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A New Ancient Tomb Found in Egypt
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President Formally Apologizes for U.S. Native American Boarding School Program
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Native American Inventions
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India’s Farmers Struggle with Climate Change
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Sri Lanka’s New President
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China Increases Worker Retirement Ages
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Former President Jimmy Carter Turns 100
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The Annual Replastering of the Great Mosque of Djenné
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Longshoreman’s Strike Deal Prevents a Major Economic Ripple Effect
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The History of Pachuco Subculture
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Viking Burial Ground Discovered
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Japan’s New Currency
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Mexico’s New Government
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Celebrating National Deaf Awareness Month
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Celebrating Hispanic Culture
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Celebrate Constitution Week
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Severe Drought in Kenya Leads to Cultural Shifts
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Remembering 9/11
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YOU DECIDE: Should Election Day be a National Holiday?
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Hemen Bekele Wins TIME’s Kid of the Year for 2024
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Japanese Town Removes Controversial Photo Barrier
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Major League Baseball Recognizes the Negro Leagues’ Achievements
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The Paris 2024 Olympic Goal: Gender Parity
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Senate Passes Bill to Protect Minors Online
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History of Juneteenth
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Remembering the 80th Anniversary of the Normandy Invasion
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Ed Dwight’s Passion for Flight and Art
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Widespread Northern Lights Delight Many
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The History of Memorial Day
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The Brazilian Dance Passinho Gains Recongnition
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The Father of Modern Surfing
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Historic Graduate Presents Diploma to Granddaughter
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India’s Election Process
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Lue Gim Gong: The Citrus Wizard
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Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
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Rosenwald Schools Educated African Americans in the South
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Students Rewarded for Using Artificial Intelligence in Archaeology
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Endurance Runner Completes Charity Run Across Africa
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Examining Japan’s Population Decline
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The Baltimore Bridge Collapse
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Growth and Challenges for World’s Busiest Airports
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Maryland’s First Colonial Settlement Unearthed 386 Years Later
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Earth Day 2024: “Planet vs. Plastics”
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Happy Birthday, Library of Congress!
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National Financial Literacy Month
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Kugali Media Creates African Comics and More
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Elections in Turkey
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The 2024 Solar Eclipse
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World War II’s American “Ghost Army”
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Warmer Weather Brings Cherry Blossoms
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Women’s History Month: Nellie Bly
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Discovery of 240-Million-Year-Old Reptile Species
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Stolen Art Returned to Japan
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Caitlin Clark Smashes the Records on Court and with the Crowd
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Women’s History Month: Margaret Booth, Pioneering Film Editor
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Gang Violence in Haiti Leads to Prime Minister’s Resignation
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Women’s History Month: Women Airforce Service Pilots
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SAT Test Now Fully Digital
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Rise in Global Measles Cases
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Women’s History Month: Misty Copeland
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Eliza Jane Nicholson: First Woman to Publish a Major Newspaper
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Revitalizing Tulsa’s Historic Greenwood District
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National Election in Mexico Will Be Held in June
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India’s Supreme Court Rules on Campaign Donations
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Black History Month: Celebrating Black Filmmakers, Storytellers, and Actors
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Black History Month: Bessie Burke’s Education Legacy
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Developers Add New Skin Features to The Sims 4
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Effects of Oil Spill Near Trinidad and Tobago
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Learning About Presidents Day
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Remembering Aboriginal Leader Lowitja O’Donoghue
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Record HBCU Donation Made to Spelman College
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Layoffs in the Tech Industry
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Kahoot! Celebrating Black History
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Image May Solve Amelia Earhart Mystery
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Motel Renovation Highlights Role of A.G. Gaston in the Civil Rights Movement
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French Farmers Halt Protests After Government Promises Changes
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Black History Month: The Musical Legacy of Florence Price
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The New FAFSA: Faster to Complete But Frustrating Delays
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A New King and Queen for Denmark
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New Hampshire Primary Results
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Reducing Food Waste in Mexico City Market
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YOU DECIDE: Should Primary Elections Be Open?
