The US Military’s Sexual Assault Crisis

Reducing the staggering number of assaults in the US military gets top priority

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The Language of Phishing

How international cyber criminals are using better English to lure their prey

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A Cancer in the Ranks

Sexual assault is becoming “a cancer” in the US military and victims are not just women

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Learning English in the Workplace

Businesses in the US are helping their immigrant workers to learn to speak English

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A US Retailer Fights off a Canadian Pirate

A small shop in Canada is reselling goods from popular US store in, Trader Joe's

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Supreme Decisions

What the US Supreme Court ruling in favour of gay rights means for other countries

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Travellers' Tales

Outrage in Europe at revelations that US spies have been eavesdropping on diplomats

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Tragedy and Taboos

Asiana airline crash victims were headed to summer camp in the US to improve their English

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The Globalization Edition

US law allowing citizens to defend themselves with deadly force attracts attention abroad

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Americans and War

A Syrian-American doctor returns to Syria to help victims of the sectarian violence

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Newsmakers

P.J. Crowley, who resigned in 2011 over Bradley Manning’s treatment, calls verdict 'right'

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Money Talks - and Bears, too

Prudence Bushnell, US Ambassador to Kenya during the ‘98 embassy bombing on security fears

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Getting to Know Laura Poitras

Meet the woman who helped Edward Snowden leak news of top-secret surveillance programmes

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Thirty-five Years for Bradley Manning

US military veterans react to the sentencing of Private Bradley Manning in WikiLeaks case

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Red Lines and Tipping Points

The US role in chemical attacks during the Iran-Iraq War

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Syria Waits While America Debates

Sadness, madness and the new normal; a Syrian in the US reflects on life in his birthplace

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The President Pivots

George Packer’s déjà-vu: The American writer speaks about September 11th, Iraq and Syria

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Border Patrol

A cat-and-mouse game intensifies with US Border Patrol as illegal crossings rise in Texas

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The Global Mall

How al-Shabab recruits in one of the largest Somali communities in the United States

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'Closed Until Further Notice'

Both tourists and refugees in the US are feeling the impact of the government shutdown

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Detroit: Our Problem, Your Problem

European banks dig in their heels over the largest municipal bankruptcy in US history

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Shutdown Resolution and Reverberations

The US budget standoff is over, but memories of the weeks’ long impasse linger

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Who Wants to be American?

Becoming an American, from background checks to citizenship tests

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New York Icons Remade

America’s oldest licenced pizzeria thrives a year after super storm Sandy floods

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The Obamacare Learning Curve

Efforts to help immigrants sign up for a new affordable healthcare plan in the US

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Confronting a Sexual Harasser

An American reporter living in Egypt turns her microphone on a man who calls her 'Sugar'

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Between 'Immigrant' and 'Citizen'

A play about illegal immigrants in the US tries to humanise the immigration reform debate

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An American Feast

Going foraging in Seattle for locally grown foods

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American Adventures in North Korea

Has a secret Korean war mission landed an elderly US veteran in hot water in North Korea?

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Icons and Artefacts

When President Obama shook President Castro’s hand was it premeditated, or just polite?

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