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Identity

soccer jersey for sale
Sports
Brazil’s yellow-and-green soccer jersey stirs up controversy
Pardis Mahdavi (center) gathers with other family members based in the US.
Language
The tiny but mighty hyphen: Does it unite or divide?
Pointing at brain scans
Science
Nature vs nurture debate is ‘totally dead in science,’ says neuroscientist
A bakery in the Çukurcuma neighborhood makes a fresh batch of sesame-encrusted rings of bread, called simit. 
Books
New novel offers a window into Turkey’s insular Rum community
Two-year-old Lula-Belle Butler-Wenlock-Simpson, right, who was born with heart problems and underwent open-heart surgery, poses with a Special Friends doll whose scar mirrors her own.
Education
‘Special Friends’ dolls reflect the lives of children with special needs
Fedex Field, home of the Washington's NFL team in Landover, Maryland, is seen from Air Force One,  2013.
Sports
Washington NFL team retires racial slur from its name and logo
Politics with Amy Walter: How Social Psychology Influences Political Behavior
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A woman holds open a magazine with an illustration of an astronaut and cat on the cover. The woman's eyes are visible above the pages.
Arts, Culture & Media
No ordinary saint, St. Sucia is a rebel zine for Latinx feminists
A woman wearing headphones leans back on a settee staring at the ceiling in an artistic portrait
Music
Micropixie expresses alienation of immigrant experience with music, sci-fi
“Out of Many, One.” But Do We Have One American Identity?
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a baby sitting on steps and a child on a cobblestone street
The World in Words
The hardest question for a third culture kid: Where is home?
Why Are Police Called on People of Color Who Haven’t Committed a Crime?
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The Making of Childish Gambino’s ‘This Is America’
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“Out of Many, One.” But Do We Have One American Identity?
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Christmas With Leslie Odom Jr.
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Harvey Devastates Houston, Trump’s Controversial Pardon, Race, Identity and Adoption
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Former DOJ official warns: A voter purge is coming.
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Let’s reflect on what it means to be an American.
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Reckoning with America’s original sin.
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A family comes out of the (racial) closet.
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“I knew none of you. I miss you all.”
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“I want to be taken seriously, no matter what my weight.”
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Trump Looks for a Reset, An Emotional Release, The Music of Resistance
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The Promise of Jobs, A Taste of Freedom, ‘Muthaland’
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China Goes Green, A Refugee Fight in Vermont, Actress Kristin Davis
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The host of The Daily Show Trevor Noah's new memoir is called Born A Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood.
Books
Trevor Noah gets personal
A street with small businesses, young boy on bicycle
Global Politics
What’s at stake when you tell the US Census you’re Middle Eastern or North African?
Brexit-EU
Rule Britannia
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Statue of a young boy looking out over school yard
Culture
For the last eight years, a ‘third culture kid’ has been in charge of America
Painting of a bowl of dumplings next to laptop on a desk
Culture
What I learned from my grandmother’s hands
immigration rally
Global Politics
‘Mexican’ isn’t a dirty word, and neither is ‘Muslim’
Republican presidential candidates Ted Cruz, left, and Marco Rubio, right, are Latino, but their experiences as such are different from a large number of the US' Latino population.
Global Politics
Would Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio do better if they were Afro-Latinos?
Gary Younge's new book is called A Day in the Death of America.
Books
One random day, 10 kids shot dead in America
Sideshow Podcast: Al Madrigal on Being ‘Half’
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Cuban-American poet Richard Blanco's memoir is The Prince of Los Cocuyos: A Miami Childhood.
Culture
A Cuban American poet sees a brighter future for dissident artists on the island
Rachel Dolezal, The Russians Are Coming, and A Summer Anthem
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Trans Outside the Spotlight, Officers Stand Down, Recovery in Nepal
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Eighth grade teachers and students at the Putnam Avenue Upper School in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Education
Here’s what eighth graders can teach us about perpetuating stereotypes
Men on the street
Development
This conference on ‘masculinity’ has everything to do with women as well
Culture
Are African immigrants African American?
Los Rakas, a California-based hip hop duo led by two cousins with Panamanian roots, is elbowing their way into the mainstream.
Arts, Culture & Media
This Afro-Latino hip hop duo takes a hard look at the sueño americano
Oyeyemi book Boy, Snow, Bird
Arts, Culture & Media
Helen Oyeyemi rewrites Snow White as a tale about race and identity in America
Oyeyemi book Boy, Snow, Bird
Arts, Culture & Media
Helen Oyeyemi rewrites Snow White as a tale about race and identity in America
Lifestyle & Belief
Are you Ukrainian or Russian? It’s complicated…
Brooklyn-based Kenyan artist Wangechi Mutu.
Arts, Culture & Media
Kenyan artist Wangechi Mutu takes us on a ‘Fantastic Journey’
Global Politics
Manning’s safety in question as a transgendered person in military prison
Business, Economics and Jobs
How to avoid a more dangerous identity theft
Boston Clinic Offers Therapies to Halt Pubescent Development of Transgender Youth
Business, Economics and Jobs
Has the European multiculturalism experiment failed?
Gary Younge on Identity in the 21st Century
Blog: Arrival in Bangalore, India
Conflict & Justice
More biracial Americans experiment with fluid identity
Business, Economics and Jobs
Don’t swipe that: how to prevent identity theft
Arts, Culture & Media
Transgender toilets in Thailand