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Updated 2024-11-25 18:45
An undocumented immigrant who works in a Trump hotel continues to stands up to The Donald
Ricardo Aca has been speaking out against Trump's comments about Mexican immigrants. Following Trump's visit to Mexico on Wednesday, we reached out to Aca to get his impression and to see if his views on Trump had changed.
Massive protests are filling Venezuela's streets
"We either come out to march or we will die of hunger. We are no longer afraid of the government," said 53-year-old demonstrator Ana Gonzalez. But backers of President Nicolas Maduro also came out to the streets to show their support.
A musician's view of growing up in a border town
Adrian Quesada grew up in Laredo, Texas — minutes from Mexico. He's a bilingual musician with his Latin rock band, The Echocentrics, performing tunes in Spanish and English.
Some immigrants in New York prefer to slaughter animals themselves. There's a farm that wants to help.
There are only so many New Yorkers who want to undertake the messy business of butchering their own dinners. For everybody else, Leach Farms provides a unique service.
Brazil’s impeached president: ‘I fought against human suffering, I battled inequality’
Senators voted overwhelmingly to remove Brazil's first woman president from office. She denounced them as misogynists who toppled her unjustly after losing four fair elections.
Fact checking the migration ‘crisis’ in the US
The election season has seen a lot of talk about an immigration "crisis" in America. So we crunch the numbers with an expert from the Migration Policy Institute in Washington, DC.
Who was Abu Muhammad al-Adnani and what does his death mean for ISIS?
Abu Muhammad al-Adnani was a high-ranking member of ISIS and he was reportedly killed this week in Aleppo, Syria. The US had a bounty of $5 million on his head.
Why haven't we heard about migrants all summer?
The number of migrants crossing the Mediterranean is almost as high as it was last summer.
A muralist is painting weeds to represent the margins of society
"I don’t paint dainty little grandmotherly botanical illustrations."
Maine governor, a Trump supporter, draws flack for his racist rhetoric
Maine Governor Paul LePage is under fire for suggesting people of color are the enemy this election cycle — and may be forced to resign.
Until recently this school in South Africa told black girls to chemically straighten their hair
“If we cannot be black in school, where can we be black?” asks an alum of Pretoria High School for Girls. “Where can we be black if we can’t be black in Africa?”
Historians disagree on whether 'The Star-Spangled Banner' is racist
The decision of 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick to stop standing for the national anthem has provoked a lot of debate, to say the least. One part of the argument is about the anthem's little-known third stanza, and whether it is racist.
The huge US-EU trade deal is in danger of falling apart. No surprise there.
For more than three years, the Obama administration has been negotiating a new trade agreement with the European Union. Those talks are not going well. So, what’s at stake?
Karachi's new mayor was sworn in. Then he went back to jail.
Waseem Akhtar has been sworn in as the new mayor of one of Pakistan’s largest cities – Karachi. But he's currently behind bars, charged with arranging medical care for suspected terrorists and stoking riots in the city in 2007.
New York to London in 3 hours? More start-ups are looking at supersonic travel.
It’s been more than a decade since the Concorde stopped running its high-speed shuttle from New York to London and Paris. But the days of supersonic flight may not be over for good.
The EU orders Apple to pay a record $14.5 billion in taxes
Apple chief Tim Cook says he's "confident" the EU ruling would be overturned. He says his company is the biggest taxpayer in Ireland, the United States and the world.
US allies are fighting each other in northern Syria. Here’s why.
Syrian rebels backed by Turkey are clashing with Kurdish fighters inside Syria. That's throwing into chaos an anti-ISIS alliance that all those groups belong to, and is led by US forces.
The secretive tribunal that corporations use against governments
International corporations have been able to avoid punishment for toxic pollution and worse by appealing to a secretive and little-known international tribunal. The Investor-State Dispute Settlement program, or ISDS, is the subject of an 18-month investigation by BuzzFeed News.
Uzbekistan's leader suffers a serious illness that may end his 25 years in power
Uzbek President Islam Karimov is in the hospital after a serious injury that could see his lengthy time in office come to a close.
A Puerto Rican enclave in Brooklyn confronts the realities of rising prices and gentrification
Antoinette Martinez grew up in Sunset Park with her extended Puerto Rican family. But with real estate values skyrocketing, there's no way she'll ever be able to get her own place in the neighborhood.
Mr. Fuji, a prankster in and out of the ring, dies at age 82
Harry Fujiwara was a professional wrestler who was famous for his tricks. He'd blind other wrestlers with salt, or attack them with his cane when the referee was distracted. He was the ultimate heel, and a fan favorite.
The filibuster that tried and failed to stop the advancement of equality, 59 years ago today
At precisely 8:54 p.m. on August 28, 1957, Senator Thurmond began the longest continuous filibuster in US history. A final stand against a tide of history that was overwhelming the forces of racism and white supremacy that dominated the South and Southern lawmakers in Congress.
Powerful moments from Dilma Rousseff's last effort to stop impeachment
Defiant to the end, Dilma Rousseff said she went to the Senate to look her accusers in the eye, and she did. Here are some highlights.
Singapore is dealing with an outbreak of locally transmitted Zika infections
At least 56 people in Singapore have contracted Zika in what is a major case of local transmission far from the Americas, where the disease has become established.
The king of Latin pop, Mexico's Juan Gabriel, dies
A pop performer known for his flamboyancy on stage, prolific songwriting and bestselling tunes, Juan Gabriel died over the weekend of a heart attack. He was 66.
