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Even as the US struggles with seemingly insurmountable divides, Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan’s ‘A Place at the Table’ teaches that difference does not inherently mean discordance

(Reuters) – Myanmar security forces used tear gas and stun grenades to break up a protest in Yangon on Saturday, just hours after a United Nations special envoy called on the Security Council to take action against the ruling junta

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Biden White House: keeping control of the daily message  Associated Press Trump tears into Biden for ‘spiraling tsunami’ at the border, amid spike in migrant numbers  Fox News Biden administration and Texas governor battle over COVID testing and treatment of migrants at

Pope, top Iraq Shiite cleric hold historic, symbolic meeting  The Associated Press Pope Francis holds historic meeting with revered Shia cleric in Iraq’s Najaf  CNN Pope Francis arrives in Baghdad to begin historic first Papal trip to Iraq  CBS This Morning Pope Francis

Why violence against the Asian American community is on the rise during the Covid-19 pandemic  Vox.com Man violently attacked as hate crimes against Asian Americans continue to rise  KTLA 5 Asians were thought to be the ‘model minority.’ Then came ‘receipt culture.’  Yahoo

If you subscribe to Netflix or any other streaming service, you know—or you’re at least made to feel—that even if you’re not yet ready to return to theaters, you’ll never run out of things to watch. That should be exciting.

Decades-old successes benefited from more trust in science, less political polarization, less complicated procedures

NPR’s Scott Simon asks Aung San Suu Kyi’s lawyer, Khin Maung Zaw, for an update on the trial of Myanmar’s leader. She was deposed after a military coup.