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Updated 2025-07-03 02:00
Clinton's first speech: In just-released 1969 audio, she reveals 'blueprint for her future'
At age 21, Hillary Rodham became the first student to speak at a Wellesley College commencement. The college just released the full audio.
Hillary Clinton’s stand on NAFTA and the TPP: It’s complicated, and evolving
Hillary Clinton has held various political roles, from first lady, to senator, to secretary of state, to presidential candidate. And her positions on trade have shifted along the way.
Gitmo will almost certainly still be open after Obama leaves office
Guantánamo Bay hasn’t really been a topic at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. But the trials being held there against five accused terrorists continue.
Meet the last native speakers of Hawaiian
Hawaiian is often offered up as a language revitalization success story, a model for other endangered languages to follow. But language revitalization isn’t so simple. While activists are reviving the Hawaiian language, opening up pre-schools, teaching thousands of second language learners, there still is a small group of native speakers who have never lost the language, a group of native Hawaiians from the island of Niihau.
An uneasy history of US-China conspiracy theories
Conspiracy theories can appeal to the cynical, the distrustful and the anxious. They've been woven through the past century of China-US relations, on both sides, more often at some times than others. Here's a look at one of them, that starts with a young American missionary turned military intelligence operative, and the myth and reality behind why a staunch anti-Communist group decided to make him their patron saint, with Terry Lautz, author of "John Birch: A Life."
Identity-based politics are making the US electorate 'hyper-partisan'
"We are in a moment now where partisans no longer stop at disagreeing with each others' ideas. Increasingly, they deny each other’s facts, they disapprove of each other’s lifestyles, they stay out of each other’s neighborhoods."
How will Germany deal with lone wolf terrorism, the invisible enemy?
After a string of violent attacks last week, Germany is now faces a new global problem: lone wolf terrorism. But the German response to the horrifying attacks is unique.
Yes, Bill Clinton, I am a Muslim who loves America and freedom. But why is 'terror' part of this conversation?
I listened to Bill Clinton's speech on Tuesday. I was particularly shaken by the former president's words about black people and Muslims.
What does the former US ambassador to Russia think of Trump's hacking request?
Donald Trump held a news conference in Miami in which he called on Russia to find Hillary Clinton's missing emails. So what does the former US ambassador to Russia think of Trump's comments?
Bill Clinton says Hillary can make any world problem better in 30 days. Really? What about Syria?
Could President Hillary Clinton erase ISIS or dump Assad in a month? It would be pretty to think so, but one Syria expert has his doubts.
ISIS is losing its so-called state, so it's shifting its message
The leaders of ISIS beckoned young Muslims to come join their "caliphate" and be part of Islamic history. Now that the group’s so-called state is being taken away, ISIS propaganda has shifted.
‘Bernie or Bust’ is a risk many Americans with undocumented relatives can’t take
But others don't think a President Trump would be any worse for undocumented people in the United States than "deporter-in-chief" Obama has been.
After terror attacks, push for better, more centralized intelligence agencies in Europe
The push to improve intelligence agencies has generally followed three lines of thought: 1) Better centralize intelligence gathering 2)Increasing the sharing of information and 2) Upgrading the state’s ability to conduct surveillance and wiretapping.
Could a President Clinton create a 'critical mass' of female world leaders?
If elected in November, Clinton would join German Chancellor Angela Merkel and British Prime Minister Theresa May at the helm of some of the world's largest economies.
Newcastle's biggest university says no to more coal
Newcastle University pledged to divest from "non-progressive" energy companies, minimizing its investment in fossil fuels. The fossil fuel divestment campaign has claimed the announcement as another win in a series of similar announcements over the past year.
Britain elected a third-party candidate, but it didn't quite fix everything
When British voters grew tired of the two-party system, they found an alternative. But for many it didn't work out how they planned.
In Nigeria, 'it's unanimous' — Michelle Obama for POTUS
Today in Lagos, this Nigerian's Twitter feed is full of tweets about America's first lady.
What it's like to find your name on an ISIS hit list
ISIS and its online affiliates like to post "kill lists." Most experts think they're just a form of propaganda, a way to stoke fear among ordinary people. One list posted recently included more than 100 government workers in Massachusetts.
What is the TPP and why are both parties so angry about it?
At the Democratic National Convention, many in the crowd have chanted "No TPP!" That's no to the 12-member Trans-Pacific Partnership, a trading bloc that President Barack Obama supports, but Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton all oppose, at least on some level.
Politics makes her uncomfortable. But Michelle Obama was political long before Monday night.
When Michelle Obama addressed the opening night of the Democratic convention, she darn near brought down the house. But politics don't come naturally to the first lady.
Trump: The president Russia wants?
A veteran Russia watcher says computer hacks are just one of the many ways Moscow disrupts and influences foreign elections. Watch out, she says, for the Russian insiders around Donald Trump.
Ukrainians vowed to turn their ex-president’s estate into a ‘Museum of Corruption.’ But it’s something else now.
Ukraine's former president Victor Yanukovych spent more that $30 million on his personal estate before he fled for Russia. Think private zoo, crocodile skin-lined planters and a copy of John and Yoko's white piano.
