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Post June 18 2015

Understanding Cuban revolution through poetry - Class Activity
By Gabby Shacknai and Corinne Segal Omar Pérez is a Cuban poet, translator, essayist and the…
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Daily Video June 17 2015

Why do we waste so much food?
Nearly 50 million people in the U.S. do not know where their next meal will come from; meanwhile, 40 percent of the country’s produce ends up in the garbage.
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Post June 17 2015

Why aspartame might not be so bad after all - Class Activity
By Gabby Shacknai Since the FDA approved it in 1981, the artificial sweetener Aspartame, whi…
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Post June 16 2015

Five things your class needs to know about U.S.-Cuban relations
  By Gabby Shacknai President Barack Obama announced this year that the U.S. would …
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Daily Video June 16 2015

Shift in U.S. policy opens Cuba to American tourists
The end of the embargo on Cuba brings new possibilities for tourism and cross-cultural exchange with a country that has a fraught relationship with the U.S.
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Daily Video June 15 2015

Can Los Angeles end veteran homelessness?
There are approximately 45,000 homeless people in the city, 4,000 of whom are veterans.
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Daily Video June 12 2015

How prediction can help prevent the next Ebola crisis
The worst of the Ebola epidemic in West Africa has passed, but cases of the deadly disease still persist, making it urgently important for scientists to predict where the disease may next flare up.
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Daily Video June 11 2015

Obama sends more U.S. troops to Iraq for fight against ISIL
450 more troops will join the 3,100 troops that are already there in a training and advisory role.
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Daily Video June 10 2015

Police response to Texas pool party prompts outrage
Video of an altercation between a white police officer and black teenagers outside a pool in a Dallas suburb gained national attention due to the officer’s behavior.
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Lesson Plan June 10 2015

Lesson Plan: Constitutional amendments and marriage equality

Students will get the chance to write their own amendments to the Bill of Rights
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