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Daily Video October 29 2015

Energy boom spurs more diversity in rural American West
In the Western U.S., the energy boom has increased the diversity of some of the country’s historically whitest states.
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Daily Video September 02 2015

Experiment highlights effects of poor neighborhoods
Where children grow up has a big impact on their ability to improve their economic standing later in life, new research says.
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Daily Video August 21 2015

Clothing company tells customers to buy less
In the age of consumerism, can a successful clothing manufacturer also promote conservationist values?
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Daily Video July 09 2015

Chinese stock market crash tests world's fastest growing economy
DOWNLOAD VIDEO Three weeks of market decline in China have worried investors and threatened th…
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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 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 April 17 2015

The history of the U.S. welfare program and reform
Welfare recipients have come into the spotlight as states crack down on how they can spend welfare money.
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Daily Video March 30 2015

How an Afghan dressmaker became a policy-maker
When Kamila Sidiqi was a teenager during Taliban rule in Afghanistan, she was not permitted to work, attend school or leave her house without a male chaperone. Today, she holds the powerful position of deputy chief of staff to Afghan President Ashraf Ghan
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Daily Video January 23 2015

How U.S. laws on maternity leave impact new parents
The United States and the island nation of Papua New Guinea are unique as the only two countries that do not guarantee paid time off for new moms to care for their infants.
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