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Is Kamala Harris At Ease On Campaign Trail? My Two Days With The VP.
At this vital stage in the 2024 campaign, the path to the presidency for Kamala Harris runs through places like Dottie’s Market, a trendy Savannah spot with baked goods, luxury food items, and braided sweetgrass baskets for sale.  On a late-August bu
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In China, Jake Sullivan Cements A Triumph Of Quiet Diplomacy
As Americans prepare to celebrate Labor Day, U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan has been working overtime to keep the United States’ most crucial diplomatic relationship on an even keel. Mr. Sullivan’s efforts paid off this week, as he made
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The Job Market Needs Workers. The Newest Ones Are Over Age 75.
At a time when America’s political class has decided some people are too old to be president, the economy is pointing in another direction: The fastest-growing segment of the labor force is the 75-and-older worker. By 2030, the federal government pro
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A Place Where Freedom Is A Promise, And A Puzzle
Our reporter Patrik Jonsson says he loves to cover Florida.  He spent his formative years growing up in the state. He was an editor and writer for his high school’s award-winning yearbook when he lived in Clearwater – an exciting experience he says h
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For This Affordable-housing Advocate In Ontario, Tiny Homes Are Where The Heart Is
When Nadine Green walks the pathway of tiny homes erected in two rows on a small patch of grass at the outskirts of this city, everyone seems to have something to ask or tell her. For this community of formerly homeless people now each living in thei
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Workers Of The World, Volunteer
On this Labor Day weekend, many more Americans may take part in community service than they have in the past. Their generosity reflects a shift in the workplace as employees demand a greater commitment to the public good from the companies they work
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85 Million Americans Were Under Heat Alerts This Week. Is Climate Change The Cause?
From Las Vegas to London, New England to New Delhi, the summer of 2024 shattered heat records. As recently as this week, more than 85 million people in the United States experienced extreme heat alerts, with many spots in the Midwest reaching heat in
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How Bookstores Became Cornerstones Of American Culture
To paraphrase Mark Twain, the reports of the death of independent bookstores are greatly exaggerated.   In “The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore,” Evan Friss describes how these meccas to the printed word have defied similar predictions
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In Fair Boston, Where We Lay Our Scene: Free Shakespeare Comes To The Common
Jenny Jones grabbed what were arguably the best seats in the house. For the past 20 years, she has been bringing members of her church to Boston Common for the Commonwealth Shakespeare Company’s annual free summer Shakespeare plays. For one of the co
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California Is Bad For Business? Don’t Tell Californians.
California lost a major multinational business this month when Chevron announced plans to move its headquarters to Houston. This comes on the heels of another high-profile defection from the Golden State – Elon Musk saying in July that he’ll move bot
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For ‘The Bookshop’ Author, Bookstores Were ‘Sites Of Resistance’
What do bookstores and bicycles have in common? For Evan Friss, the author of “The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore” as well as “The Cycling City” and “On Bicycles,” the answer is clear. These books are less about reading and cycling and
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Why Mexican Judicial Reform Is Causing A Rift With The US
The United States and Mexico have had a conciliatory relationship for six years under President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. But weeks from leaving office, he has heralded a judicial reform that has generated rare public criticism from the U.S. ambas
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Haiti’s Start For Real Security
For over a century, Haiti has seen four large-scale foreign interventions that tried to quell violence in the fragile Caribbean nation. On Tuesday, the latest attempt saw its first measure of success. Two months after their arrival, foreign troops wo
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Kamala Harris’ World Vision: Encouraging To Allies, Vague On Details
The passage ran for a brief 480 words, it was short on detail, and constituted a mere sliver of the 38-minute speech Kamala Harris delivered at last week’s Democratic National Convention. Yet it drove home a message heard round the world – and gratef
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Politicians Are Embracing ‘Lord Of The Rings.’ Tolkien Had Something Different In Mind.
Until recently, “The Lord of the Rings” seemed as unassailable as the fortress of Minas Tirith. In the 70 years since J.R.R. Tolkien published the first volume in the summer of 1954, the series has sold more than 150 million copies. It’s been transla
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Georgia Unveiled A Statue Of John Lewis. It Stands On Symbolic Ground.
