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Why 100 Women Are Walking 100 Miles To Meet Pope Francis
KAELYN FORDE
Sep 21, 2015
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Photos Show How Cubans Greeted Pope Francis
Jihan Hafiz
Sep 21, 2015
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U.S. Will Be Accepting 100,000 Refugees By 2017, John Kerry Says
Sabrina Rojas Weiss
Sep 20, 2015
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These Photographs Are Graphic & Shocking — But Could Impact Real ...
Editor's note: This story contains graphic images. Esther Glain was hanging out at a soccer match outside Monrovia, Liberia's capital city, when
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Torey Van Oot
Politics
‘The First Thing I’d Do As President Is Drink More...
Before the real show got on the road, CNN hosted a JV debate for four underdog candidates — former New York Governor George Pataki, South Carolina Se
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Nina Wolpow
World News
Meet One Of The World’s Only All-Women Peacekeeping Units
In 2010, a devastating earthquake hit Haiti. Death toll estimates vary widely but at least 100,000 people lost their lives, much of the infrastructure in t
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Jennifer Chowdhury
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Air India Says “Fat” Crew Members Are Not Allowed To Fly
After certain employees did not “shape up,” according to Air India's wishes, the international airline — the third largest in India
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Nina Wolpow
World News
Meet The Woman Who Helped Discover A New Species Of Human
Imagine descending more than 39 feet down into a pitch-black cave through a chute a little more than seven inches wide. Imagine carefully positioning your
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Nina Wolpow
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One Million People Expected To Arrive In Germany This Year Amid W...
One million — that is the number of refugees and migrants Germany expects to cross into its border this year. That's 200,000 more people than th
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Nina Wolpow
World News
Germany Imposes Emergency Border Restrictions Amid Refugee Crisis
After weeks of setting an example to the rest of Europe of how to welcome refugees with open arms, Germany has announced it will impose stricter security a
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Sabrina Rojas Weiss
World News
6 Ways You Can Help Refugees, According To The United Nations
The world is experiencing the worst refugee crisis since World War II as hundreds of thousands of people flee violence and civil war in the Middle East and
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KAELYN FORDE
Politics
U.S. Will Take 10,000 Syrian Refugees — Should It Take More?
The U.S. will take in at least 10,000 Syrian refugees by the end of 2016, the White House said Thursday. Thousands of people have drowned trying to cross t
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Meredith Clark
Politics
Meet Homo Naledi, The Newest Human Species
The world now has a new kind of human to analyze: Homo naledi, discovered by scientists in South Africa. The exciting species — a new addition to our
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Nina Wolpow
Politics
You Can See Beyoncé And Change The World At This NYC Festival
Beyoncé, Ed Sheeran, Coldplay, and Pearl Jam are getting together in late September. They'll perform in New York City, on Central Park's G
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Nina Wolpow
World News
Over 10,000 Refugees Expected To Arrive In Germany This Weekend
Tens of thousands of refugees are expected to arrive in Europe this weekend, fleeing their homes in the Middle East and North Africa en masse during the wo
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Courtney E. Smith
Books & Art
YA Authors Raise Big Money For Syrian Refugees
Young adult book geeks are mightier than they may seem. Their powers are not simply limited to making Jennifer Lawrence into the highest-earning actress in
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Sabrina Rojas Weiss
World News
When You Give Up Your Life To Start Over, Here’s What People Bring
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Sarah Munir
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If This Doesn’t Change The Way The World Sees Refugees, Wha...
Editor's note: Refinery29 has not taken the decision to publish these graphic images lightly. We have chosen to show them to draw attention to the lar
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KAELYN FORDE
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What You Need To Know About Europe’s Heartbreaking Refugee ...
The world is experiencing the worst refugee crisis since World War II, and countries in Europe are struggling to safeguard the world's most vulnerable
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KAELYN FORDE
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September issues are traditionally the most important of the year in magazine publishing, and editors do not choose the concepts for them lightly. This yea
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Hayley MacMillen
Politics
Inside China’s Open-Air Marriage Market For “Leftover...
On a sweltering Saturday in late August, a steady stream of senior citizens paraded through Shanghai's People's Park. Armed with colorful umbrell
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Venus Wong
Women's Health News
Pope Allows Local Priests To Forgive Women Who Have Had Abortions
Pope Francis declared on Tuesday that women who have had abortions can confess and be forgiven by their local parish priests during the Catholic Church
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KAELYN FORDE
World News
71 People Found Dead In Abandoned Truck Were Most Likely Refugees
Update: Authorities confirmed on Friday that the number of bodies found in an abandoned truck in Austria is at least 71, rather than the original estimate
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Nina Wolpow
Work & Money
The Working Woman Problem We Don’t Talk About
Refinery29 joined the Clinton Foundation for a tour of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, to get a firsthand look at the experiences of the women and girls who live th
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Lindsey Stanberry
Politics
Where Police Kill 6 Times More People Than In the U.S.
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KAELYN FORDE
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These Photos Exist So People Won’t Say “That Never Re...
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KAELYN FORDE
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Six Facts About China’s Stock-Market Crash You Need To Know...
More Chinese people have been investing in the economy than ever before. And, generally speaking, that is a good thing. Economists credit the growth of Chi
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Nina Wolpow
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ISIS Publicly Executes Syrian Antiquities Expert, Destroys Ancien...
Updated on August 25 at 10:25 a.m.: ISIS destroyed a 2,000-year-old temple in the Syrian city of Palmyra, where Khaled al-Asaad had served as museum direct
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Molly Horan
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Gay Syrian Refugee Implores World Leaders To Take Action Against ...
“I am a refugee and I am gay,” Subhi Nahas declared before the United Nations Security Council on Monday. Nahas had come to New York City from
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Nina Wolpow
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France Gives 3 American Heroes Highest Honor
Update: Today, President François Hollande of France awarded the Legion of Honor — the nation's highest award — to the three Americ
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Courtney E. Smith
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