

Politics Mar 27

Liberians have been eligible for Deferred Enforcement Departure since 1999. It's similar to another program called "Temporary Protected Status," which the Trump administration also has worked to scale back.
By Jill Colvin, Associated Press
World Feb 02

Liberia has had more than its fair shares of challenges, and is trying to rebuild after enduring a devastating Ebola epidemic and civil war. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro meets an American woman who has made her home in…
By PBS NewsHour
Poetry Feb 02

When the Ebola virus devastated Liberia two years ago, this poet and educator became an activist to make sure such an epidemic never happens again. "I don’t want to get over it," she says.
By Mary Jo Brooks
World Dec 21

Chid Liberty grew up in the U.S. as the son of a Liberian diplomat. After working in Silicon Valley, he returned to his family's country of origin with a plan to open a garment factory. When that business was devastated…
By PBS NewsHour
Dec 06

By PBS NewsHour
Founded by freed American slaves, Liberia has a past marred in recent years by civil war and Ebola. The country’s public education system is ineffective, and in an effort to rebuild it, the government has reached across the Atlantic for…
Jun 22

By PBS NewsHour
The United States, Liberia and Myanmar are the only countries in the world that do not officially use the metric system for weights and measurements. On the brink of Thursday’s Brexit vote, author Daniel Pink wonders when, if ever, the…
Mar 29

By Helen Branswell, STAT
Ebola no longer constitutes an international health emergency, the World Health Organization said Tuesday.
Mar 02

By Seema Yasmin, Scientific American
From Liberia in an exclusive Scientific American report, victims say they are tormented by brain deficits and more. A new study hints at hidden virus remnants or immune system overreactions.
Jan 14

By Joshua Barajas
The last patient tested negative for the Ebola virus in Liberia, making all three West African countries hardest hit by the outbreak to be free of the disease, the World Health Organization announced Thursday. Though the agency warned that more…
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