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Answers on race in Obama’s own words

Americans are revisiting race relations after recent killings of African Americans and of police. Here's what President Obama says.
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What’s in a surname? A clue to U.S. diversity.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau's latest data, surnames from around the world are becoming more prevalent in the list of popular surnames in the U.S.

Art From Exile: Syrian refugees find their voices through art

If civil war forced you to flee your homeland, how would you live? That question is at the heart of an exhibition by eight Syrian artists based in Istanbul.
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Donald Trump’s family roots

The story of America is the story of immigrants chasing their dreams in a land of opportunity. It’s the story of the U.S. president-elect, Donald J. Trump.
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Campfire diplomacy in Russian Siberia

ShareAmerica intern Zoe Swarzenski, a student at Wellesley College in Massachusetts, writes about her visit to the mountainous Russian region of Siberia.
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Turkish studies flourish at Binghamton University in New York

Undergraduate students at Binghamton, in upstate New York, can now take advantage of the school’s expanding Ottoman and Turkish studies program.
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U2’s Bono nabs unique award for women’s rights activism

Irish rock star Bono receives a brand-new accolade: Glamour magazine’s first Man of the Year.
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Ellis Island exhibit revives New York’s lost Little Syria

Thousands of immigrants passed through Ellis Island before starting new lives in the U.S. Learn about a community that once flourished in Lower Manhattan.
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The Red Road Project: Native Americans tell their stories

The Red Road Project portrait series by photographer Carlotta Cardana and writer Danielle SeeWalker aims to dispel misconceptions about Native Americans.