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  ‘Higher visibility’: How US immigration dynamics are shifting

  csmonitor.com - Sarah Matusek

  The humanitarian crisis on the U.S. southern border is a political crisis for President Joe Biden. Cities receiving migrants, meanwhile, face a …

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  China-US diplomacy hits panda-monium. Why are the bears going home?

  csmonitor.com - Ashraf Khalil and Didi Tang

  The National Zoo’s three giant pandas are set to return to China in December. Amid diplomatic tensions between China and a number of Western …

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  How can the Army increase enlistment? Target the college-educated.

  csmonitor.com - Lolita C. Baldor

  The Army hasn’t met its annual goal for new enlistment contracts since 2014. A new professional force of recruiters will overhaul the current …

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  How Texas plans to make access to advanced math more equitable

  csmonitor.com - Talia Richman

  When Tha Cung looked over his sixth grade class schedule, he took notice of the math block. He had been placed in an advanced class. “I didn’t know …

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  22 hours ago

  Behind impasse in Congress: Rising deficits, record debt

  csmonitor.com - Laurent Belsie

  Congress bought itself more time with a weekend agreement to avoid a government shutdown, but now a 45-day clock is ticking to reach a deal on the …

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  Military families need more child care. Can Pentagon deliver?

  csmonitor.com - Anna Mulrine Grobe

  At a time when recruiting and retaining troops is becoming an urgent challenge for the Pentagon, more access to child care is increasingly seen as a …