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With sanctions lifting, Iran is open for trade again. You might not realize we've been consuming the fruits of trade with Persians for centuries — in the names used for many common foods.

One-third of farmworkers in California speak indigenous languages from southern Mexico. Many don't speak Spanish or English, a situation that poses challenges for health care providers.

Cool grannies aren't just a meme. They're proof that getting older doesn't have to be about loss — it's about living freely and on your own terms.

"Haikus with Hotties" is more than just a cheeky calendar — it's challenging the way Asian-American men are portrayed in the media.

The U.S. and NATO have spent years in Kunduz, Afghanistan, building communities to keep insurgents out. Two who were there 12 years ago describe how it felt this week when the Taliban retook the city.

Dan Vyleta's new novel imagines a world where inner faults and sins are made visible by black smoke curling from bodies. He says his big, sprawling narratives were inspired by the works of Dickens.

Stefani McCoy had it with school when she was a teenager. She turned her life around — and now she's helping Namibia's dropouts do the same.

Wielding techniques that the global Theatre of the Oppressed movement used to train activists, one group challenges people to think beyond labels.

Scientists and activists in India are training citizens to collect information on water issues like contamination — and upload it so it can be used to push for change.

The name on that box of cake mix belonged to a real person. Hines was a traveling salesman who just wanted to find a decent meal on the road — and ended up being America's go-to restaurant expert.