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California

1.4K posts

Massachusetts

837 posts
A large group of people in kilts and Scotland soccer jerseys gather outside a grand building with columns.
FIFA World Cup 2026
Scottish soccer fans aim to skirt World Cup train costs by hiring a fleet of school buses
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The entrance of Boston College with a prominent sign and students walking nearby.
The World's Global Classroom
Boston College sets up school for first-generation immigrants
4:08
The World's Global Classroom
Trump administration’s policies are driving away international students
3:36
The value of American higher education
Refugee Afghan girls in the US plan for once unimaginable higher education
8:23
The World's Global Classroom
US schools are creating contingency plans for international students
5:03
The World's Global Classroom
Two Palestinian artists recreate their beloved Gaza in virtual reality
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The World's Global Classroom
Can Massachusetts learn from Tennessee on how to navigate free college programs?
Arts, Culture & Media
After more than a century, women take a formal role in New Bedford’s massive Madeiran Feast
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Arts, Culture & Media
Who was Toussaint L’Ouverture, the namesake behind Boston’s new Haitian cultural center?
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a student stands with her arms crossed in front of a domed building on MIT's campus
The World's Global Classroom
On campus, Jewish and Muslim students fear for their safety
Children all over a colorful classroom
Education
This Massachusetts school district focuses on the well-being of homeless immigrant students
Samuel Ike, dressed in the role of Revolutionary War-era African American abolitionist Prince Hall.
History
The history of enslavement at Boston’s Freedom Trail sites is beginning to be told

Texas

771 posts
Professor Juan Madrid with his students from the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley at a radio telescope in Fort Davis in West Texas.
The World's Global Classroom
‘Embrace the culture, embrace the language’: Offering bilingual courses benefits students beyond the classroom, Texan professor says
people walking around
Migrants stranded in Mexico rush to cross the US border before Title 42 ends
Shown in the Spanish language are "He Votado Hoy" stickers or "I voted today" at a polling place in Philadelphia.
Elections
Texas candidates battle for Hispanic vote in US midterm elections
Body bags lie at the scene where a tractor trailer with multiple dead bodies was discovered, in San Antonio, Texas
Migrant smuggling networks arise from the ‘lack of legal pathways’ into the US, expert says
Rodney Montreuil grew up in Cap-Haitien, Haiti and has lived in Phoenix for the last two decades.
Migration
This Haitian schoolteacher helps new arrivals from Haiti resettle in Arizona
encampment
Migration
A group of Haitian migrants says they were abused at the US-Mexico border. They’re suing the US govt.
Carlota Balbuena and her daughter, Alejandra Balbuena, of North Texas, are enthusiastic about Turkish shows called dizis.
Move over, telenovelas. The latest binge-watching craze? Turkish dizis.
In this June 16, 2021, file photo, a migrant family from Venezuela move to a Border Patrol transport vehicle after they and other migrants crossed the US-Mexico border and turned themselves in Del Rio, Texas.
Abortion
Undocumented women face shrinking options for reproductive health care under Texas abortion law
Vice president Kamala Harris, in a blue suit, speaks to reporters
Borders
Vice President Kamala Harris calls situation at the US-Mexico border ‘tough’ during visit there
Figures of a 7-year-old migrant girl walking with a woman and unidentified man silhouetted at night
Borders
Many asylum-seekers are returned at the US-Mexico border under Title 42. Advocates call it a ‘sham.’
Houston plumber Eduardo Dolande said he had to cut holes in his bathroom ceiling to reach broken pipes during the Texas freeze.
Immigration
After Texas freeze, immigrants play critical role in repairing tens of thousands of homes
A yacht maneuvers near homes on Palm Island
Business, Economics and Jobs
Cities suffer when the 1% leave
n this Aug. 30, 2019, photo, migrants, most who were returned to Mexico under the Trump administration’s “Remain in Mexico” program, receive bottles of water given by volunteers in an encampment near the Gateway International Bridge in Matamoros, Mexico.
Why Biden’s day one promise to end ‘Remain in Mexico’ program may go unfilled
Three photos over a blie background announ ce an event
Every 30 Seconds
Discussion: Mobilizing Latino voters — perspectives from Texas and Arizona

