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Dirty Dancing In The Early 1900s

Scandalous swirls like the Bunny Hug, Turkey Trot and Grizzly Bear may have even scared President-elect Woodrow Wilson.

In a country where the share of multiracial children has multiplied tenfold in the past 50 years, it's a good time to take stock of our shared vocabulary when it comes to describing Americans like me.

All Mixed Up: What Do We Call People Of Multiple Backgrounds?

The share of multiracial children in America has multiplied tenfold in the past 50 years. It's a good time to take stock of our shared vocabulary when it comes to describing Americans like me.

Former Florida Governor and possible Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush attends the CDU Economics Conference of the Economic Council on June 09, 2015 in Berlin, Germany.

Jeb Bush And Florida's "Scarlet Letter Law," Explained

While Jeb Bush was governor, Florida had a law requiring some women to list their sexual encounters in the newspaper. What's the controversy all about, and what did Bush have to do with it, exactly?

Whalebone stays and pannier from France, 1740-1760. The hoops of the pannier fold up, making it easier for the wearer to climb into carriages.

Shake What Your Mama Didn't Give You: Shapewear Through The Ages

From corsets and codpieces to shapewear and Spanx, people have tried to change their silhouettes for centuries. From The Seams, Jacki Lyden takes us on a sartorial tour of shapewear.

City Heights High School Helps Refugees Become Graduates

A young man goes from living in a refugee camp in Thailand to graduating from Crawford high school graduate and the special San Diego School District program that helps immigrant students graduate.

Attending a new charter school, Jann Peña has had to get used to wearing a uniform daily and being in class an hour and a half later each afternoon. Here, he watches classmates during a group project.

A Mother Hangs Her Hopes On A New High School

No school can succeed without the support of the families who send their children there.

J.R. Hardman, dressed for Civil War re-enactment.

The Battles Of A Civil War Re-Enactress

Refused at first as a re-enactor, J.R. Hardman turned to historic, real-life pioneers for inspiration.

A screen presents the winners of the Nobel Prize in Medicine, U.S.-British scientist John O'Keefe and Norwegian husband and wife Edvard Moser and May-Britt Moser for their discoveries of cells that constitute a positioning system in the brain.

3 Win Nobel Prize In Medicine For Discovering Brain's 'Inner GPS'

The scientists, one working in Britain and a husband-and-wife team from Norway will share the award for work that began in the 1970s and spanned decades.

Melissa Jarvis-Cedeño, principal at Ascend Charter High School, teaches a civic reflections seminar three times a week.

Starting A High School From Scratch

There's a lot that goes in to establishing a new charter school. Today: the principal who's making it happen.

Wilson Describes Confrontation With Brown In ABC Interview

Darren Wilson, the Ferguson, Mo., police officer who killed Michael Brown, says he has "a clean conscience" about the shooting; he also says he's sorry for the loss of life.

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