California stole a Black pioneer’s land in 1949 to create a park. The family would like it back.

↩︎ National Geographic

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“Before, when we went to these places, we were afraid, and now we see it’s very normal and easy.” Hiba, a 14-year-old girl, adds philosophically: “Hiking is like life. It is challenging, but it is …

More than half of recent abortions in the United States were carried out with abortion pills.

↩︎ The Guttmacher Institute

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Tennis has a reputation as a polite sport. Not so, at least when it comes to allowing its umpires to be abused.

Tennis is a traditional sport. Tennis is an old fashioned sport. But bizarrely tennis has failed miserably to up…

Cities across the world need more “barefoot planning” and less “luxury real estate projects and tourism schemes.”

↩︎ This Week in Africa

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How lobbyists are similar to gang leaders and drug-dealing kingpins: they wake up and rationalize how they are good people.

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