Florida

653 posts
picture of a college campus and palm trees in front
The World's Global Classroom
After Florida passes laws to limit Chinese influence in higher ed, this university is cutting its ties with China
Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis arrives at the Foreign Office to visit Britain's Foreign Secretary in London, Friday, April 28, 2023.
The World's Global Classroom
Will Gov. DeSantis win his battle to dismantle DEI programs at state universities?
A mural with the words "Patria y Vida," or "Homeland and Life," a twist on the Cuban national motto, "Homeland or Death."
Elections
In Miami, Cuban American progressives promote civic engagement ahead of midterms
In 2010, Noreen Dertinger finally spotted her first loon chick on Lake Kennebec. Unfortunately, it did not survive the year.
Environment
Mysterious drop in loon population prompts cross-border collaborations in North America
The Castillo de San Marcos, one of the major heritage sites in St. Augustine, Florida,
Climate Change
Rising sea levels along Florida’s coast threaten to damage valuable archeological sites
Residents stand amid their homes damaged by a gasoline truck that overturned and exploded in Cap-Haitien, Haiti
Justice
‘Haitians deserve a chance to determine their own future,’ former US envoy says
Farm workers wearing hats break up earth
Human rights
Farmworkers who face extreme heat fear retaliation or deportation if they complain, says nurse
A woman wearing a purple shirt is shown with her hands out stretched and shouting among a large crowd of people.
Protest
Protesters in Cuba are calling for the ‘end of the communist state,’ historian says
A visit to this farm near Cali, Colombia, inspired Mauricio Zuñiga to become a coffee exporter.
Immigration
Colombian Deportado Coffee’s founder hopes to open a conversation about US immigration
Farmworkers wearing hats gather spinach from a field.
Human rights
As temperatures heat up, farmworkers across the US push for more rights
Group of people gather outside a church for a prayers
Immigration
Cuban Americans make plea to Biden administration for help on immigration limbo
A nurse administers a shot to an elderly man wearing a white T-shirt and black pants at his home.
COVID-19
Dual citizens in Mexico seek vaccine options in the US as rollout lags
Jacob Cuenca of Homestead, Florida, has been daunted by the political campaigns over the past year plus current events. He says he's disappointed with President Donald Trump's handling of the coronavirus, and he recently switched his vote to Democratic ch
Every 30 Seconds
Trump’s pandemic response convinced this Latino Republican to back Biden  

New York

521 posts
The World's Global Classroom
Despite new campus rules, Columbia University students vow to continue protests against Gaza war
Arts, Culture & Media
‘Bad Kreyòl’ premieres in New York
5:20
Immigration
Meet the Jamaicans who harvest the Champlain Valley’s apples
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Music
‘Moving and beautiful and hopeful’: 700 international youth musicians gather in New York City for World Orchestra Week
5:34
seniors on the street
New York City’s older Chinese American population faces increasing housing challenges, poverty
soldiers in rehab center
Ukraine
Wounded Ukrainian soldiers start new journeys on prosthetics
Cayuga Lake is the longest of central New York's glacial Finger Lakes.
Conflict & Justice
A leadership dispute flares in Cayuga Nation amid evictions, arrests and demolitions
A person paints a sign that says "I can't breathe" on a wall with a purple background.
Human rights
Public art honoring Egyptian American Moustafa Kassem sends universal human rights message

Arizona

428 posts
screenshot of show
On Course
‘The College Tour’ show makes campus tours accessible to immigrants, low-income students
two protesters
On Course
DACA could end in federal court. Most of today’s high school graduates can’t get protection from the program anyway. 
Rodney Montreuil grew up in Cap-Haitien, Haiti and has lived in Phoenix for the last two decades.
Migration
This Haitian schoolteacher helps new arrivals from Haiti resettle in Arizona
Afghan refugees walk through an Afghan refugee camp at Joint Base McGuire Dix Lakehurst, New Jersey, on Sept. 27, 2021. 
Refugees
6 months after evacuation, thousands of Afghan families are waiting to reunite
The office of the Culinary Workers Union is seen through a car window in Las Vegas, Nov. 9, 2020. The union represents 60,000 people, most of them immigrants, in the Las Vegas area who work in the hospitality industry. 
Jobs
Undocumented people bring grassroots organizing skills to the labor movement
Woman holding hose from truck to fill water trough
Avoiding water bankruptcy in the drought-troubled Southwest: What the US and Iran can learn from each other
Figures of a 7-year-old migrant girl walking with a woman and unidentified man silhouetted at night
Borders
Many asylum-seekers are returned at the US-Mexico border under Title 42. Advocates call it a ‘sham.’
A pregnant person wearing a red shirt holds her belly, wearing a face mask and gloves.
Commentary
For pregnant women, getting the COVID-19 jab is a challenging choice
A group of noncitizens crossing the border at night, silhouetted against a light
Biden proposes a legal term change to recognize the humanity of ‘noncitizens’
Ricky Hurtado, the first Latino candidate to run for North Carolina's House of Representatives, poses for a portrait by a mural in Graham on March 10, 2020. It's been a tumultuous few months for Hurtado. In November, the 32-year-old son of a Salvadoran im
Every 30 Seconds
What impact will Latino voters have on North Carolina in the future?

