| In border town, World Cup watchers balance team pride, anxiety about US Posted: 29 Jun 2018 01:32 PM PDT ![In border town, World Cup watchers balance team pride, anxiety about US]( "In border town, World Cup watchers balance team pride, anxiety about US") Late Saturday morning, a trickle of people wearing green and white Mexico jerseys trickled into the TKO Sports Bar & Grill, seven minutes from the Texas-Mexico border, its doors and windows shuttered to keep out the steadily climbing heat.
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| In Red Hen aftermath, a community wades through nation's vitriol Posted: 29 Jun 2018 12:40 PM PDT ![In Red Hen aftermath, a community wades through nation's vitriol]( "In Red Hen aftermath, a community wades through nation's vitriol") Until about a week ago, a visit to the Blue Phoenix Cafe and Market's Facebook and Yelp pages left a fine impression. Amenie Hopkins – co-owner and head chef at Blue Phoenix – expected she would take a hit, having publicly voiced support for Wilkinson almost as soon as the news broke.
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| EU’s migrant plan is about more than migrants Posted: 29 Jun 2018 11:43 AM PDT ![EU's migrant plan is about more than migrants]( "EU's migrant plan is about more than migrants") A good sign of a community's bonds of affection is its ability to come together to deal with a massive influx of migrants – and a challenge to its identity. Three years after its migrant crisis began, the European Union reached an agreement Friday that shows, at the least, that it won't allow migrant issues to split it apart. Germany's fragile government coalition faced a threat from its interior minister that he would close German borders after July 1 if the EU did not agree to curb the flow of asylum-seekers.
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| The Monitor’s collaboration with the Energy Foundation Posted: 29 Jun 2018 10:25 AM PDT ![The Monitor's collaboration with the Energy Foundation]( "The Monitor's collaboration with the Energy Foundation") The Monitor believes the solution to climate change doesn't come from speaking more loudly or citing even more peer-reviewed science, but from recognizing why people come to climate change from such vastly different perspectives – and meeting them where they are. The Monitor's science desk is the proud recipient of a special grant from the Energy Foundation, a philanthropic organization dedicated to "serving the public interest by helping to build a strong, clean energy economy." You can read more about the Energy Foundation here.
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