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Scientist Hopes to End Malaria by Changing Mosquito DNA
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Minnesota’s New State Flag
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Grand Roman Wall Mosaic Unearthed
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The Life of Sandra Day O’Connor
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Remembering Henry Kissinger
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Venezuela’s Controversial Vote to Annex Guyana’s Territory
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Workers in India Rescued After 17 Days
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Remembering Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter
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Using Technology to Help People with Disabilities Enjoy Nature in New Ways
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Napoleon Bonaparte’s Hat Auctioned for Record-Setting Price
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Fighting Wildfires Using Indigenous Practices
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Javier Milei Wins Presidential Election in Argentina
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Chef Sean Sherman Promotes Indigenous Foods
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Kenya and Other Nations Focus on Planting More Trees
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United Auto Workers Tentatively End Strike
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Satellite Photos Reveal Undiscovered Roman Forts
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Mapping the Underwater Eighth Continent
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Artifacts in Buddhist Monastery Inform Nepal’s History
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Indiana Limestone: An Important Building Material
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The Pima Canals: A Solution for Modern Water Problems in the Southwest
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An Englishman in Genghis Khan’s Empire
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Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks Named Ohio’s First UNESCO World Heritage Site
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An Ancient Comb Tells Us Something About Language
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The Johnstown Flood of 1889
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A Pause in Seismic Blasting off Australia’s Western Coast
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You Know Uncle Sam. But Who is Brother Jonathan?
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Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to Narges Mohammadi
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Senator Dianne Feinstein Leaves a Legacy
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United Nations Approves Resolution to Control Haitian Gang Violence
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New Study Reveals Global Increase in Sugar-Sweetened Beverages
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Second Debate for 2024 Republican Presidential Candidates
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Salsa Music Legend Featured on Quarter Series
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Soaring Food Prices in India
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World Leaders Debate at United Nations
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United Auto Workers’ Strike Intensifies
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José Hernández Achieves Dream of Becoming Astronaut
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The Justice Department Files Lawsuit Against Google
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Dr. Osei Boateng’s Hope Health Van
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Colombian American Makes U.S. History
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The History of Beach Vacations
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Can Coffee Stimulate an Economy?
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Are Remote Jobs Going Away?
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YOU DECIDE: Should Temporary Displays Be a Feature of the National Mall?
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Economic Discrimination in China
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Honoring the First Latino Four-Star General
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India’s Landmark Lunar Success
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The March on Washington’s 60th Anniversary
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Maui Wildfire Relief Efforts
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Investing in Community
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Women in Afghanistan Being Erased from Public Life
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Ada Deer: A Woman of Firsts
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YOU DECIDE: Businesses at a Tipping Point
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Lost Maya City Found Using Laser Technology
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Help Wanted: Citizen Transcribers
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Supreme Court Eliminates Race as College Admissions Consideration
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Discovery of Nero’s Theater
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Hotel Industry Joins Taylor Swift’s Fanbase
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NASA Holds Panel on UFOs
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Russian Spy Whale in Danger?
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Rare Jewelry Find Reveals Early Egyptian Trade Routes
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YOU DECIDE: Should Congress Raise the Debt Ceiling?
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Montana Bans TikTok
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The Euro Goes Digital
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China’s Solar Energy Dominance
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Turkey’s Runoff Election
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AAPI Heritage Month: The Ireicho
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YOU DECIDE: Nomans Land
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Chilean Government Wants to Partner in Lithium Mining
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The Great Wall of China
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Archaeologists Hope Technology Provides Clues About Algonquian Village
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A Profile of Julie Su
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Japanese Prime Minister Sympathizes over Korean Forced Labor
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New Encyclopedia Makes Indian Art History Accessible
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California’s Asian American Community History
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Archaeologists Uncover Ancient Maya Game Scoreboard
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Library of Congress Transcription Campaign for Post-Civil War Petition
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New Theory on the Vikings’ Disappearance from Greenland
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A History of Venice and its Flood Wall
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Little-Known Writing System Highlights African Voices
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Missing American Soldier Identified and Honored
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Fox News Agrees to Legal Settlement with Dominion Voting Systems
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Navy Ship Renamed to Honor American Hero Robert Smalls
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Roman Coins Discovered on Swedish Island
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Earth Day 2023: “Invest in Our Planet”
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Former President Trump Charged with Felonies
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2023 Holocaust Remembrance Day
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Arab American Heritage Month
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Eli Lilly Lowers Cost of Insulin to $35 Monthly
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New Discoveries at Pompeii and Preservation Efforts
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Real-life “Rosie the Riveters” Honored for Wartime Contributions
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Women’s History Month: Celebrating American Quilters
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ICARDA Helps Farmers Worldwide Keep Crops Growing
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Women’s History Month: Carol Moseley Braun
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YOU DECIDE: Is It Necessary to Raise the Retirement Age?