Middle East

390 posts
A man dressed in white stands by the closed door of an airplane.
Historic flight between Israel and the UAE lands in Abu Dhabi
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Al-Hurra
Combating Extremist Ideology Since 9/11
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Arts, Culture & Media
Middle East’s First Female Photo Collective Focuses on Gender
shukor in space
Islam and the cosmos
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A member of Iraqi security forces takes down a Kurdish flag in Dibis on the outskirts of Kirkuk, Iraq, Oct. 17, 2017.
Conflict
Kurds wonder if they should’ve helped Iraq’s army in Mosul
People walk past signs bearing the name of U.S. President-elect Republican Donald Trump in Tel Aviv, Israel on November 14, 2016.
Conflict
Israel develops new ties with Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir
Trump’s approach to the Middle East
Full Episode
Jordanian lawyer and human rights activist Asma Khader, left, with The World's Shirin Jaafari
Women’s work
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Abu Radwan and his family converted to Christianity after they fled Syria to Lebanon. He says it's a genuine conversion, though he does say he thinks it might help him get resettled in the West.
Conflict
Why some Muslim Syrian refugees are converting to Christianity
The Friends of Donald Trump in Lebanon Facebook page gets comments, such as: "Go Mr. President God bless you" and "We need someone like you [in Lebanon] to clean up our country."
Global Politics
Trump fans in Lebanon want to ‘make the Middle East great again’
An Iraqi police officer uses the device to inspect a car at checkpoint in central Baghdad, Iraq, 2010.
Business
These bomb detectors were proved phony years ago, yet they’re still used in the Middle East
America’s bond with Israel — its history and its current challenges
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Town hall recording at WNYC's Greene Space
US foreign policy and the next president: Through the eyes of the world
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American-born Al Qaeda leader killed in Yemen
President Obama announces complete withdrawal from Iraq by year’s end
After five years, Gilad Shalit is released by Hamas (with video)
U.S. foils Iran’s plot against Saudi ambassador
Israel to Palestinians: Only way to statehood is negotiation
Egypt looking for answers after 24 are killed in violence
Tensions escalate in Israel and Gaza

Pennsylvania

366 posts
Workers prepare to replace older water pipes with a new copper one in Newark, New Jersey, Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021.
Health & Medicine
Scientists link childhood lead exposure to adult mental health problems
Red and white trucks flank a tall drilling well pictured against the sky
Environment
Trying to measure fracking’s toll on human health
White-tailed buck
Health & Medicine
Lead in hunted meat poses health risk to families and food banks
Politics with Amy Walter: The Next President of the United States
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A woman is shown wearing a face mask and sitting at a desk with a box nearby designated for rejected ballots.
2020 US presidential election
Biden ahead in Georgia, Pennsylvania; Trump attacks process
A woman sits on a bench in jail.
Justice
Mothers in prison aren’t likely to see their families this Thanksgiving — or any other day
A woman stands in front of a banner reading "End Family Detention"
Immigration
As Trump eyes more family detention, experts say it puts kids at risk
Ugandan rapper Tshila
Music
This Ugandan rapper was ‘miseducated,’ Lauryn Hill-style
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.
A person holds tear gas canisters and shot guns shells all tied on to a string
The global tear gas business is booming. It’s complicated.
A sunset with the silhouette of a mosque and man approaching
Immigration Rewind
How 16 Americans found family, faith and their immigrant roots — generations after their parents left their homelands
Hadi Jasim was an Iraqi translator for the US military. Now he's a "global guide" at the Penn Museum in Philadelphia.
Arts, Culture & Media
This Philadelphia museum hired Iraqi and Syrian refugees as tour guides for its Middle East gallery
a view of pope France from the left side
Former top Vatican official calls for resignation of pope over abuse crisis
Saint Patrick Catholic Church is seen in York, Pennsylvania, Aug. 18, 2018
Religion
A new chapter, with the same old words, in the Catholic child abuse scandal
Shale gas pipes
Environment
Fracking is on the rise in Pennsylvania. So are radon levels. Are the two connected?

