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• A big player in becoming a US citizen? Your ZIP code
• Amid Mosul's lasting rubble, grounds for an ISIS revival?
• How to de-corrupt college admissions
• Pelosi puts the kibosh on impeachment: good politics or bad precedent?

A big player in becoming a US citizen? Your ZIP code Posted: 13 Mar 2019 02:01 PM PDT The ties are straightened, hair combed, and jewelry gleaming here, and the line to get into the federal courthouse is spilling outside into a chilly morning. Two U.S. airmen from nearby Goodfellow Air Force Base, here to sing patriotic songs, joke about being late for their own gig. Milagros Carnes, from the Philippines, says her American daughter worried she (Milagros) would be deported if she didn't become a citizen.

Amid Mosul's lasting rubble, grounds for an ISIS revival? Posted: 13 Mar 2019 01:48 PM PDT Nearly two years after the liberation of Mosul from Islamic State militants, what hasn't changed is that much of Iraq's second city remains rubble, with limited services and little rebuilding. What has changed is that the high expectations from that July 2017 liberation – of a post-ISIS renaissance in Mosul bolstered by an infusion of Western and Iraqi government cash and goodwill – are receding as frustration sets in. Instead of hope, in fact, there is growing concern among Iraqis, Western officials, and aid groups alike that the lack of palpable progress in Mosul and in several Sunni-dominated provinces risks rekindling the anti-government, pro-ISIS ideology.

How to de-corrupt college admissions Posted: 13 Mar 2019 12:27 PM PDT Schools of higher education in the United States are no doubt in a reflective mood about the meaning of institutional integrity. On Monday, the FBI announced 50 indictments related to fraud and bribery in the admissions process of several elite universities. More indictments are expected.

Pelosi puts the kibosh on impeachment: good politics or bad precedent? Posted: 13 Mar 2019 12:00 PM PDT Dear readers:

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