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Aïda Muluneh's "To pursue the ceaseless way," is exhibited on a bus stop in the Boston area. The photograph is part of "This is where I am," presented by New York-based Public Art Fund.

Aïda Muluneh's public art photo exhibit is 'a love letter to Ethiopia'

Ethiopian photographer and educator Aïda Muluneh is showcasing the culture of her birth country in a series of 12 photographs displayed at more than 300 bus stops across Boston, New York, Chicago and Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

Aïda Muluneh's public art photo exhibit is 'a love letter to Ethiopia'
travelers tagging bags

'The summer of stress': Amid airline staffing shortages, lost luggage rates have soared

'The summer of stress': Amid airline staffing shortages, lost luggage rates have soared
 Two people stand at a protest with a loud speaker in their hands.

A therapists' network supports immigrants, advocates during pandemic 

A therapists' network supports immigrants, advocates during pandemic 
A man in a dark suit talks with men wearing military uniforms outside near tan tanks.

Retired US generals warn against calling the US election too early

Retired US generals warn against calling the US election too early
Two people kiss wearing face masks as they board a train

Human touch is essential. How are people coping with ‘skin hunger’?

Human touch is essential. How are people coping with ‘skin hunger’?
Three siblings in Mevasseret Zion, near Jerusalem, wave to their their grandmother in Haifa as she joins their Passover Seder via Zoom application as Israel takes stringent steps to contain the coronavirus (COVID-19) April 8, 2020. 

For this year’s Passover Seder, to Zoom or not to Zoom? 

It's an added question for the holiday this year as social-distancing measures in place all over the world are preventing big, in-person gatherings.

For this year’s Passover Seder, to Zoom or not to Zoom? 
Agrawal family poses in a shopping center in Morelia, Mexico

‘We always FaceTime daddy for presents': How families celebrate Christmas with their deported spouses

Hundreds of thousands of immigrants are deported from the US each year, and many of them leave behind US citizen spouses and children. Here's how two families have changed their holiday traditions after the deportations of their husbands and fathers.

‘We always FaceTime daddy for presents': How families celebrate Christmas with their deported spouses
A person wearing a pink cap sits at a table near three large, black, plastic rats.

'Colonialism is scary as hell': Puerto Rican activists in Chicago stage a haunted house

The spooky, interactive experience uses archival audio and video, as well as original art, to trace different periods in the history of Puerto Rico, from the 16th-century Spanish colonization through the United States takeover in 1898 and, finally, Hurricane Maria.

'Colonialism is scary as hell': Puerto Rican activists in Chicago stage a haunted house
A judge shakes hands with a man at his citizenship ceremony

What it’s like to become a US citizen after a lifetime of statelessness

After 42 years as a stateless Rohingya refugee, one Chicago man became a US citizen this summer.

What it’s like to become a US citizen after a lifetime of statelessness
Amma embraces a devotee surrounded by others in orange and white robes

A small, Catholic, Midwestern farming town embraces an Indian ‘hugging saint’

Devotees believe that a single hug from Amma — known as a “universal mother” plugged into a divine, infinite energy source — can heal the world.

A small, Catholic, Midwestern farming town embraces an Indian ‘hugging saint’
Woman in a red dress laughs and claps her hands in front of a computer screen

This American singer teaches Italian kids to sing like Beyoncé

Can you teach Italian children to sing like American R&B divas? Cheryl Porter can.

This American singer teaches Italian kids to sing like Beyoncé
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The convention chaos Democrats wish never happened

More than 50 years later, the Democratic Party’s national convention of 1968 continues to haunt the party and cast a shadow over American politics.

The convention chaos Democrats wish never happened

Book tells story 'most famous man most of us have never heard of'

Many New Yorkers may not know David Hosack's name, but they wouldn't recognize their city without the public institutions he founded or influenced.

Book tells story 'most famous man most of us have never heard of'
You step into this container, and connect with someone through video conference, in an identical container, somewhere else in the world.

How a golden shipping container became one man’s portal to the world

There are more than 20 portals in about 15 different countries. At designated times they connect.

How a golden shipping container became one man’s portal to the world
A rat's head rests as it is constricted in an opening in the bottom of a garbage can in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, Oct. 18, 2016.

To control rat populations, birth control may be more effective than poison

Rats and humans have lived together forever. So why do we keep trying to kill them? We take a look at a few places that are rethinking pest extermination.

To control rat populations, birth control may be more effective than poison