Michigan

354 posts
Arts, Culture & Media
‘Bad Kreyòl’ premieres in New York
5:20
Abdullah Hammoud, mayor-elect of Dearborn, Michigan
Elections
Dearborn’s first Arab American mayor-elect: ‘You need not change who you are’ to run for public office
Trump supporters at right argue with a counterprotester at left as they protest election results outside the central counting board at the TCF Center in Detroit, Michigan, Nov. 5, 2020.
2020 US presidential election
International Crisis Group warns political violence could further polarize the US
A healthcare worker walks outside the DMC Sinai-Grace Hospital
COVID-19
Detroit needs Canadian nurses. But coronavirus threatens their cross-border travel.
Government officials, wearing protective masks, stand next to a plane
COVID-19
US deportation flights risk spreading coronavirus globally
Police officers in protective suits arrive in a residential area to check on people
COVID-19
Without support for India’s poorest people, lockdown risks failure
authorities
The US movement against female genital mutilation is at a crossroads
Ilhan Omar clasps her husband’s mother's face in her hands as she smiles
Women & Gender
These are the women who made history in this year’s midterm elections
Hamissi Mamba walks through the guts of what will be his new restaurant, Baobab Fare in Detroit. Originally from Burundi, Mamba relocated to Michigan two years back, learned English, and is now a budding entrepreneur.
50 States
Detroit welcomes immigrants to spur the city’s revival
At General Motors’ Detroit-Hamtramck factory, it takes about three days for Buicks, Chevrolets, and Cadillacs to complete the 16 mile conveyor belt, start to finish.
Business, Economics and Jobs
Trump’s NAFTA revisions — designed to help the US auto industry — could have the opposite impact
The West Virginia State Capitol building in Charleston sits on the Kanawha River, which is fed in part by the Elk River — the main water supply for nearly 300,000 of the state's residents.
Science
Documentary uncovers contaminated truths behind water crisis in West Virginia, other locations
Comic still of woman against yellow backdrop holding up a book and pen
Books
Author Saladin Ahmed has found mainstream success in the US — while being ‘unapologetically Arab and Muslim’
Recent released information about Russians hacking into American power systems has raised several concerns about the overall security of the U.S. energy grid as a whole.
Conflict
Can the US protect its power grid from hackers?
Arts, Culture & Media
Ladislav Hanka
Arts, Culture & Media
Rick DeVos
Arts, Culture & Media
Grand Rapids Idol

New Jersey

301 posts
an ICE agent's back
On Course
Immigrant students settle with govt over fake university
Aerial view of a Hindu temple next to a parking lot and greenery.
Caste in America
Lawsuits bring attention to caste discrimination in the US
Human rights
A Uighur poem of ‘unimaginable suffering’ travels from Chinese internment camp to New Jersey
A detainee talks with an employee in an exam room in the medial unit during a media tour at Northwest ICE Processing Center, one of 31 dedicated ICE facilities that house immigration detainees, in Tacoma, Washington, Dec. 16, 2019.
COVID-19
Immigrants in US detention fear spread of coronavirus
logos
TikTok apologizes to US teen after removing video critical of Chinese government
Every year, millions of Muslims from around the world descend upon Mecca, Saudi Arabia for the Hajj.
Religion
Politics complicate the hajj spiritual journey for some Muslims
Child drinking water
Health
Newark, NJ, has a lead contamination problem in its water
young adults make hot sauce
Food
In Camden, a hot sauce is helping young urban entrepreneurs fight poverty
Salem and Hope Creek nuclear plants
Environment
Nuclear energy gets a ‘green’ boost in New Jersey
CIA Director Mike Pompeo testifies before a Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing on Pompeo’s nomination to be secretary of state on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on April 12, 2018.
Global Politics
Some senators still have lingering questions about Mike Pompeo as secretary of state
Arts, Culture & Media
Civil War Re-enactors
Arts, Culture & Media
Commentary: Baraka’s Big Lies
Arts, Culture & Media
Dear Diary — It’s Paul’s Alter
Hudson generating station
Environment
More states join the fight to reduce global warming
For years, Shanghai has featured some of China's worst air pollution. Recent initiatives by the Chinese government, though, have begun to clean up some of the problem.
Economics
With the US pursuing fossil fuels, alternative, renewable forms of energy could be an even bigger boon to China

Ohio

300 posts
Adult cicadas cover a plant, Monday, May 17, 2021, at Woodend Sanctuary and Mansion, in Chevy Chase, Maryland.
Environment
Have you seen the Brood X cicadas?
Syrian refugees embrace after landing at Chicago's O'Hare airport.
Immigration
US refugee agencies wither as Trump administration cuts numbers to historic lows
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.
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’
Three GM employees at a meeting with worried faces.
Jobs
GM to slash jobs and production in North America, drawing criticism from Trump and unions
coffee
Business, Economics and Jobs
With Dirty Girl coffee, this entrepreneur strives to make life better for women in Appalachia
Cherise Greer
Conflict
Here’s a list of ways to help women who’ve been incarcerated
women at a prison
Lifestyle
As opioids land more women in prison, Ohio finds alternative treatments
Harley-Davidson motorcycles on display at the company’s headquarters in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. An EPA penalty of $15 million for selling emissions defeat devices was decreased by $3 million under the Trump administration in December 2017.
Global Politics
Environmental prosecutions under Trump projected to be the lowest in two decades

