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A presidential library that’s not a library. Obama Center pilots a community model.
As the Obama Presidential Center opens its doors to the public this week, its vision of transforming a traditional presidential library into a modern community center will be put to the test.
At G7 summit, Trump seems willing to back Ukraine. Europe isn’t banking on it.
The G7 summit shows Europe’s enduring desire to work with the U.S. But behind the flattery, leaders are showing new flexibility in dealing with the mercurial American president.
Spoiled food? As funds rise at ICE, so do detention complaints.
There are growing complaints about conditions at Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facilities as funding swells.
A former Kansas mayor wasn’t a US citizen, but voted. His supporters say it’s not that simple.
Joe Ceballos, who twice led the tiny Kansas town of Coldwater, and voted in elections despite not being a U.S. citizen, is facing deportation.
Engaged citizens built America. Today, civics education is coming back.
Civics education in America is undergoing a revival in public schools thanks in part to groups that are working with school boards to develop new curricula.
Blockading the Strait of Hormuz creates a problem. Syria offers a solution.
Tehran’s most potent leverage vis-à-vis the U.S. and global economies has proved to be its ability to clamp down on shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. The search for overland routes for oil and ot
Iran, US, and Israel: Which will win a peace within?
One possible reason for the tentative deal was rising polarization within each country. Keeping the peace might now rest on how each of them resets social harmony.
‘Cambridge Five’ spies relied on their pedigrees to evade suspicion
Scions of wealthy families in Britain, the men known as the “Cambridge Five” wreaked havoc on U.S.-British intelligence missions, agent networks, and lives.
India reckons with a woman’s ‘worth’
A legal ruling recognizes the monetary as well as civic value of women's role as homemakers. But unleashing their full potential will require India’s men and women to shed limiting views of each other
World Cup and presidential runoff: How Colombia’s yellow jersey got political
Colombia plays its first game in the World Cup and votes for its next president this week. Its national soccer jersey has ended up stuck in the middle.