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A white man with his first raised, with two white men clapping.
Politics
Trump gave his first State of the Union a year ago. Where is US foreign policy today?
Nayib Bukele speaks at a podium.
Global Politics
Nayib Bukele: El Salvador’s young social media star — and next president
A young African man wearing a purple and white jacket stands and looks to the left.
Immigration
After ‘Salvini decree’ evictions, refugees in Italy face an uncertain future
a full band on stage, singing and performing in the glow of purple stage lights
Putting the legend of Pancho Villa to song
A glowing billboard on a mobile truck says Free Venezuela.
Global Politics
US sanctions squeezed Venezuela’s Chavismo elites. This time, it’s oil.
a bald man crouches down next to a graffiti-covered stone. he wears a vest that says "erase the hate"
A Montreal man is #ErasingHate with a power washer and his Instagram account
The corporate logo of Venezuelan state-owned oil company PDVSA is seen at a gas station sign
Why does oil matter so much to Venezuela?
Kim Jong-un inspects a large metal piece of equipment with others around him.
Expert: ‘Cautiously optimistic’ about possible peace deal with North Korea
A Buddhist monk walks through a crowd with his hands in a prayer position
Religion
The ‘father of mindfulness’ prepares for the next life
Four black and white photos of a Korean baby in a row, with a file folder above.
Global Nation First Person
30 years later, this Korean adoptee finds ‘home’ again
A young man sits at a table and talks with his mother.
Getting legal status opened the path to college for this Arizona immigrant family
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh arrive for a photo opportunity before a meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Hanoi, Vietnam, July 9, 2018.
Trump and Kim will meet again, but why in Vietnam?
A blonde Lilian Tintori, speaks during a meeting with a banner in the background that reads: "Freedom for all the political prisoners in Venezuela." 
Venezuelan activist Lilian Tintori: ‘We don’t want confrontation. We want reconciliation.’
A black and white photo of a large family
Global Nation First Person
For many, international adoption isn’t just a new family. It’s the loss of another life.
A close-up of a jar of pikliz.
Pikliz, a spicy Haitian condiment, gets a lot of love in South Florida’s food scene
domestic abuse discussion
Women & Gender
UK lawmakers push to include financial abuse in domestic violence law
Researchers Scott Landolt and Mark Seefeldt set up an automatic snowfall measuring system in Antarctica.
An unexpected challenge on Antarctica: Measuring snowfall
Black and white image of several people and a horse standing in front of teepees. A dog howls in the mid-foreground.
Immigration Rewind
Ignored and deported, Cree ‘refugees’ echo the crises of today
several people hold signs outside the walls of a military outpost
This Venezuelan historian worries further US involvement could bring more violence
A crowd wearing yellow, blue and red of the Venezuelan flag hold signs and protest. One man in the center has his fist raised above his head.
Immigration
Bipartisan effort seeks Temporary Protected Status for Venezuelans
Saudi women attend a concert featuring the Greek perfomer Yanni at Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on December 3, 2017. 
Saudi Arabia isn’t known for fun. It has a $64 billion plan to turn it around.
duddy
All but ‘nonessential’ US diplomats in Venezuela stay put despite Maduro’s order to leave
Roger Stone puts his hands up and makes peace signs as he walks to microphones
The must-read pieces of the Roger Stone indictment
A slatted metal prototypes of a border wall is shown, photographed through the border wall in Tijuana, Mexico.
Immigration
Trump signed an order for the wall 2 years ago. The US just ended the longest shutdown ever over it.
women wearing colorful saris gather in a circle.
Sexuality
Rural women in India struggle to access contraception. These people are trying to change that.
A group of young people walk in front of the Arizona state Capitol.
Immigration
As DACA fix remains elusive, Arizona ‘Dreamers’ focus on in-state tuition
A migrant woman and her children sit beside a truck while three border patrol officers take them into custody
Immigration
Class-action suit says US government is weaponizing information against migrant families
Politician shakes many hands at a rally.
Global Politics
Is Venezuela on the precipice of presidential change?
Justice holds her scales while someone stands ontop of her in this political cartoon
Venezuelans cartoon their country’s crisis
Nanette Senters is one of roughly 1,500 workers at the General Motors factory in Lordstown, Ohio, that will no longer be working there come March.
Business, Economics and Jobs
Rust Belt jobs are still going overseas. The impact could be felt for generations.