Minnesota

282 posts

Colorado

280 posts
The World's Global Classroom
For this Ghanaian American headed to Stanford, supporting her community — even from afar — is her top priority
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Environment
In the dry Colorado River Delta, the future of these green oases hangs in the balance
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College students wearing bear costumes
The World's Global Classroom
College football hype can be lost in translation for international students
María Teresa Navas Mejía, a long-term employee at the University of Colorado Boulder, recently received her green card thanks to Carina De La Torre and students in Colorado Law’s Immigration Defense Clinic.
On Course
Colorado law students gain ‘powerful’ lessons providing free legal services to immigrants
A fire still burns in a home destroyed by the Marshall Wildfire in Louisville, Colorado, Friday, Dec. 31, 2021.
Environment
Colorado’s catastrophic winter firestorm may be a sign of more to come
DACA recipient Nohemi Salas is enrolled in the dental hygienist program at Community College of Denver and received Colorado state financial aid to help pay for college. 
On Course
Colorado joins handful of states that give financial aid to undocumented college students
I-70 and Glenwood Canyon
Climate Change
Wildfire shuts down major US transportation corridor, signaling yet more climate disruption
Alabama Memorial Confronts America’s Legacy of Lynching
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Dogs by creek
Environment
A message for dog owners enjoying the great outdoors: Leave no poop behind
Andrea Carolina and Desikan Sundararajan with Statoil, along with Dirk Richter, founder of Quanta3 (left to right), install a pilot methane detector at a Statoil well pad at the Eagle Ford Shale natural gas site in Texas.
Environment
Engineers compete to detect methane leaks, a powerful climate pollutant
When Manny and Roz de Lizarriturri moved from the Philadelphia area to Pueblo, Colorado, their electricity bills jumped 30 to 40 percent. So, the couple installed solar panels.
Environment
Fed up with high rates, a Colorado city considers ditching its utility and relying on the sun
The New Belgium Brewing Company is the 4th largest craft brewer in the US. Their beers are in demand across the globe, but the company is hesitant to expand exports too quickly.
Economics
Europeans are embracing American craft beer. So, why are exports trailing off?
Wages for American workers are ticking upwards, but the US remains one of the world’s most inequitable nations, and one with a weak social safety net compared with other Western democracies.
Business, Finance & Economics
Wages for American workers are ticking upward, but the US remains one of the world’s most inequitable nations
The percentage of parents who refuse to give any vaccines to their children remain at one to two percent of the general public. There is a much larger group of people who have doubts and concerns over certain vaccinations, experts say.
Health
Despite dozens of recent flu deaths among US children, vaccination skeptics remain — and their numbers have grown
Representative Mike Coffman at a recent Cinco de Mayo celebration in Colorado's Sixth District. Coffman has been both praised for reaching out to his immigrant constituents and attacked for not doing enough to represent them in Congress.
Global Politics
A Republican congressman walks the tricky middle ground on immigration reform
Massive forest fires can often result in a shifting of ecosystems, as regeneration becomes a more difficult task, especially in drier and warmer areas.
Lifestyle
Forest fire surge may be blamed more by human touch than changing climates
Princess Leia
Culture
The little-known link between Princess Leia’s iconic hairstyle and the Mexican Revolution

Virginia

280 posts
A Kurdish security officer escorts Alexanda Kotey, left, and El Shafee Elsheikh
Justice
Former ISIS member is found guilty in US federal court
Qasim Rashid is a congressional candidate in Virginia. He sees attacks on himself as an opportunity to open up a dialogue with people. 
US politics
This Muslim American congressional candidate sees hateful messages as a chance for dialogue
Ferkat Jawdat, a Uighur living in Virginia, has asked the US government to pressure China to release minorities, including his mother, from "re-education camps." 
Justice
‘I just couldn’t sleep’: Uighur activist calls for China to stop targeting minorities
illustration of a black wood cutter.
In search of refuge during the American Revolution, this enslaved black man joined the British army
A closeup photo of a blonde woman wearing a blue shirt beside her husband, whose face has been blurred for privacy.
Americans’ immigration emergency: Their spouses could be deported or exiled if they seek green cards
A black woman stands with a staff.
Amid 1619 anniversary, Virginia grapples with history of slavery in America
A couple is backlit against a stark stone fort interior.
Pirates brought enslaved Africans to Virginia’s shores. Where, exactly, is debatable.
A voter carries a 'blue wave' poster at a rally
Politics
The US midterms ‘blue wave’ has mixed results for the environment
As Hurricane Florence Approaches, What About the People Forced to Stay?
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Georgia

