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This Weekend, Hoist A Pint With The 'Young Skins'

Colin Barrett's debut collection deals with some dismal topics. But Tessa Hadley, who picked the book for our Weekend Reads series, praises the Irish writer's "lovely, high-flown, playful" writing.

Gujaratis played a huge role in the expansion of Best Westerns and Days Inns across the country, according to one scholar, partly because they were willing to relocate to places like Berlin, Conn., pictured here.

Here To Stay: How Indian-Born Innkeepers Revolutionized America's Motels

Indian immigrants and their children comprise about 1 percent of the U.S. population, yet they own roughly half of all American motels. And 70 percent of those moteliers hail one same state: Gujarat.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during the No Labels Problem Solver Convention on Monday.

South Korea? Trump's Where Are You From Moment

Donald Trump interrupted an Asian American student this week to ask if he was from South Korea. "I was born in Texas," he responded.

Lita Blacksmith displays a drawing she made of her 18-year-old daughter Lorna, who was murdered in Winnipeg in 2012. A police study found that 1 in 4 female homicide victims in Canada in 2012 was an aboriginal woman.

Canada To Launch Nationwide Investigation Into Murdered, Missing Aboriginal Women

A study by Canada's police found that nearly 1,200 Aboriginal women were murdered or went missing between 1980 and 2012. But two Canadian government ministers say that number could be far higher.

In every home, the <em>haftseen</em> table is decorated with <a href="http://zanmagazine.com/pdf/Zan08_PartyBravo.pdf">seven items</a> â since seven is considered a lucky number. Each item begins with the letter <em>sin</em> (s) in Persian, and each item is a symbol of spring and renewal.

Nowruz: Persian New Year's Table Celebrates Spring Deliciously

This ancient festival marks the beginning of spring and celebrates the rebirth of nature. And naturally, it has a lot to do with fresh, green foods just beginning to poke out of the ground.

Chances are that this crowd is more liberal than conservative.

Why Are Highly Educated Americans Getting More Liberal?

Today, more than half of Americans who went to graduate school are liberal. Less than one in three were in 1994.

Why Are Highly Educated Americans Getting More Liberal?

Today, more than half of Americans who went to graduate school are liberal. Less than one in three were in 1994.

This photo shows Fallen Star, a small cottage atop Jacobs Hall, a seven story structure that houses the engineering school on the campus of the University of California-San Diego in San Diego.

University Of California Tries To Get More Transfer Students

The University of California is trying to increase the number of undergraduates it admits from the state's community colleges by spelling out the courses transferring students need to be eligible to complete their studies at a UC campus

Kadie Durocher looking through memorabilia she collected while working at American Voodoo, a San Diego restaurant, Aug. 22, 2016.

San Diego County Workers Owed $2 Million In Back Pay

inewsource analyzed 6,553 wage complaints filed with the Labor Commissioner’s Office in the past five years and found that workers collected what they were owed in only about 30 percent of cases that the commission verified.

Sanders fans depict him as Robin Hood for his views on inequality. So why isn't he winning the most unequal states?

Sanders Has Been Losing In States Where Income Inequality Is Worse

It's one of the more unexpected patterns in this year's election data...but why is it happening?

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