Hong Kong fans cover their faces and boo during the Chinese national anthem, at a friendly soccer match between Hong Kong and Bahrain in Hong Kong, China, November 9, 2017.
In Hong Kong, insulting China’s national anthem could soon be illegal
several multi-colored MDMA pills
This Australian politician says pill testing could prevent deaths at music festivals
Oliver Mtukudzi plays guitar
Zimbabwe’s Oliver ‘Tuku’ Mtukudzi’s career spanned four decades and 67 albums
Migrants from Central America are seen escorted by US. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials after crossing the border from Mexico to surrender to the officials in El Paso, Texas in this pictured taken from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
Immigration
In El Paso, a border city grows uneasy over shutdown
Portrait of a Myanmar poet wearing a blue shirt.
Arts, Culture & Media
A spoken word poet in Myanmar speaks out against hate and injustice
glacier
Into the Thaw: Decoding Thwaites Glacier
What Thwaites Glacier can tell us about the future of West Antarctica
Philippine's President Rodrigo Duterte speaks behind a blue podium in a white shirt
Does Duterte’s wrath against the Catholic Church have no limit?
A preacher stands at the front of a mostly full church
Immigration
A tale of two sanctuary churches: Congregants in Ohio and the Netherlands find ‘instant connection’
Some people sit on top of a border barrier while a crowd gathers on the ground.
Immigration
Law students head to southern US border to help asylum-seekers
a baby with blonde hair and a white dress receives a vaccination in the left thigh
Health & Medicine
‘Vaccine hesitancy’ is on the WHO’s list of 10 threats to global health in 2019
A white woman with medium length light brown hair holds a banner while in a protest march.
A US transgender activist is stuck in Sweden. The UN wants to investigate.
A man with a top hat and UK flag draped around his shoulders holds anti-Brexit protest signs
Global Politics
5 reasons Americans ought to care about Brexit
two men kick a protester on the ground
Kurdish protesters attacked by Erdoğan’s bodyguards at DC demonstration sue Turkish government
A man leans over a table covered in dozens of identical little red books
A little yellow book full of Xi Jinping quotes is the new version of Mao’s ‘Little Red Book’
A man is being handed a flier that says "Listen up Arabs" and describes the Census 2010 process.
Here’s why the US census citizenship question stokes mistrust
A woman riding a wave
An Olympic hopeful from Senegal hopes to inspire more black women to surf
A black woman stands with a staff.
Amid 1619 anniversary, Virginia grapples with history of slavery in America
A KGB agent disguise kit is shown with make-up and a wig.
Arts, Culture & Media
You can take selfies with once-secret KGB spycraft at this NY museum
People sit on the steps outside Los Angeles immigration court, which has been closed since Dec. 22 due to a partial government shutdown over funding for a southern border wall.
Immigration
This busy LA immigration court is now a ‘ghost town’ in wake of government shutdown
people marching
Global Women’s Marches persevere despite divisions among US activists
Monessen, Pennsylvania, was once a prosperous steel town. The small city, 27 miles south of Pittsburgh, has fallen on hard times since its steel mills shut down in the 1970’s and ‘80’s.
Forgotten and crumbling, a PA steel town turned to Trump. Two years later, it’s a mixed bag.
People form a line like a snake on the bed of a dry riverbed
‘Congo Tales’ book dramatizes myths from Mbomo people
hundreds of people stand in line at a gas station on a sunny day
Mexicans support president’s fight against fuel theft despite long lines for gas
Woman at a demonstration
Climate Change
The ‘Green New Deal’ started with six college grads. Now, they’re recruiting an army of young people.
Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin shake hands behind two podiums reading Helsinki 2018
No, the president can’t destroy records. Here’s why.
A couple is backlit against a stark stone fort interior.
Pirates brought enslaved Africans to Virginia’s shores. Where, exactly, is debatable.
A masked Syria fighter stands in front of an American tank and some troops.
Global Politics
When the US pulls out of Syria, what happens to ISIS?
Five people are painted with a light green paint and post together. Another man is on his knees with bananas.
Excerpt: ‘The Mole and the Sun’ from ‘Congo Tales’
three men in suits stand on the set of a television show
This Nicaraguan journalist is still reporting in exile
Soccer player Ada Hegerberg holds the Ballon d'Or trophy
Sports
Ada Hegerberg, first female Ballon d’Or winner: ‘A huge step forward’