247 posts
Filmmaker Crystal Kwok speaks to a customer at shop featured in the film,"Blurring the Color Line."
Race
‘I want people to have uncomfortable conversations’: A new documentary explores Chinese and Black relations in the Jim Crow South
Farm workers wearing hats break up earth
Human rights
Farmworkers who face extreme heat fear retaliation or deportation if they complain, says nurse
Tourists at the mingling with Stone Mountain and colorful trees in the background
History
Stone Mountain — home to the largest Confederate monument in the US — is celebrating its first Juneteenth
A man is shown in blurred focus walking past a digital sign that says, 'open 7' and glass beneth it with the sign for Gold Spa in the reflection.
Conflict & Justice
Atlanta shootings come in wake of rise in anti-Asian hate crimes
Ricky Hurtado, the first Latino candidate to run for North Carolina's House of Representatives, poses for a portrait by a mural in Graham on March 10, 2020. It's been a tumultuous few months for Hurtado. In November, the 32-year-old son of a Salvadoran im
Every 30 Seconds
What impact will Latino voters have on North Carolina in the future?
Leticia Arcila has voted in local and state elections. This is her first presidential election.
Every 30 Seconds
This young Latina calls health insurance ‘life-changing.’ She hopes Biden will help everyone get it.
Stacey Abrams 2020 election
Politics
Georgia’s green voters helped deliver the Senate to the Democrats
Six people wearing medical masks stand and shout slogans.
Top of The World
Mass arrests of opposition lawmakers in Hong Kong; Sudan and US sign historic ‘Abraham Accords’; All eyes on Georgia Senate runoffs
Volunteers assemble signs before a rally for Democratic US Senate candidate Jon Ossoff and former US Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julian Castro in Lilburn, Georgia, Monday, Dec. 7, 2020. 
Every 30 Seconds
Latino communities targeted by disinformation ahead of Georgia’s Senate runoffs
A supporter holds up a large sign during a rally.
Every 30 Seconds
‘Georgia, all eyes are on you’: Activists galvanize Latino voters ahead of runoffs 
Georgia Democratic candidate for US Senate Jon Ossoff waits for a supporter to arrive during a drive-through yard sign pick-up event on Nov. 18, 2020, in Marietta, Georgia.
Every 30 Seconds
How grassroots groups are getting Latinos to the polls in Georgia
A woman is shown wearing a face mask and sitting at a desk with a box nearby designated for rejected ballots.
2020 US presidential election
Biden ahead in Georgia, Pennsylvania; Trump attacks process
Chester County, Pennsylvania, election workers organize mail-in and absentee ballots for the 2020 General Election in the United States at West Chester University, Nov. 3, 2020.
2020 US presidential election
International election watchdog: Polarization, loss of public trust threaten US election
Eight square-size pictures of young men and women appear over a white background.
Every 30 Seconds
2020 Election: The voting power of Latino youth
A demonstrator holding a sign reading #GeorgeFloyd and #BLM marches near Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, May 30, 2020.
Every 30 Seconds
BLM is increasingly a voter issue for Latinos in Georgia
Leticia Arcila, a 20-year-old voter in Atlanta, Georgia, said health care is her top priority in a presidential candidate.
Every 30 Seconds
In Georgia, a young Latina reluctantly casts her primary vote for Biden
A group of military men stand in a line with their weapons.
Critical State
Analysis: Who joins rebel armies?
An aerial view of damaged homes, trees and extra debris surrounded by water in the Bahamas.
Natural disasters
Bahamas officials search for storm survivors as Dorian heads for Florida, Georgia
a submarine surfaces with bird flying overhead
Nuclear
Nukes? What nukes? US military’s ‘neither confirm nor deny’ policy complicates activists’ trial
Downtown Atlanta
Environment
How Atlanta plans to get to 100% green energy by 2035

