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Experiences of racism affected Black teachers across the district but manifested in different ways depending on their school’s location.
President-elect Donald Trump looks at supporters as he walks on a stage during a campaign rally in Grand Rapids, Mich., on Nov. 5, 2024.
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Understanding the common terms that Trump supporters scorn can help decrease polarization in the country
What can be done to lessen political polarization in the U.S.? A few nonprofit organizations are trying to amplify their methods to tone town the temperature.
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Shaoyu Yuan, Rutgers University - Newark and Jun Xiang, Rutgers University - Newark
The video game is helping China advance toward two strategic goals: bolstering domestic semiconductor production and putting Chinese culture on the global stage.
Vice President Kamala Harris campaigns in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., on Sept. 13, 2024.
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Harris’ support for abortion rights and political unity – as well as the fact that she offers an antidote to Donald Trump – helps explain her appeal to the people who plan to vote for her.
Supporters watch Donald Trump speak at a rally in Uniondale, N.Y., on Sept. 18, 2024.
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An anthropologist who studies polarization asked people why they supported Trump. Here’s what they said about immigration, the economy and his ‘bull in a china shop’ style.
Adding scrubbers in coal-fired power plants helped reduce acid rain, but they continued to fuel climate change.
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Even the most careful trust planning is no substitute for family harmony.
President Joe Biden, left, and first lady Jill Biden depart following a presidential debate with Donald Trump on June 27, 2024, in Atlanta.
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In the ugly spectacle of American politics, it’s hard to keep humanity in sight. But literature, says a poet and scholar of the classics, can remind us of what we know about growing old.
A person signs a bus wrapped with an image of former President Donald Trump during the Conservative Political Action Conference on Feb. 22, 2024.
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Governments can exclude certain groups of people in policies and services not only by the type of data they collect but also how they collect, store, analyze and use the data.
El agua de lavar la ropa es una fuente importante de fibras microplásticas que pueden acabar en el agua y el suelo.
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Kevin McCarthy, the only speaker of the House to be ousted, has quit Congress. The ancient Greeks and Romans, as well as Shakespeare, understood the price of ambition like McCarthy’s: humiliation.