad, working at a US hospital is years away

Many immigrants have years of work experience. ‘Upskilling’ programs are helping them use that knowledge.

Tariffs are hurting Tennessee, but voters seem to be shrugging them off

Why the military isn’t tracking climate change costs

An Alaskan village is falling into the sea. Washington is looking the other way.

What’s the EPA’s changing relationship with science?

This Google engineer was asked to create a censored version of Google News for China. He refused.

Orthodox Christianity faced with a political divide

This group uses the tide to send bottles of rice and contraband to North Korea

‘Leaf peeping’ is huge in New England. Will climate change alter tourism?

Angry at status quo, Brazil’s voters open a door for the far right

How to deal when politics divide your family

When war keeps students from starting high school on time, should they be allowed an extra year?

Japan eases immigration restrictions to fill chronic care worker shortage

Teammates from Harvard recall protest at 1968 Mexico City Olympics

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In Iceland, a shifting sculpture for a changing Arctic  

Women are making Bolivia a destination for foodies

Members of this leftist London gym ‘train together for the struggle’

For some Alaska Natives, the Bering Sea and an international border makes it hard to go home

She wanted to study at Hebrew University, but Israel is blocking her

In Springfield, Massachusetts, bracing for uncertainty from Trump’s trade policies

After months of being targeted by Trump, Canadian dairy farmers angry at terms of trade deal

Looking for stories of Russia beyond Putin? This artist has the answer.

The government says it will help reunite families they separated at the border — but not all of them

Republicans are vulnerable in Arizona, but it’s about more than the so-called ‘Latino vote’

One Guatemalan child’s memory of trying to come to the US: ‘They took my dad and locked him up’

A trial alleging racial discrimination weighs on Asian American college applicants

Aboriginal rangers use traditional knowledge to protect their lands

Why would someone want to kill Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi?

As more Aboriginal children are removed from families, critics say government risks a second Stolen Generation

Brazil’s Maya Gabeira conquers 68-foot wave and Guinness World Record

This Latino, Arab American was a long-shot candidate — until his opponent was indicted for corruption

What author would you pick for a Nobel Prize in literature this year?

Chicago hotel workers join #MeToo, demand protections against sexual assault

Brazil fights online misinformation during election season

‘Our wealth is the forest’: Indigenous tribes are the last best hope for the Amazon

Japan could ease tensions with North Korea — if North Korea comes clean on its abduction of Japanese citizens

US and Chinese warships came perilously close to collision, and it’s probably going to keep happening

A ‘Third Way’ to save the Amazon: make the standing forest itself more valuable

Australia returned Uluru to Aboriginals 34 years ago. They’re only just now banning tourists from climbing the sacred site.

US debt is eclipsing the rest of the world. So, where have the deficit hawks gone?

This Philadelphia museum hired Iraqi and Syrian refugees as tour guides for its Middle East gallery

For illegal loggers in the Brazilian Amazon, ‘there is no fear of being punished’