Helping minority youths dream beyond sports
On Tuesday Manny Machado, a baseball player from the Dominican Republic, signed a $300 million contract to play for the San Diego Padres. In the National Basketball Association, players – most of whom are African-American – brag when they succeed in e…
Freckled Model In Zara Ad Sparks Outcry On Chinese Social Media
Her unretouched face set off a heated debate about beauty standards — and whether freckles are uglifying.
World’s Largest Bee Is Spotted For First Time In Decades
The bee towers over its apian cousins. Females have been recorded as being at least an inch and a half long. Add to that a pair of gigantic mandibles, and it’s a bee like no other.
Not your typical door-to-door sales: the family-planning ladies of Nigeria
Three times a week, Aishatu Abdullahi slips on a flowy blue hijab, slings a bulging backpack of supplies over her shoulder, and sets out to sell her wares, door-to-door, to the women in her neighborhood. In another time, in a different place, she migh…
When transfer students knock, more colleges are opening the door
As a kid, Janina Millis would sit at the foot of her grandfather’s chair watching Carolina basketball games and cheer at every basket. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was a dream school for her, but as a first-generation student withou…
A Fatal Public Health Problem In Africa That Flies Under The Radar
Over 100,000 people in the continent die each year from foodborne illnesses. A new report looks at the reasons the toll is so high.
Many Russians Today Take Pride In Afghan War That Foretold Soviet Demise
Thirty years ago, the Soviet Union withdrew from a disastrous nine-year war in Afghanistan. “Those who fought are being looked up to again,” says one Russian veteran.
Alabama Woman Who Joined ISIS Can’t Come Back, Trump Says
Hoda Muthana was 20 when she moved to Syria and started posting ISIS propaganda online. She says she has renounced the group and wants to return home, but the Trump administration refuses to allow it.
Fire Ravages Densely Populated Part Of Dhaka
David Greene and Jeffrey Gettleman of the New York Times talk about a fire that has killed dozens of people in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and why accidents in there are especially deadly.
Saudi Crown Prince’s Visit To India Signals Pivot Eastward For Riyadh
When Mohammed bin Salman met earlier this week with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the two leaders appeared to avoid touchy subjects such as Saudi support for Pakistan.
Woman Who Joined ISIS May Not Return To U.S., Trump Says
David Greene talks to attorney Hassan Shibly about his client, the family of Hoda Muthana, a young Alabama woman who left the U.S. several years ago to join the Islamic State.
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