What happened to the opera music at Starbucks?
CEO Howard Schultz is hailed as an innovator, but less known is that many of his Starbucks inspirations didn't take with Americans. But he's "a very good listener," says one historian — and he adapted.
How advances in automation will change the future of work
As machines and robots and "internet of things" technologies continue to improve, what does the future of work look like?
There's a new focus on giving Olympic architecture a second life
No more “ghost stadiums”: Rio and other Olympic host cities are being encouraged to plan productive afterlives for their arenas.
Why aren't the presidential candidates being asked about science?
Science rarely enters the debate during American political campaigns — unless it is a debate over the validity of science itself. But scientific evidence is central to public policy in America, one science advocate argues. In fact, “in America, evidence is the foundation of justice."
Calling over boat noise is making endangered orcas hungrier
Undersea noise levels are increasing in the Pacific Northwest, as thousands of freighters, ferries and other vessels motor up and down the coast. Some new research details how all that noise might make life harder for endangered marine mammals.
'How beautiful, the way life hangs on. How brave it is to live.'
Iceland is a volcanic country lashed by the North Atlantic. Black-legged Kittiwake dare to nest on inhospitable cliffs and hunt for fish in the tumultuous waves.
A new book looks at the life, history and legacy of Patient H.M.
For decades after an experimental brain surgery, Henry Molaison was known to the world only as Patient H.M. — the man who could not form new memories.
In physics, failure brings almost as much excitement as success
Scientists have used the Standard Model of particle physics since the 1970s. The model has explained and predicted many properties of our universe. But scientists know other particles exist that will fill in the gaps in our current understanding. Finding them is one of the great challenges of this century.
How Toots Thielemans inspired a champion whistler from the Netherlands
Not long after Toots Thielemans came up with his inspired jazz tune Bluesette in 1961, his style caught the ear of a young Dutch whistler named Geert Chatrou.
China is looking to the US as it builds its first national park system
A hundred years after the US started its National Park Service, China starts building its own nationwide network of conserved places.
Remembering an icon of the French fashion world: Sonia Rykiel dies, age 86
Rykiel will be remembered for upending the fashion world with her sophisticated laid-back chic, iconic bright stripes, fluid fabrics and easy-to-wear yet feminine style.
Daraya, a symbol of the Syrian revolution, surrenders after years of bombs
The last bedraggled and hungry rebel fighters in the Syrian town of Daraya are laying down their arms after being under siege for four years. The government promised them safe passage, but the UN is concerned for their safety. Civilians burned their possessions before being evacuated, and said goodbye to the dead in the cemetery. Few expect to return.
Bombastic decor. A 72-page menu. But it's the food that draws people to this restaurant in Bogota.
It's all about choice and serving the best Colombian food at this restaurant. But the decor? "It’s sort of like the House of Blues meets Disneyland meets Monty Python."
Brazil could impeach Dilma Rousseff by next week
Senators have started the trial over Dilma Rousseff’s impeachment. She’s due to make her defense on Monday, before a final vote begins Tuesday.
Advocates say another privately operated immigration detention center for women and child is the wrong approach
“Sometimes I’d like to imprison the immigration officials, the judge, the president, so that they can endure 19 days in there with their children,” says one woman who was recently released from immigration detention.
Did religion save this Guatemalan town?
Guatemala is reported to be the most evangelical country in the Americas. And, according to the Pew Research Center, it has the highest rate of believers that faith reaps success. Almolonga, a small mountain town, is held up as proof.
Our closest galactic neighbor may also have a habitable planet
The discovery of a planet in the "goldilocks zone" of Proxima Cantauri, the star closest to our own sun, gives new hope to the quest to find life outside our solar system.
Reporting on police brutality is complicated for some minority journalists
The evening of Aug. 13 started out as a reporting assignment for Aaron Mak, a Yale student and intern at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. It turned into a lesson about policing, race and protest in today's America.
North Korea claims it’s now able to nuke the US mainland
North Korea is celebrating the launch of a ballistic missile from a submarine. Regime leader Kim Jong Un says his nuclear weapons can now strike the US mainland. Should Americans be worried?
Sit-down toilets? Meh. In Asia, many say squatting is superior
Suthep, a scruffy Thai day laborer, has a message for all you fancy people who sit down to empty your bowels: "Sitting down on a toilet is weird. It doesn’t matter if you’ve got a big butt or a small butt. You’re going to touch the seat. It’s just not clean.”
India's Kerala embraces Fab Labs and an 'Internet of Things' future
From a storied past as spice market and trading hub, India’s southwestern state of Kerala now aims to become a hub for the Internet of Things. It has joined the Fab Lab network, started by MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms, and was the first region or state to sign on as a Fab City.
A peace agreement brings a civil war to an end in Colombia
Colombia's government and the FARC rebels have reached a historic peace agreement to end their half-century civil war that cost hundreds of thousands of lives.
Why early dating was often confused with prostitution
Dating is a relatively modern concept, little more than 100 years old. But in that time, so much has changed.
Michelin isn't reinventing the wheel, it's reinventing the rubber supply chain
You probably don't think too much about your car tires, until there's a problem. But environmentalists are thinking about them a lot, or rather, the rubber used to make them. Wide swaths of forests are cut down to build rubber plantations. But there's also a business case to be made for not chopping down the forest.
Ukraine marks 25 years of independence and hopes Russia pays attention
The national anthem played. Military forces were out in full force. And the president spoke in defiant tone. Ukraine celebrated 25 years of independence, sending a message to Russia.
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