NPR first wrote about the group "No Sex for Fish" in 2019 — Kenyan women out to end the practice of trading sex to a fisherman in exchange for his catch to sell. Since then they're faced tribulations.
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Chula Vista Elementary School District will convert Harborside and Palomar elementary schools into community schools next school year. -
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