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Congressional candidates MJ Hegar (right) and Gina Ortiz Jones speak at the LBJ Presidential Library in June. Both are military veterans seeking their first political office.

Dozens Of Veterans Are Running For Congress. But Does Military Service Prepare Them For Politics?

Veterans now make up less than 20 percent of Congress, compared with about 75 percent in the 1960s. Some high-profile candidates are trying to reverse that trend.

Arleene Correa Valencia works on a painting in her latest series: In Times of Crisis, En Tiempo de Crisis.

After The Wildfires: Artist Captures Plight Of Napa's Undocumented Workers

Napa Valley's wine industry relies heavily on immigrants, but the undocumented are often ineligible for services when disaster strikes. An artist depicts how the 2017 fires impacted this community.

Ericka Ames, center, of Nicaragua recites the Oath of Allegiance during a naturalization ceremony at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in Miami. The backlog of citizenship applications has increased dramatically under the Trump administration.

The Wait To Become A U.S. Citizen Lengthens

Immigrant advocates claim the Trump administration is building a "second wall" to keep immigrants out of this country. That wall is the lengthy and time-consuming process to become a U.S. citizen.

Petrochemical facilities in the Houston area are assessing their hurricane preparedness after Hurricane Harvey. This oil refinery reinforced storage tank roofs with geodesic domes — the gray caps on some of the white tanks in the photo — to better withstand a deluge.

Industry Looks For Hurricane Lessons As Climate Changes

Hurricane Harvey was a wake-up call for petrochemical plants along the Gulf Coast to rethink plans for major floods. Some companies are starting to prepare for storms that are larger and more severe.

UK sensation Sam Smith sings “Stay With Me” and others from his debut.

San Diego's Top Weekend Events: Two Alternative Giants And A Pop Star

This Labor Day weekend brings two giants of alternative rock, one from Mexico City and another from Chicago, plus, a concert by current radio giant Sam Smith.

Tima Kurdi holds her necklace bearing a photograph of her nephews, Alan (left) and Ghalib Kurdi. She is the author of <em>The Boy on the Beach: My Family's Escape from Syria and Our Hope for a New Home. </em><em></em>

The Aunt Of The Drowned Syrian Boy Tells What Happened After The Tragedy

The photo of the young child's body powered a surge of public concern for the refugee crisis. Now his aunt, Tina Kurdi, has written a memoir about her family's sorrows and hopes.

Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt in Mission Impossible — Fallout.

'Mission Impossible' Fails At The Mission To Depict A Medical Camp

A health worker who spent time in Pakistan talks about the medical content of the blockbuster film.

Tima Kurdi holds her necklace bearing a photograph of her nephews, Alan (left) and Ghalib Kurdi. She is the author of The Boy on the Beach: My Family's Escape from Syria and Our Hope for a New Home.

An Aunt's Memoir: Remembering The Drowned Syrian Boy On The Beach

Tima Kurdi has written a book that tells the story of the family's attempt to cross from Turkey to Greece in a rubber boat — and the struggle to make sense of the tragedy.

A street in Paris' 16th arrondissement is deserted in the middle of the day in August.

When Paris Empties Out In August, Some Are Happy To Stay

Deserted streets, empty Metro stations, shuttered shops — Paris in August can feel very quiet. But some Parisians prefer this. And truth be told, not all of Paris is dead in August.

The author of Small Fry, Lisa Brennan-Jobs, walks with her mother, Chrisann Brennan, in Palo Alto, Calif. in the early 1990s.

A Memoir Of An '80s California Childhood — And Being Steve Jobs' Daughter

In Small Fry, Lisa Brennan-Jobs insists that hers is a universal story about growing up with an artistic, itinerant single mom — and the co-founder of Apple, before he was ready to be her father.

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