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Migrants cross the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass, Texas, the United States on July 25, 2022. Immigrants immigration border crisis U.S and Mexico river

What’s the Difference Between a Migrant and a Refugee?

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Pro and Con: Path to Citizenship for Undocumented Immigrants

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Groups of depositors in front of the closed American Union Bank, New York City. April 26, 1932. Great Depression run on bank crowd

Causes of the Great Depression

Hemp (Cannabis sativa).

9 Mind-Altering Plants

Easter Procession of Maria Santisima del Sacromonte in Granada, Spain. This statue is known as Virgen de los Gitanos or The Virgin of the Gypsies.

What is Holy Week?

Lusitania sinking, illustration from The War of the Nations (New York), December 31, 1919. World War I, WWI. This image is one of three on the page. (See source file for the other two.)

7 of the World’s Deadliest Shipwrecks

Illustration for Demystified "How Dangerous is Quicksand"

How Deadly Is Quicksand?

New Zealand. Political/Physical map. Includes locator.

Where Is “Old Zealand”?

Ahura Mazda - relief of the Zoroastrian god Ahura Mazda at the ancient ruins of Persepolis in Iran. Also known as Ormazd Zoroastrianism,

Which Religion Is the Oldest?

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Supreme Court keeps hold on Trump’s restrictions on birthright citizenship but sets May arguments • Apr. 17, 2025, 5:46 PM ET (AP)

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