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Amid Turmoil in Haiti, Little Girls Still Dance and Women Still Get Their Hair Done

The recent crisis in Haiti didn’t come out of nowhere; centuries of foreign intervention coupled with an opportunistic Haitian political elite have contributed to the country’s troubles, said Robert Fatton Jr., former professor of Government and Foreign Affairs at the University of Virginia.

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A 360 Experience: Traveling as a Power Wheelchair User in Palo Alto

How long does it take for wheelchair users to grab a cup of coffee? Unlike in large cities such as San Francisco, accessible rideshare apps are not reliable in places like Palo Alto. A 1.6-mile distance can turn into more than 1 hour of travel time for wheelchair users. Many factors go into a successful coffee run. Follow Stanford University graduate student, Tilly Griffiths, to find out more.

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Discovering the Stanford Dish in 360: From Space Missions to Snowy Sledding

Perched in the Stanford foothills is a still-working relic that has helped everything from NASA Mars missions to collecting bounced signals from the moon. Nowadays, it’s primarily used to track objects in space, to communicate with low-orbit satellites and assist in other general space assignments.

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Living Memory: Visible Marks of Pinochet Dictatorship Remain For Many Chileans

Marcela is a proud Chilena, who was born six years after Augusto Pinochet left power and democracy was restored in Chile. She grew up knowing the dictatorship only in memory — as her parents recalled to her the fear and violence that controlled Chile for 17 years. Most days, she sees the visible marks of

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Case That Would Have Argued “Persons” Classification For Beagles Dismissed

Founder of Direct Action Everywhere and the Simple Heart Initiative Wayne Hsiung faced over a decade in jail for his role in the rescue of three beagles from Ridglan Farms, a supplier of dogs to animal testing facilities, in 2017. But the case, where Hsiung planned to argue that animals are ‘persons’ for the purposes of rescue from the brink of death, was recently dismissed.

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