Rachel Gotbaum
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School-Based Counselors Help Kids Cope With Fallout From Drug Addiction
More than 50 Massachusetts schools are participating in a new program that brings counselors in to help children deal with the stress and trauma of living in families struggling with drug addiction. → Read More
Xi Jinping doesn't play golf. How will he and Trump talk shop at Mar-a-Lago?
There probably won't be any golf diplomacy when China's president holds his first face-to-face meeting with his new American counterpart this week. → Read More
Gay men in Chechnya rounded up, tortured, and killed: report
More than 100 gay men in Chechnya have been arrested and tortured, and some were killed by police, a local report says. → Read More
Nebraska farmers are relying on Ukrainian hackers to fix their tractors
Until a few years ago, farmers could fix and upgrade their own large farm equipment, including tractors. But that's changed as tractors have become more high-tech. → Read More
One of the world's best chefs says you can taste the love in really good food
To Chef Eric Ripert, a Buddhist and author of "32 Yolks, From My Mother's Table to Working the Line," a trip to monasteries in South Korea has led to a spiritual awakening. → Read More
Feed homebound seniors, or build a wall?
To fund increases for security and defense, President Trump proposes slashing federal funding for a variety of social programs, including Meals on Wheels. → Read More
Visas are running out for the US military's Afghan interpreters
Afghan interpreters risked their lives to work with the US military. Now a special visa program designed to give them sanctuary in the US is running out of visas. → Read More
What the Nike Pro Hijab is really about
Nike has become the first major global manufacturer to make a hijab for Muslim athletes. → Read More
A female former Marine speaks out about nude photos of servicewomen
Kate Hendricks Thomas says she and other military women typically endure sexual abuse on the job and so she was not surprised to learn that a Facebook page called "Marines United" with 30,000 Marine followers posted nude photos of females Marines. → Read More
Trump implements a new immigration and travel ban — but gives Iraq a pass
The law does not use language about Muslims or Christianity, which will make it more acceptable to the courts, says Mana Yegani, an immigration lawyer based in Houston. → Read More
After pope's intervention, Syrian refugees begin a new life in Rome
What's happening with the 12 Syrian refugees that Pope Francis took back with him to the Vatican? → Read More
After pope's intervention, Syrian refugees begin a new life in Rome
What's happening with the 12 Syrian refugees that Pope Francis took back with him to the Vatican? → Read More
Cursed by oil? Academic says production often leads to misery.
Is oil exporting a curse? Not necessarily, but there is something about oil that is very dangerous to a producing country's people, says an academic with a new book on the subject. → Read More
The news agency that breaks stories for ISIS
Amaq actually "embeds" reporters, but aims for a gloss of neutral, "objective" language. → Read More
How a Communist island nation became a biotech powerhouse
Necessity led to Cuba's move into development of vaccines for hepatitis B and lung cancer, as well as innovative treatments for diabetes. → Read More
Waiting For Treatment Can Mean Life Or Death In N.H.
People who use heroin and other opioids often have to wait weeks to get into a residential treatment program. → Read More
Why Belgium is vulnerable to attacks
Why was Belgium so slow in its efforts to find a suspected Paris bomber? → Read More
'There is no sign...these people are about to blow themselves up into smithereens'
The calmness is striking on the faces of the suspected ISIS bombers of Brussels. → Read More
Future American doctors train for free — in Cuba
Lillian Halloway grew up in West Philadelphia, but pursued her medical education in Cuba. → Read More
Russia's Putin sees a kindred spirit in Donald Trump
Vladimir Putin has praised Donald Trump — in part because Russians don't want to see Hillary Clinton in the White House. → Read More