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What will new president actually do come January? Why it’s a bit of a mystery.
It was dominated by an unprecedented focus on personality rather than policy.
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Canadian police spied on reporters, raising questions of press freedom
Revelations that police in Quebec spied on at least 10 journalists has set off a nationwide debate over police surveillance and press freedom in the Digital Age.
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Passcode How hackers eroded Americans' trust in democratic process
Even if hackers don't strike on Election Day, the drumbeat of cyberattacks and leaks this campaign cycle has affected the way citizens view the electoral process.
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Solving Syria: How next US president could pressure Russia in new ways
Exerting more US influence in Eastern Europe could give Washington greater leverage with Moscow, which is key to resolving the Syrian conflict.
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EqualEd Can Flint be reborn through its public schools?
Local partners are working with Flint, Mich., schools to make them hubs of progress – reviving a model of community education in the face of dire needs for the city's children and water that still is not safe to drink.
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Supreme Court confronts racial impact of predatory loans in financial crisis
The Fair Housing Act has led to progress in rooting out racial discrimination. Now, a Supreme Court case touches on whether it is legal for cities to expand the FHA by suing banks.
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Decoder Did FBI save Hillary Clinton – or sink her?
FBI Director James Comey's announcement Sunday that there would be no investigation of Hillary Clinton closes the immediate issue, but it is likely to reverberate long after Election Day.
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Maine's solution to toxic politics is as easy as 1, 2, 3
Maine voters will consider an initiative that would allow them to rank their favorite candidates in future elections. It's seen as a way to force politicians out of their partisan comfort zones. But there could be unintended consequences.
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From Kenya, US gets helping hand with election monitoring
The developers of an interactive map called Ushahidi – Swahili for 'testimony' – is deploying a US version that displays real-time reports from the public of any attempts at voter intimidation or fraud.
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Focus As demand for secularism grows in France, believers push back at work
France has been stepping up its enforced secularism amid fears of Muslim immigration and terrorism, but that seems to be stirring more expression of religion in the workplace.
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Countering political division: the transforming power of a real conversation
As people have fewer opportunities to interact with people who hold different political views or share different underlying values, scholars say they become foreign – the 'other.'
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Inhabit At global climate talks, patience blends with urgency
Emission cuts that countries have pledged in Paris aren't expected to hit the goal of holding Earth's temperature rise to 2 degrees Celsius. This leaves a lot of work for a Morocco conference starting this week.
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Cover Story Memo to: the next president
Take a look at cities – America's new democracy labs. They offer a model of how to set aside politics and forge alliances to solve problems.
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The Politics of US: A special election series
Changing American politics begins with changing ourselves.
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Monitor Breakfast Education Secretary John King: US still has work to do on equity in schools
Three key areas need progress, King said at a Monitor breakfast Wednesday: equity; elevating the teaching profession; and access, affordability, and graduation rates in college.
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Monitor Breakfast Union leader Trumka: 'no doubt' he can trust Clinton on trade
At a Monitor breakfast, AFL-CIO chief Richard Trumka said he has 'absolute trust' in Hillary Clinton to make major changes in the TPP free trade deal.
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Passcode Homeland Security chief weighs plan to protect voting from hackers
Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson said he's considering whether to designate the US election system as critical infrastructure, which could trigger greater cybersecurity at the ballot box.
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Passcode How hackers eroded Americans' trust in democratic process
Even if hackers don't strike on Election Day, the drumbeat of cyberattacks and leaks this campaign cycle has affected the way citizens view the electoral process.
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Passcode Massive botnet that crippled US web takes aim at Africa
Experts worry that the attackers behind the Mirai botnet are testing it out against Liberia before a larger scale attack on the US or Europe.
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Passcode Why Election Day hacking risks are overblown
Experts who track the sale and development of malicious hacking tools say they've seen no evidence that criminal attackers are planning to target voting systems on Tuesday.
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Change Agent In bid to improve police-minority relations, 'Bigs in Blue' pairs cops, youths
Big Brothers Big Sisters is undertaking the program, which could change perceptions for both police and children, says the organization's president.
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Change Agent How one engineering program used storytelling to recruit more women
The mechanical engineering department at the University of Texas at Austin has worked to expand other people's understanding of what engineers do.
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Difference Maker A daytime refuge for homeless people: the duo behind the pioneering effort
In San Francisco, Laura Slattery and Tina Christopher open church doors to homeless people during the day. The women’s own lives have taken elaborate twists and turns.
November 8, 2016
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Lucas Museum of Narrative Art (LMNA) registrar Nicole Manis unpacks the Yoda puppet, used in the original movies, at the Star Wars Identities exhibition at the 02 in London on Tuesday.
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