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Exercising Their Rights

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Title IX, enacted 50 years ago, increased athletic opportunities for millions of girls and women in the U.S. In honor of the law’s anniversary, meet female athletes who have fought for equality in sports.

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Science and Tech

A Mammoth Undertaking

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A new company is working to resurrect the extinct woolly mammoth—but at what cost?

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History Primary Sources

The Fight to Go to School

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History Primary Sources
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Seventy-five years ago, Sylvia Mendez was a key figure in a battle for equal education for Mexican American students. Her legal struggle helped lead to the end of racially segregated schools across the country.

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Government

Could You Pass the Citizenship Test?

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Government
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For anyone not born here, becoming a U.S. citizen takes years—and hard work. See if you can ace the civics test immigrants must pass.

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World News

How the War in Ukraine Changed the World

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Russia’s invasion of a sovereign European nation—and the global reaction to it—has upended everything from politics to trade.

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Life and Culture

Should Students Have to Pass a Civics Test to Graduate?

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Two experts weigh in on the issue.

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Science and Tech

This Coral Reef Is a ‘Work of Art’

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Divers have discovered a thriving reef near Tahiti, even as others die off because of climate change.

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‘Unwrapping’ the Mummy

Science and Tech

CT scans reveal new information about Amenhotep I, whose mummy was found back in 1881.

U.S. News

Calling All Teen Truckers

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To address a shortage, a federal program is training people as young as 18 to drive trucks.

Life and Culture

Numbers in the News

Life and Culture

Quirky stats about babysitting rates, a traveling hard hat, and more

Science and Tech

Air Chicken, Anyone?

Science and Tech

A new meat substitute is made from carbon dioxide.

World News

Looking for Work

World News

Youth unemployment compared with total unemployment around the world in 2020

Life and Culture

The Dilemma: You Shouldn’t Have!

Life and Culture

How to handle being awkward about getting gifts or compliments

Cartoons

Cartoons about rising gas prices, endangered species, the war in Ukraine, and more

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