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It’s 1975. Saigon has fallen to the North Vietnamese. The end of the war is the beginning of a global humanitarian crisis.Fifteen years later, the poet…
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Many small towns in New England are eager to welcome refugees from the war in Syria, but that doesn’t seem likely under President Donald Trump’s shifting…
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Muslim immigrants have become an increasingly large part of the fabric of New England in recent years.
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Muslims in America are the subject of heated political debate. But they account for a very small number of elected politicians in New England. One...
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Public health officials worldwide are calling on their governments to get tough on alcohol marketing. A special issue of the scientific journal Addiction,…
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The narrative goes like this: For decades, white America has increasingly been left behind. The nation's culture and politics have steadily shifted to…
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"Accessibility" is a word that we maybe too quickly file away as having something to do with the disabled or something like that. But it's really about…
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Over 200 Hartford teachers could be laid off as the school district grapples with declining enrollment and rising costs. What's happening is basically…
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How mental illness is treated across our nation could change under a new federal law.This hour — the Mental Health Reform Act — what is it and what does…
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NPR's Asma Khalid reflects on a year covering politics at a moment when being Muslim was seen as a political problem for some.