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Working nights to pack your California strawberries, working days to graduate from school
Ashley Solis is a Mexican American teenager, farmworker and factory worker who dreams of being the first in her family to graduate from high school and go to college. Her mother is undocumented, and like many families with mixed...
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The only way out is through Jesus’: The El Salvador pastors saving MS-13 gang members
In El Salvador, where brutal gangs like MS-13 and 18th Street have given the country the world’s highest murder rate, the only way out for members is to become born-again Christians. In this intimate look at the lives of former gang...
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The martial arts fighter with Down's syndrome battling for the right to fight
Garrett Holeve (aka G Money) has always dreamt of being a Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighter, and with the full support of his parents, prepares to fight another disabled opponent. But Florida authorities deemed the contest a health risk....
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Funeral poverty: one woman's battle to pay for her son's burial
One suddenly bereaved mother, already in debt, has to find thousands of pounds to pay for her son's funeral. The funeral business is an unregulated industry, with providers criticised for taking advantage of vulnerable, grieving...
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Why can’t I sleep? My mission to understand insomnia
Millions of people in the UK have trouble sleeping, and Guardian reporter Leah Green is one of them. Like many insomniacs, she has tried all the home remedies, sleep hygiene techniques and gadgets designed to cure her sleep problems. She...
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The Living Forest
The Kichwa tribe in the Sarayaku region of the Amazon in Ecuador believe in the ‘living forest’, where humans, animals and plants live in harmony. They are fighting oil companies who want to exploit their ancestral land. A delegation of...
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Buyers Club
In 2013, a cure was found for hepatitis C. It could save millions of lives, but its price tag of between $40,000 and $84,000 for 84 pills puts it far out of most patients’ reach. However, in India, a generic version of the drug is...
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Behind the scenes on Birmingham derby day with football fans and police
Police on the streets separating rival supporters, cordons restricting access around the ground, holding the away end back after full time: these are familiar experiences for football fans attending derbies up and down the country. Here...
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The Age of Stupid revisited: what's changed on climate change?
Ten years after climate movie The Age of Stupid had its green-carpet, solar-powered premiere, we follow its director as she revisits people and places from the film and asks: are we still heading for the catastrophic future it depicted?
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Inner-city cricket: The Midlands. Is ethnic minority talent being missed?
30% of recreational cricketers in the UK are from South Asian backgrounds, but that group is represented by just 4% of professionals. Is enough being done to realise BAME potential in the game in the UK? We meet the enthusiasts of Perry...
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Healing the scars of war: the women rebuilding Mozambique's national park
In the heart of central Mozambique, Gorongosa park was destroyed in the crossfire of the country's civil war. Now women are leading the way in its restoration, helping to heal the scars left by the conflict and inspiring young girls from...
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Steroids, syringes and stigma: the quest for the perfect male six-packs
In the search for a quick route to a muscular physique, many young men turn to controversial anabolic steroids to achieve their goals. But in the wake of deaths in the bodybuilding community, do the statistics showing a fourfold increase...
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City: the remarkable urban photographs of David Levene
Award-winning photographer David Levene has revealed an unparalleled cross-section of the urban 21st century over more than a decade documenting how people live and work in 70 cities. From east to west, using archive and...
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The Barcelona design studio for people with Down's syndrome and autism
On International Day of Persons with Disabilities, we visit Casa Carlota, a Barcelona-based design studio that includes people with Down's syndrome, autism and intellectual disabilities. People with intellectual disabilities tend to have...
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Why the world is getting hotter and how you can help
How to save the world, by counting to zero: the Guardian's Phoebe Weston breaks down all the climate jargon we have been hearing in the run-up to Cop26, the make-or-break climate summit starting on Sunday, and explains what we – and most...
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Midterms divide women in era of #MeToo | Anywhere but Washington
With record numbers of female candidates in the US midterm elections, Paul Lewis travels to New Mexico, where both the Democrat and the Republican standing for a House seat are women. He finds women divided – over Trump, the MeToo...
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Miami's Cuban Americans: has Trump destroyed a long-held Republican loyalty?
Francisco Navas visits his home town to find out whether, in the midst of Trump's increasingly anti-immigrant rhetoric, Miami's Cuban Americans are as receptive to the Republican party as they once were – and whether young people,...
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Ford executive chairman: 'We feel like we've been moving ahead'
Ford executive chairman: 'We feel like we've been moving ahead' Subscribe to the Guardian HERE: http://bitly.com/UvkFpD 'There's a general air of optimism,' Bill Ford, executive chairman of the Ford Motor Company, tells the Guardian's...
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My favourite chippie - Scarborough's Harbour View Cafe
My favourite chippie - Scarborough's Harbour View Cafe Subscribe to the Guardian HERE: http://bitly.com/UvkFpD Quayside in Whitby is officially Britain's best fish'n'chip shop, but there are plenty of other tasty ones out there. Kevin...
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Flood victim
Flood victim Victim of the UK flooding crisis Darren Orriss shares his views on the situation Subscribe to the Guardian HERE: http://bitly.com/UvkFpD
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Prince William and Prince Harry help flood aid
Prince William and Prince Harry help flood aid Subscribe for the latest news from PA: http://bit.ly/RvMVLq Prince Harry and brother Duke Cambridge William lend their help with UK flood relief
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Canoeing across the UK floods - George Monbiot
Canoeing across the UK floods - George Monbiot Subscribe to the Guardian HERE: http://bitly.com/UvkFpD The environmentalist floats across the flood plains in Hurley, Berkshire, one of the villages worst hit by the floods that have badly...
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Tony Benn: 'It's questionable whether we have a democracy'
Tony Benn: 'It's questionable whether we have a democracy' Subscribe to the Guardian HERE: http://bitly.com/UvkFpD Tony Benn, who has died aged 88, speaking in 2007 on revolutionary thinking. The interview took place at the Church of St...
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The Michael McIntyre Chat Show; Shetland; Mind the Gap: TV review
The Michael McIntyre Chat Show; Shetland; Mind the Gap: TV review Subscribe to the Guardian HERE: http://bitly.com/UvkFpD Telly addict Andrew Collins reviews The Michael McIntyre Chat Show, Shetland, Mind the Gap and Great Canal...