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Mizgin, a Syrian refugee from Aleppo, and her family are living with Rachel Miller's family for the year.

For this Syrian Yazidi family and their Jewish hosts, Passover is a refugee story

Conflict

This year, Rachel Miller’s family in the Boston area is sharing the Jewish holiday of Passover with a Syrian family living with them for the year.

Afghan television journalist Sami Mahdi.

Television in Afghanistan is pushing boundaries, and viewers like what they see

Media

From Past Presidents, the Language of Certainty in an Uncertain World

Arts, Culture & Media

VIDEO: Republican Eric Cantor bristles when confronted with Reagan’s tax increase

Global Politics

Margaret Thatcher, Social Class and UK Pop Culture

Arts, Culture & Media
An immigrant ID card from the 1920s and 30s for Rosaura Piñera, who later became a US citizen at age 100.

How amnesty gave a 100-year-old woman a new life in the US

Conflict & Justice

The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 granted amnesty to some three million illegal immigrants already in the country. One of those who benefited was Rosaura Piñera, the great-grandmother of Fronteras reporter Monica Ortiz Uribe.

Searching for the First Milk Carton Boy, Etan Patz

On May 25th, 1979, six-year-old Etan Patz waved goodbye to his mother at his front door in Soho to take the bus by himself to school for the very first time. Etan never made it to school, and President Ronald Reagan named May 25th National Missing Child Day in his honor. Now, 33 years later, […]

PATCO: The Strike That Changed American Labor

In recent months there has been a resurgence of labor protests across the United States. From Ohio to Wisconsin, union members are taking to the streets once more. Yet despite this apparent resurgence, the power of American unions has declined significantly in recent decades. Today The Takeaway traces it all back to August 1981, when […]

Recapping the GOP Presidential Debate

Last night, eight GOP presidential hopefuls gathered at The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California  for the fourth Republican debate  this year. It was the first presidential debate for Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who was in the lead in a recent poll. Perry and Romney sparred over their job creation records and other issues, often […]

Perennial Budget Cut Survivor: The Defense Department

Global Politics

Military spending makes up approximately 20 percent of the federal budget. Where does all that money go to? Larry Korb, senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, explains.