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In the ‘small town’ that is Congress, a challenging harassment fight
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Congress is changing its approach to sexual harassment, with required training and a close look at how claims are settled. Capitol Hill, like Hollywood, is a place where it’s hard to come forward without risking it all. But it matters that more people are speaking up in the nexus of lawmaking.
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Chile’s election marks a swing in Latin American leadership
At least for the near term, the region won’t have a single woman president for the first time in more than a decade. That has some observers wondering if the gains made since 2006 will outlast the women leaders who fought for them.
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The complex reality of corporate tax incentives
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It’s a “fairness” thing: For many workaday taxpayers, any plan that helps big corporations is a step in the wrong direction. But Congress seems intent on reaching for the corporate-tax-cut lever. This story gets beyond the narrow political optics to view this tax debate through the lens of a competitive global economy.
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Ukraine’s vets are changing public perception of ‘disability’
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Tapping "star power" is helping to reverse prejudices in Ukraine, where wounded warriors are succeeding in international sports events – then using the acclaim to promote greater understanding of civilians back home who share their challenges.
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A Mumbai museum challenges Indians’ self-image
When people use identity in ways that make everyone else “the other,” it's helpful to offer up a reminder of the power and richness that can be drawn from the long, slow simmer of a multicultural bouillabaisse.
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Securing the vote: How 'paper' can protect US elections from foreign invaders
In 2016, more than 20 percent of American voters cast their ballots on voting machines that did not produce a verifiable paper trail. For experts, that's a gaping vulnerability, but one that can be addressed. Part 3 of 3.
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Securing the vote: How efforts to prevent fraud, and voting rights, collide
Conservative watchdog groups in several states have filed suit to seek more aggressive action to remove ineligible voters from election rolls, while liberal advocacy and voting rights groups have filed lawsuits of their own. A case in Ohio is going to the Supreme Court. Part 2 of 3.
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One family’s divergent views of the Bolshevik revolution tell a tale of Russia’s complicated past – and present
As the world prepares to mark that seminal moment of the 20th century, perspectives on the consequences and costs to Russia of that earthshaking event are deeply complicated. Such splits are everywhere – in opinion polls, at family dinner tables, in the commentary of guides at history exhibits in the capital.
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Securing the vote: Could Henny Nelson, age 131, help Russia rig an election?
The voter rolls of Broward County in the swing state of Florida are bloated with deceased and other dormant voters, making them an enticing target for Russian hackers or anyone else intent on manipulating American elections. Part 1 of 3.
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Luther’s legacy: How people use the Bible today, 500 years after a monk sparked the Protestant Reformation
Perhaps nowhere are Luther’s legacy and the various ways the book is affecting everyday life more evident than in Chattanooga, Tenn., the Appalachian city where public monuments quote Scripture and honor devout churchmen who helped make it the unofficial Bible capital of the world.
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The anti-Washington: College group offers a model for debating politely
'Transpartisan' debates, sponsored by groups like the BridgeND club at Notre Dame, broaden and deepen student understanding of complex issues – and help young adults become more willing to jump into the messy but necessary work of political engagement.
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