| Why Trump can’t ignore Central America Posted: 06 Jul 2018 12:29 PM PDT ![Why Trump can't ignore Central America]( "Why Trump can't ignore Central America") When President Trump came into office, a full-scale border wall seemed like such a simple solution to his supporters who wanted to end the flow of migrants from the south. Lately, however, the administration has been forced to address the root causes of the crisis, starting with extreme poverty and turmoil in Central America. The top concerns for the administration are Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador, where an estimated 150,000 people have fled to the United States since the start of 2018.
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| The vicious circle of Islamist terrorism and far-right extremism Posted: 06 Jul 2018 10:20 AM PDT ![The vicious circle of Islamist terrorism and far-right extremism]( "The vicious circle of Islamist terrorism and far-right extremism") When most people think of the Bataclan these days, it's not the venerated theater where rock bands have been playing since the 1970s which comes to mind. Rather, it's Islamist terrorism, after 89 people were killed there during a concert in November 2015. "Is it normal that a militant, fundamentalist Islamist goes to the Bataclan to express his hatred and defend ideas that I believe are inciting crimes?" asked France's far-right leader Marine Le Pen.
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| Why blooming Grand Rapids is turning a shade of political purple Posted: 06 Jul 2018 09:22 AM PDT ![Why blooming Grand Rapids is turning a shade of political purple]( "Why blooming Grand Rapids is turning a shade of political purple") Aaron Ofseyer may be the only person who moved here from the West Coast for the weather. Mr. Ofseyer is a TV meteorologist, so when a good job came open in Grand Rapids, he left home in Eugene, Ore., drove across the country through January blizzards, and looped around frozen Lake Michigan to start a new chapter. Like many transplants from costly coastal cities, they find Grand Rapids to be welcoming and affordable.
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| South Africa's unlikely ultramarathoner helps others cross the finish line Posted: 06 Jul 2018 08:52 AM PDT ![South Africa's unlikely ultramarathoner helps others cross the finish line]( "South Africa's unlikely ultramarathoner helps others cross the finish line") "We were literally being chased from the word go by the buses that pick up the people who can't go on anymore," says Ms. Thungo, who ran that morning with a pacers flag sticking out of her backpack, which announced her projected finishing time: 12:00. Here were black South Africans competing against white South Africans, sharing, for a brief moment, the same goal, the same struggle, the same pain.
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