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  Muslim women in India protest state’s ban on hijab in schools

  NBC News - Anisha Kukreja

  A court in Karnataka is considering whether the ban violates religious freedom in a case that has polarized the country and added to concerns about anti-Muslim sentiment. Muslim women in southern India are seeking to overturn a state policy that allows schools to ban the hijab in a case that has …

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  Juleen Keevy

  

  I did not plan on crying today but here I am any way sobbing at this interaction 😭♥️

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  The U.N. Dedicates A New 'Day' To Stop The 'Silent Epidemic' Of Drowning Deaths

  NPR - Emily Vaughn

  In 2015, Bangladesh introduced a policy that makes it mandatory for children to learn to swim. That's one way to deal with the toll of drowning deaths, which claim nearly a quarter of a million lives a year around the world, many of them youngsters. That's not all that Bangladesh is doing. In April, …

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  Juleen Keevy

  

  This restaurant owner spends his free time fixing old cars and donating them to people in need

  CNN - Alaa Elassar

  CNN — When Eliot Middleton was a little boy, he followed his father around everywhere, watching the talented mechanic carefully fix car after car. Less than a year after his death, Middleton, 38, now a restaurant owner, is honoring his father’s legacy by fixing junk cars and donating them to people …

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  Juleen Keevy

  

  Meet the scientists building a prison-to-STEM pipeline

  Nova - Christina Couch

  New programs aim to help formerly incarcerated people enter careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. In a Missouri courtroom in …

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  Juleen Keevy

  

  @xiuhtezcatl is a 19-year-old indigenous climate activist. In his hometown of Boulder, Colorado, he helped ban the use of pesticides in city parks and he's fought against fracking in his state. #EarthDay

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