| On Harvey anniversary, why some Texans say they may never return home Posted: 24 Aug 2018 12:51 PM PDT ![On Harvey anniversary, why some Texans say they may never return home]( "On Harvey anniversary, why some Texans say they may never return home") Corpus Christi isn't one of America's biggest cities, but it's bigger than a room at the Super 8 motel in Weslaco, which is why Gina Rodriguez liked it – at least at first. In the roughly nine months she's lived there since hurricane Harvey destroyed her home in the Gulf Coast island town of Port Aransas, however, the "small town" single mom has grown tired of it.
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| How to help China’s Muslims Posted: 24 Aug 2018 12:03 PM PDT ![How to help China's Muslims]( "How to help China's Muslims") One of the best opportunities for Islamic extremists to gain recruits is to point to the persecution of peaceful Muslims, whether by non-Muslims or other Muslims. When Myanmar's military forced 700,000 Rohingya Muslims out of the country a year ago, for example, Malaysia warned that Islamic State would gain supporters in Southeast Asia. A response from the religious to religious intolerance is key to countering groups like ISIS that rely on hatred toward innocent Muslims to justify their violence.
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| How 'heritage players' are helping Vietnam build a basketball culture Posted: 24 Aug 2018 08:42 AM PDT ![How 'heritage players' are helping Vietnam build a basketball culture]( "How 'heritage players' are helping Vietnam build a basketball culture") One day in 1980, a teenager named Nelson Nguyen left home in Da Nang, Vietnam. From Hong Kong he went to Washington, D.C., and then to southern California, where he raised a son who loved basketball. Horace Nguyen grew up watching Kobe Bryant lead the Los Angeles Lakers to five championships.
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| As news of China’s camps for Uyghurs spreads, it meets with muted criticism Posted: 24 Aug 2018 08:37 AM PDT ![As news of China's camps for Uyghurs spreads, it meets with muted criticism]( "As news of China's camps for Uyghurs spreads, it meets with muted criticism") Eighteen months after the first reports of a major security crackdown in China's frontier province of Xinjiang, the world is beginning to wake up to evidence that Beijing is forcing an unprecedented detention and indoctrination program on the Muslim Uyghur ethnic group. A United Nations panel in mid-August heard what one member called "credible reports" that as many as 1 million Uyghurs are being interned and subjected to political re-education. "It's an attempt to brainwash an entire people because of their religious and political beliefs," says Nicolas Bequelin, East Asia director for Amnesty International.
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