Muslim American students face high rates of bullying
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Some 50 percent of all Muslim students in the U.S. have been bullied by their peers, surveys by the civil rights group Center on American-Islamic group suggest. Continue reading
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More high school students take gap year before college — including Malia Obama
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President Barack and Michelle Obama announced on Sunday that their eldest daughter Malia will take a gap year before attending Harvard in 2017.
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Head Start Trauma Smart teaches preschoolers to deal with “big feelings”
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DOWNLOAD VIDEO Each year, thousands of American children are expelled from preschool, many because of behavioral issues related to trauma they have already experienced in…read more
Obama to Kids: “You Have No Excuse”
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President Obama spoke at Wakefield High School in Arlington, Virginia, outside Washington, D.C., as part of an administration back-to-school event. The speech, which was broadcast…read more
D.C. Test Scores Improve, But Reforms Remain Controversial
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While Washington D.C. school system is considered one of the worst school systems in nation, aggressive reforms have resulted in high standardized test scores under…read more
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Why do so few trials of police shootings end in convictions?
In July 2016, a young black male named Philando Castile was fatally shot by police officer Jeronimo Yanez outside of St. Paul, Minnesota during a traffic stop due to a broken tail light. Continue reading
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With the economy in freefall, Venezuela faces humanitarian crisis
With the combination of a failing economy and rapidly inflating food prices, many Venezuelans are currently starving to death. One recent study found that in the past year, 75 percent of Venezuelans lost an average of 19 pounds. The proportion of children who suffer from severe malnutrition increased by four percent in just four months. Continue reading
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Senate Republicans reveal health care bill, drawing unanimous Democratic opposition
After weeks of drafting in secret, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) made the Senate version of the health care bill public on Thursday morning. It shares broad strokes with the House of Representatives bill, whose approval rating is underwater. Continue reading
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After weeks of secrecy, Senate health care bill to be released to public
After spending weeks drafting a bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act behind closed doors, Republican leaders in the Senate announced that they would release it to the rest of the Congress and the public on June 22, 2017. Continue reading
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Grounded airplanes and the unexpected consequences of climate change
An extreme heat wave is currently affecting the western and southwestern United States. Continue reading
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