Alaska

243 posts
Pile of freshly caught silver salmon with visible scales, fins, and blood from the harvest
Out of Eden Walk
The ‘fishing link’: The role of salmon in the human migration to North America 
7:33
Two hikers wearing cold-weather gear traverse a snowy mountain slope, with snow-covered peaks visible in the background under a clear blue sky.
Out of Eden Walk
As climate change melts permafrost, landslides are becoming more dangerous 
7:23
Alaska's National Petroleum Reserve
Energy
Federal judge blocks major Alaskan drilling project
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge caribou aerial
Environment
Trump administration tries to sell off Arctic wildlife refuge in its final days
A man raises his left arm in protest.
Climate Change
Indigenous youth take global stage in Madrid to voice climate change worries 
crew
History
From the USSR with love: A sailor’s 50-year-old message in a bottle makes it to Alaska
A cityscape of Anchorage, Alaska with dog-sled racers and mountains
Climate Change
With an Indigenous perspective, Anchorage seeks to adapt to climate change even if Alaska doesn’t
portrait
The Big Melt
As the Arctic warms up, a ‘new ocean’ is bringing new commerce to the top of the world
sea ice
The Big Melt
Ice is us: Alaska Natives face the demise of the Arctic ice pack
A person walks through a puddle in Shismaref, Alaska.
The Big Melt
An Alaskan village is falling into the sea. Washington is looking the other way.
A slate-blue sea stretches out on the horizon. In the foreground, green grass is dotted with wildflowers.
Culture
For some Alaska Natives, the Bering Sea and an international border makes it hard to go home
Red gloved hands grab a fish out of a huge pile of silver skinned salmon.
Economics
Alaska’s seafood industry waits for China tariff pain

Oregon

241 posts

Iowa

238 posts
Girls on the Genesis Youth Foundation soccer team show off their skills with the ball at their practice in Des Moines.
Sports
Not all youth soccer players have the same opportunities. These Iowa clubs try to shrink that gap.
George Nissen appears on a trampoline at the 2000 Olympics.
Tokyo Olympics
The Olympic trampoline tradition: Remembering the man who taught the world to bounce
A boy sits in a living room at a desk and watches a TV with a lesson airing on it.
Education
Math at midnight: Students stuck in US struggle with remote learning at Chinese schools
Politics with Amy Walter: The Path to November
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Politics with Amy Walter: An Unexpected Battle for the Senate
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Joe Biden y Bernie Sanders speak at a debate.
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¿Podrá Biden lograr que los latinos voten? Los defensores de la migración no están seguros.
Senator Bernie Sanders speaks as former Vice President Joe Biden reacts during the ninth Democratic 2020 U.S. Presidential candidates debate at the Paris Theater in Las Vegas Nevada, on Feb. 19, 2020.
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Can Biden turn out Latinos to vote? Advocacy groups aren’t sure.
Democratic US presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks to supporters and volunteers at a campaign field office in Iowa City, Iowa, Feb. 2, 2020.
US politics
Iowans debate how to make the caucuses more inclusive
Politics with Amy Walter: The View from Iowa
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Politics with Amy Walter: Iran, Impeachment, and Iowa
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Grain buyers from Japan check out the corn on Rod Pierce's farm near Woodward, Iowa.
Will Iowa farmers benefit from Trump’s newest deals with China and Japan?
The Mississippi River near New Orleans, Louisiana.
Environment
The Mississippi: Pushed to the brink
A man holds soybeans in his hands.
Business, Economics and Jobs
How soybeans became China’s most powerful weapon in Trump’s trade war
Ilhan Omar clasps her husband’s mother's face in her hands as she smiles
Women & Gender
These are the women who made history in this year’s midterm elections
Iowa farmer Bruce Wessling walks through his farm. Iowa is the nation’s leading pork exporting state. China put a 25 percent tariff on imported American pork back in April.
Business, Economics and Jobs
Iowans get a giant ad from China in their Sunday newspaper
Jewish man prays at altar with pews behind him, USA flag in background
Religion
A gift from small-town Iowa brings light to Paraguay’s capital
Texas wind farm
Environment
Congress boosted spending on science and the environment, even as Trump administration tried to cut
Arts, Culture & Media
Special Guest: Verlyn Klinkenborg

North Carolina

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Ricky Hurtado, the first Latino candidate to run for North Carolina's House of Representatives, poses for a portrait by a mural in Graham on March 10, 2020. It's been a tumultuous few months for Hurtado. In November, the 32-year-old son of a Salvadoran im
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What impact will Latino voters have on North Carolina in the future?
Brayan Guevara identifies as Afro Latino. His family comes from Honduras.
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‘I feel really good’: Afro Latino first-time voter looks forward to Biden administration
Eight square-size pictures of young men and women appear over a white background.
Every 30 Seconds
2020 Election: The voting power of Latino youth
Brayan Guevara in front of Irving Park Elementary School, in Greensboro, North Carolina, where he is a teacher's assistant, June 3, 2020.
Every 30 Seconds
This independent Afro Latino voter has decided on Biden
A boy sits in a living room at a desk and watches a TV with a lesson airing on it.
Education
Math at midnight: Students stuck in US struggle with remote learning at Chinese schools
Nodia Mena and her son, Brayan Guevara, talk about everything, but especially race and politics.
Every 30 Seconds
This Afro Latina says identity will always be important when she votes
Brayan Guevara in front of Irving Park Elementary School, in Greensboro, North Carolina, where he is a teacher's assistant, June 3, 2020.
Every 30 Seconds
This young Afro Latino teacher and voter wants to be a model for his students
Qasim Rashid is a congressional candidate in Virginia. He sees attacks on himself as an opportunity to open up a dialogue with people. 
US politics
This Muslim American congressional candidate sees hateful messages as a chance for dialogue
A woman in a hijab smiles and poses with three boys ranging in age
Global Nation Education
Campus housing takes on new meaning as US considers more caps on refugee resettlement
An aerial view of damaged homes, trees and extra debris surrounded by water in the Bahamas.
Natural disasters
Bahamas officials search for storm survivors as Dorian heads for Florida, Georgia
Satellite mapping image of Hurricane Michael making landfall in Florida
Climate Change
Warming ocean waters turned Hurricane Michael into a superstorm
flooding in norht carolina
Politics
‘Hope to hopelessness’: Will government step up after second storm? 
People are shown in rain jackets wading through a flooded street in New Bern, North Carolina, Sept. 13, 2018.
Hurricane Florence deluges Carolinas ahead of landfall
Hurricane Florence seen over the Atlantic Ocean
With massive Hurricane Florence approaching, a million people are urged to evacuate