When I learned that a statue of John Lewis would replace a Confederate monument in downtown Decatur, I knew I had to see it, and not just because of my own battles with hate-filled artifacts. In many ways, the late congressman was the personification
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Why Estonian Volunteers Are Weaving Camouflage Nets For Ukrainian Soldiers
After Russia invaded her home country of Ukraine, Natalya Kubenko fled to this Baltic capital, and found herself depressed and anxious. “I watched the news every day, and for the first eight months, I did not want to live,” she says. Ms. Kubenko foun
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Food Forests Rise In Boston. Edible Lots Create Green Space – And Community.
Ann Noble has lived in the Boston neighborhood of Dorchester for 11 years. Her third-floor condo lacks the space to garden. And, until recently, she didn’t know any of her neighbors. Looking for a way to get her hands dirty, she signed up for a Bosto
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Will The 2024 Election Results Be Accepted By All? Wisconsin Is A Key Test.
Four of Wisconsin’s last six presidential contests were decided by less than a percentage point, making it a perpetual – and crucial – battleground state. Recriminations from 2020 cast a long shadow here. Republican leaders feuded with both supporter
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In The Americas, Integrity On The Bench
Autocrats need friends. Venezuela’s strongman is finding it harder to find them. Last week, the country’s highest court affirmed that President Nicolás Maduro – who holds “undue influence” over the court, according to the United Nations – won a third
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How A Gas Company And Environmentalists United On A First-of-its-kind Geothermal Project
In December 2016, William Akley sat down in his sprawling headquarters for the biggest gas utility in Massachusetts, Eversource. Across the table were three women from a group that had become increasingly troublesome to his company.  The group was Mo
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In Sports And The Arts, Making Room For Mental Health And Disabilities
Though an estimated one-third of elite athletes have mental health concerns such as depression, many fear they could face rejection from fans, colleagues, and sponsors if they talk about their struggles. In a 2022 study, researchers analyzed social m
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Tutoring Is Getting Kids Excited About School. Educators Want To Make It Permanent.
When many Washington, D.C., schools launched intensive tutoring programs after the COVID-19 closures, staff observed a pleasant surprise: More kids started showing up each day. The higher attendance rates – on top of improved math and reading skills
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Florida Woman Kills Wild Boar With Mango. (This Is Not A Meme.)
Carol Etscovitz knows the exact moment she transformed into a Florida woman: the night she killed a boar with a mango. She’d just been wandering through Promised Land, the name of the 300-tree, 40-acre property she owns with her husband, David. Their
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Can Plants Talk And Think? Some Scientists Say Yes.
Whether their research is terrestrial or celestial, scientists are finding evidence to support theories that might have been scoffed at a decade ago.  In “The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life
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A Familylike Equality In Bangladesh
One of the world’s most poignant scenes in August was that of students in largely Muslim Bangladesh guarding places of worship for the country’s religious minorities, mainly Hindus. A student movement, organized to bring about equality in job hiring,
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UK’s Fight Against Far-right Hate Goes Online, But Does It Go Too Far?
When a wave of Islamophobic, anti-migrant violence swept the United Kingdom at the start of August, far-right social media groups fanned the flames of rioters’ anger. Today, the same channels continue to operate – this time tracing the riots’ afterma
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Boko Haram Made Them Child Soldiers. Will Their Communities Take Them Back?
Abba Gana was only 10 years old when Boko Haram insurgents attacked his village in northern Nigeria in 2014. Along with the other boys his age, he was kidnapped and forced to herd the militants’ livestock. By the time he was 15, Mr. Gana had joined t
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Political Conventions Can Be A Bubble. Then It’s Back To The Real World.
A political convention is a big bubble, filled with energy toward what can seem like inevitable victory. That was the feeling at Chicago’s United Center last Thursday night as Vice President Kamala Harris took the stage. And that has been the feeling
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Helping Kids Find A Balance With Smartphone Use
My daughter is a budding teenager, and it’s fun for us to watch movies together that I loved at her age. Some of the films – dialogue and plot – have aged poorly. Sometimes we cringe together at the sexism that went right over my teenage head. Someti
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