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Syrian refugees in Lebanon face growing restrictions and deportation

Israel-Hamas war

Thirteen years since Syria’s civil war broke out, Lebanon remains home to the largest Syrian refugee population per capita in the world: roughly 1.5 million people. Now, Lebanese politicians say they must be sent home. Many employers have stopped hiring Syrians for menial jobs. And municipalities have issued new restrictions, even evicting Syrian tenants, according to recent news reports.

The Creative Class Isn’t Dead Yet

Arts, Culture & Media
A model demonstrates a Samsung Electronics' new smartphone Galaxy S7 during its launching ceremony.

Samsung dream jobs are running out for young, overeducated South Koreans

Jobs
Tsegay

Organizations try to fight ‘brain waste’ and get highly trained immigrants back to work

Jobs
President Trump shakes hands with a coal miner

Two US coal miners, two very different perspectives on the future of coal

Environment
Several young people wearing gloves and helmets work in a park, one digs with a shovel

For these families in Pittsburgh, teens’ summer jobs make more than just pocket money

Finance

It’s not a new phenomenon for young people to work summer jobs to make money and gain skills. For children who came to the US as refugees, there’s a bit more at stake though. These families get three months of assistance when they arrive — and then they’re mostly on their own.It’s not a new phenomenon for young people to work summer jobs to make money and gain skills. For children who came to the US as refugees, there’s a bit more at stake though. These families get three months of assistance when they arrive — and then they’re mostly on their own.

A Ukrainian miner sleeps on a coal trolley in the southeastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk in May 1998.

World’s longest workday? It may not be where you think it is.

Business

When it was part of the Soviet Union it had a tightly controlled workday. Now, it’s unlimited. Lawmakers are finally trying to change that.

Lou Mavrakis, mayor of Monessen, needs to tear down some 400 blighted homes and 30 downtown buildings. He says he's appealed to federal elected officials for help, but has been ignored.

Trump’s anti-globalization message resonates in ‘forgotten’ Pennsylvania town

Economics

Donald Trump gave a fiery anti-trade, anti-globalization speech in Monessen, Pennsylvania, a few weeks back. And people in Monessen loved hearing it.

Matt Hannahs, 32, poses with his son Devin outside their tent

America’s homeless community is growing

Justice

The urban population is swelling, as government aid becomes increasingly hard to find and the price of housing climbs up and up.

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Unsung black heroines launched a modern domestic workers movement — powered by their own stories

Global Politics

The struggle for labor rights started decades ago among private household workers, mostly African American women, whose stories inspired a powerful, nationwide movement for dignity.