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For U.S. Children, Minorities Will Be The Majority By 2020, Census Says

America is heading toward the day when whites will no longer make up the majority of the population. And U.S. children will get there soon, according to a new U.S. Census Bureau report.

Ismael Medjdoub grew up in one of Paris' banlieus. He spends up to two hours a day commuting from his home in Tremblay en France to work and to school at the prestigious Sorbonne in Paris.

In France, Young Muslims Often Straddle Two Worlds

An estimated 40 percent of France's 7 million Muslims live in and around Paris, many of them in the poor suburbs. It's hard to escape the banlieues, even for those who work or attend school elsewhere.

People all over the world pay bribes because they think the benefit — better health care, education for their kids — is worth the cost.

Psst, We'll Pay You A Bribe If You Read This Story

An estimated 1.6 billion people — many of them in the developing world — pay bribes for public services, according to a new book. The alternative may be no health care and no education.

A Lego model of All Souls Church rests on the altar, which was retained when the Bolton, England, church was renovated into an interfaith community center. The model was built by children taking part in an after-school program there.

In English Town, Muslims Lead Effort To Create Interfaith Haven

A disused church in the northern English town of Bolton has been transformed into a community center where all are welcome. It's the product of years of effort and difficult discussions.

Members of the Muslim community leave the East London Mosque after prayers before the start of the holy month of Ramadan in June 2014 in London, England. The mosque has an estimated 7,000 worshippers.

Britain's Muslims: Still Feeling The Need To Explain Themselves

Many young Muslims say they feel part of their communities in Britain, but have to deal with a range of misconceptions.

Fiji Launches Competition For New National Flag

The South Pacific nation wants to replace its flag that has a Union Jack and a shield that bears the country's coat of arms. The current flag was adopted in 1970 following independence from Britain.

Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock. The character's mixed Vulcan and human heritage set him apart from the rest of the Star Trek crew.

Mr. Spock, Mixed-Race Pioneer

As Mr. Spock on Star Trek, the late Leonard Nimoy embodied the conflicts faced by many biracial and other people of color. Even on the diverse crew of the Enterprise, he stood out.

Ruth Hálová, a survivor of the Holocaust (clockwise): Ruth as a child dressed up for a play; Ruth's first grade class, taken in 1932; Ruth and husband Milan Hala in India in the 1990s; Ruth and her mother in (the then) Czechoslovakia after the war.

Teaching The Holocaust: New Approaches For A New Generation

Amid the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camps, a focus more on 'how Jews lived than about how they perished.'

While Leonard Nimoy became famous as <em>Star Trek</em>'s Mr. Spock, he was conflicted about the role. He later came to embrace it. He's shown here with actor William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk.

He Was, And Will Always Be, Our Friend: Remembering Leonard Nimoy

The Star Trek actor, writer, poet and photographer has died of lung disease at 83. NPR's Neda Ulaby has a look back at the long career of the man who was (and was not) Spock.

Overall Crime Rate Decreases In San Diego

The exception was rape, with the number of reported cases rising from 316 in 2013 to 371 last year — a jump of more than 17 percent.

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