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LA Johnson/NPR This winter, Jameria Miller would often run to her high school Spanish class, though not to get a good seat. She wanted a good blanket. “The cold is definitely a distraction,” Jameria says of her classroom’s uninsulated, metal walls...

We begin in the U.S. with another consequence of living in austerian times via ProPublica: When Lenders Sue, Quick Cash Can Turn Into a Lifetime of Debt High-cost lenders exploit laws tipped in their favor to sue tens of thousands of Americans every...

Editor’s note: This is the beginning of what we hope will be a searchable database of scholarships for Arab students. We encourage you to send information about programs to our community editor, Nadia Montasser at nmontasser@alfanarmedia.org for...

By U.ARIUNJARGAL A famous teacher who makes 50 USD for an hour of teaching, and an advisor for business investment projects, Ch. Odonbileg says, “Ghosts with bachelor’s degrees walk everywhere on the Ulaanbaatar streets.” The ghosts...

LOS ANGELES—When she began teaching a class of second-graders in South Los Angeles in 2002, Amy Davis expected she’d occasionally hit snags with issues like lesson planning. But she figured she’d have little trouble relating to her mostly low-income...