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“Everything, Everywhere, All at Once” Makes History at the Oscars
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Women’s History Month: A Women’s Suffrage Memorial on the National Mall
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Questions Raised After Tinubu’s Presidential Election Victory in Nigeria
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Women’s History Month: Remembering Judy Heumann
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Senate Acts After Train Derailment
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Recognizing Women with Place Names: Five Canadian Mountains
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President Biden Visits Ukraine on Anniversary of Russian Invasion
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Women’s History Month: The Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum
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New Discoveries Help Explain Egyptian Mummification
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Study Reveals Benefits of a 4-Day Workweek
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Cookbook Highlights Impact of African American Chefs
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The Navajo Nation Elects a New President
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Political Unrest in Peru
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Black History Month: Rev. Frederick Douglas Reese
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Questions Raised After Deadly Earthquakes in Syria and Turkey
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Remembering Dr. Carter G. Woodson: Creator of Black History Month
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2023 State of the Union Address
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French Strikes Show Discontent with Proposed Retirement Reform
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The “I Dream A World” Exhibit
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African American-Led Alternative Newspaper, the “Baltimore Beat” Relaunches
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Historically Black Colleges and Universities Increase Enrollment
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Colin Kaepernick and “Change the Game”
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France to Leave Burkina Faso After Request
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State and Local Minimum Wage Increases in 2023
A New Ancient Tomb Found in Egypt
This fall, archaeologists from Egypt, Germany, and the United States made an astonishing discovery: a 4,000-year-old tomb on the banks of the Nile River in Egypt. Here, btw takes a closer look at why this discovery is so special, what the tomb contained, and what this could mean for Egypt’s tourism industry. The Discovery Egypt […]
President Formally Apologizes for U.S. Native American Boarding School Program
On October 25, President Joe Biden visited the Laveen Village near Phoenix, Arizona. He spoke at the Gila River Crossing School in the Gila River Indian Community. This is the home of the O’odham and the Pee-Posh Native American people. In his speech, President Biden apologized to the Native American community for the government’s Indian […]
Native American Inventions
November is Native American Heritage Month in the United States. It is a time to recognize, honor, and celebrate Native Americans’ contributions to culture and history. When you think of Native American inventions, you might think of pottery, instruments, or jewelry. But Native Americans are responsible for inventing many things that are still widely used […]
India’s Farmers Struggle with Climate Change
Climate change is altering weather patterns around the world and conditions like rainstorms and dry periods are becoming more extreme. These sudden and dramatic shifts are affecting many industries, especially farming. Farmers in the Asian nation of India have been especially hard hit. Too Much Rain, Too Little Weather in the southern regions of India […]
Sri Lanka’s New President
The people of Sri Lanka, the island country located southeast of India, elected a new president: Anura Kumara Dissanayake. Dissanayake has vowed to end government corruption and strengthen the country’s economy. Who Is Anura Kumara Dissanayake? Dissanayake was born in 1968 in Galewela, a town in central Sri Lanka. Dissanayake attended college and acquired a […]
China Increases Worker Retirement Ages
China’s legislature recently approved a policy that raises the retirement age for workers. The new policy raises the retirement age of men from 60 to 63. The retirement age changes for women are based upon the type of work they do. The retirement age for women with professional careers will change from age 55 to […]
Former President Jimmy Carter Turns 100
In October 2024, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter achieved a milestone. Carter became the first president to celebrate his 100th birthday. Families and friends gathered with him at his home in Plains, Georgia, to honor the occasion. They ate cupcakes and watched antique World War II airplanes fly over his home in his honor. Carter’s […]
The Annual Replastering of the Great Mosque of Djenné
The city of Djenné is located in the Inland Niger River Delta of West Africa. This small city is one of the most culturally significant locations in the nation of Mali. It has long been a center of trade and Islamic learning, closely connected to the famous city of Timbuktu. At the heart of Djenné […]
Longshoreman’s Strike Deal Prevents a Major Economic Ripple Effect
Nearly 50,000 members of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) reached an agreement to end their strike on Friday, October 4, 2024. These union members are dockworkers at the cargo ports on the nation’s East Coast and Gulf Coast. The United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) which represents ocean shipping companies and port operators offered 62 percent […]
The History of Pachuco Subculture
Hispanic Heritage Month is observed from September 15 to October 15. These weeks provide an opportunity to explore significant cultural movements of the Hispanic and Latino communities. One such cultural movement is the Pachuco subculture. This subculture emerged during the early twentieth century and became a symbol of Mexican American youth resisting discrimination. Learning about […]