West Bank

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Structures built by the Nabateans more than two millennia ago, like this remnant at Mada’in Salih, Saudi Arabia, rival those of ancient Rome and Greece.
Out of Eden Walk
Out of Eden Walk: Walking to the Holy Land
An Israeli flag on the surrounding wall of the West Bank Jewish settlement of Migdalim near the Palestinian town of Nablus, Oct. 25, 2021.
Israel-Hamas war
US places rare visa travel restrictions on Israeli settlers implicated in West Bank violence
A video still from an athletic center in Ramallah, in the West Bank, where hundreds of Palestinian workers from the Gaza Strip are stranded.
Israel-Hamas war
For Palestinians, the fear of displacement cuts deep
Palestinian protesters fly Palestinian flags and flags of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, DFLP, during clashes with Israeli soldiers at the entrance the Jewish settlement of Beit El, background near the West Bank city of Ramallah.
Conflict & Justice
The politics of Ireland’s enduring support for Palestinians
Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda speaks at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands, in this this Aug. 28, 2018, file photo.
Justice
Israel has a stake in Biden administration’s decision to lift ICC sanctions
A view of Shuafat refugee camp is seen behind section of Israel's separation barrier in Jerusalem, June 19, 2020.
Why a leading Israeli rights group is calling Israel an ‘apartheid’ state
signing ceremony
Global Politics
Palestinians worry about the impact of the Abraham Accords. They say it’s time to elect new leaders.
A photo of the West Bank.
Borders
Former US ambassador: Israel would be ‘making itself an international outlaw’ with West Bank annexation
Palestinian residents of the village of Fasayil in the Jordan Valley sit together for an afternoon tea break.
Global Politics
Israeli plans for annexation weigh heavily on Jordan Valley residents
Mike Pompeo in a suit and face mask in front of a plane and the US and Israeli flags
Top of The World
Pompeo visits Israel; Europe wants a summer travel season; Lebanon counters second virus wave
Two visitors are shown standing a one taking a cell phone photo of the Church of the Nativity with bright white light shining from the windows above.
Religion
Jesus’ Bethlehem birthplace gets a makeover. But will it boost tourism? 
Children play with a wheelbarrow.
Politics
Legal recognition of West Bank settlements could ‘kill off’ hope of two-state solution, says former US ambassador
A woman stands on the porch of a house
Conflict & Justice
Is Airbnb’s no-profit return to the West Bank ‘whitewashing’ human rights violations?
The white gated entrance to the Am'ari camp.
Global Politics
US cuts funds to Palestinian refugees, leaving many without essential services
A woman is shown talking on the phone next to a red wall and a large sculpture of the Airbnb logo at the company's headquarters in San Francisco, California.
Business, Economics and Jobs
Airbnb to remove listings in Israel’s West Bank settlements
a bedouin village in israel
Conflict
Protesters arrive at Bedouin village as Israeli demolition looms
A Palestinian woman sits next to bags of flour
UN agency chief says Palestinian refugees can’t ‘simply be wished away’
A Palestinian worker carries a bag containing items sent by mail
Eight years late, 10 tons of mail finally makes it to the West Bank
A room of people seated at a table listen to a speaker. A man stands at a podium at the front, with his back to the camera.
Conflict
Can Toastmasters Ramallah stay politics-free?
Palestinian teen Ahed Tamimi enters a military courtroom escorted by Israeli security personnel at Ofer Prison, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, Jan. 15, 2018.
Conflict
Palestinian teen — made famous for slapping Israeli soldiers on video — has been ordered held until end of trial