| From nationalism to 'fake news,' legacies of World War I still relevant Posted: 09 Nov 2018 01:44 PM PST ![From nationalism to 'fake news,' legacies of World War I still relevant]( "From nationalism to 'fake news,' legacies of World War I still relevant") As the world marks the centenary of the end of 'The Great War,' on Nov. 11, 1918, it is a time to reflect on the parallels between the politics, policies, and propaganda that emerged then and now. Today's Britain is a far cry from the globe-spanning empire that stood at the end of what Britons still call "The Great War." But even as it struggles with Brexit now, it is both less globalized and more cosmopolitan than it was a century ago. CAMBRIDGE, England – At midday Sunday, thousands of bells will peal across Britain to celebrate the centenary of the end of World War I. On Armistice Day in 1918, those bells rang out over a country that was near the territorial peak of its empire.
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| More girls, African-Americans enroll in AP computer science. Why that matters. Posted: 09 Nov 2018 11:50 AM PST ![More girls, African-Americans enroll in AP computer science. Why that matters.]( "More girls, African-Americans enroll in AP computer science. Why that matters.") The students listen to their teacher's instructions and dutifully turn to their laptops, where the challenge awaits. The room fills with clicking sounds and hushed whispers as the students get to work on their challenge: Program the turtle to move along the square path. Brooke High School is a charter school located in the Mattapan neighborhood of Boston with a student body that is more than 80 percent African-American.
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| Why did so many young people vote? Posted: 09 Nov 2018 11:21 AM PST ![Why did so many young people vote?]( "Why did so many young people vote?") One surprise in the midterm elections was how many young Americans made it a hands-on exercise in civics. In fact, youth turnout in the 2018 election was the highest for any midterm in the past quarter century, according to a Tufts University study. This is welcome at a time when more than half of adults in the United States do not know who Robert Mueller is.
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| US midterms make Putin’s rocky road to Trump even rockier Posted: 09 Nov 2018 11:05 AM PST ![US midterms make Putin's rocky road to Trump even rockier]( "US midterms make Putin's rocky road to Trump even rockier") Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin will most likely meet in some fashion this Sunday at a World War I memorial event in Paris. A lot has changed since they last met in Helsinki in July – and not in Russia's favor, according to much of Russia's foreign policy community. Later, the White House announced that it will pull out of the landmark INF treaty, the deal that ended the old cold war.
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