How a permaculture garden led to a bountiful harvest — and true love
In their book, "Paradise Lot," gardeners Eric Toensmeier and Jonathan Bates tell personal stories of creating a food forest of perennial plants and finding romance in the process.
In France, there's a call for a Black Lives Matter movement
People in France are protesting the death of a young black man in police custody. As they channel the US Black Lives Matter movement, they're also challenging France's "colorblind" norms.
Has the world forgotten about Afghanistan?
Kabul was struck by ISIS for the first time over the weekend. At least 80 people were killed. But you might not have heard.
The new Latina Disney princess somehow lives in precolonial times
Her name is Elena, and she hails from Avalor — a fictional place that draws from several real-world cultures.
Who hacked the DNC? The links point to Russia.
A shadowy group calling itself Guccifer 2.0 has claimed responsibility for the DNC email hacks. However, the hackers also show a fondness for Russian emoticons.
What America's 2016 vote has in common with the end of Yugoslavia
Few places know the consequences of hate and demagoguery more than the former Yugoslav republics. Ethnic nationalism — which played a major role in the bloody disintegration of Yugoslavia — is leading America astray, says Bosnian writer Aleksandar Hemon.
If you like squash, you can thank this one particular pollinator
Thousands of species pollinate our plants and guarantee our food, but one particular bee specializes in the squash family. As ancestral farmers spread the cultivation of squashes through the Americas, the squash bee followed.
Should we be protecting historic sites in space?
Did you know there is a historic preserve on the moon?
Nuclear reactors in California and New York State are on different paths
Pacific Gas & Electric has decided to take the aging Diablo Canyon nuclear plant, near an earthquake fault in California, offline within 10 years and replace it with wind and solar power. But an even older reactor, Indian Point, near New York City, will continue to operate, despite defects and opposition.
The GOP is leading an effort to block the military from planning for climate change
Since the Bush Administration, the Department of Defense has been warning that climate change poses a threat to national security. In January 2016, Pentagon officials proposed to update their climate threat assessments, in response to a directive from President Obama. House Republicans have moved to block the Defense Department’s efforts to prepare for climate change.
This is how radically unrecognizable life might be on other planets
What Saturn’s moon, Titan, tells us about life beyond Earth.
Does human specimen research always need consent?
Here’s why scientists are against newly proposed rules on consent needed for using human specimens for research.
Here's what a Muslim couple in New Jersey made of Donald Trump's RNC speech
A Muslim couple in Lodi, New Jersey, have been watching the Republican National Convention all week. Last night, they invited a reporter in to watch Trump give his acceptance speech.
Will heat waves cause more deaths as the climate warms?
Rising temperatures are on display this weekend. And while it's tough to pin any single weather event to climate change, it's likely that climate change will lead to more hot days like we're experiencing. And that could be deadly.
Green spaces alongside US highways are potential conservation areas
Some 17 million acres of green space line US highways and byways. It's vital habitat for pollinators, as well as small voles, mice and birds.
This Republican says his party's denial of climate science is 'courting disaster' with voters
Donald Trump has famously dismissed concern about climate change as a hoax and a con job. And on that point, he's well within the GOP mainstream, but a former GOP congressman says his party's all wrong on the science, economics and politics of the climate threat.
Witness: 'I could see people lying on the ground'
The chilling text came from the scene of a mass shooting at a Munich shopping mall. Witnesses talk about the panic that swept the city.
Who's afraid of Donald Trump?
Here's how one convention-watcher summed up the speech: "Fear. Fear the Mexicans. Fear the Muslims. Fear the Chinese. Fear crime."
US resisters to the Iraq War are now living undocumented in Canada
Even though Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau expressed early support for letting conscientious objectors from the United States remain in Canada, not much has been done to formalize their status.
A Canadian city is putting warning labels on gas pumps
Cigarette packs have health warnings — now in one Canadian city, gas pumps have climate change warnings.
Your answer to mass shootings is to get bigger guns. To me that's really strange.
Five years after the Norway shootings, a survivor reflects on Anders Breivik, the Orlando attack, and guns.
These young musicians are hoping the US government likes their 'exceptional abilities'
Making it as a young musician can be tough. But for this group of young musicians from four different countries, the real challenge is getting permission to stay in the US.
'Lock her up!': A guide to some of the RNC's most popular chants
How do you react to them?
Singapore gets the world's first Michelin star for a food stall
"There is no secret," one of the vendors said. "The ingredients just need to be fresh.”
A protest over education has turned into a movement in Mexico
Who killed 9 protesters during a police action? One month later, no one has been held responsible, and a regional protest on education has mushroomed into a movement.
Medical humor can be OK — if kept to its proper place and time
Humor is a way people cope with stressful situations. And there's no doubt medical professionals encounter a lot of stressful situations.
Trump's comments leave some European leaders worried about the future of NATO
When asked if he would defend the Baltic states in the event of a Russian attack, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump was hesitant to offer support.
Trump’s trade policies are worrying economists
If there's one thing economists agree on: Trump’s trade policies are deeply flawed.
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