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Bose: For those of you who aren’t familiar with historical linguistics, it’s a little like archaeology. But instead of excavating through dirt, a linguist separates layers of a language to uncover the...

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[Clip: Levenofi welcome song] Tulika Bose: You’re listening to a celebration in the Levenofi village in the remote highlands of the island nation of Papua New Guinea. I was here with our Scientific ...

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After all,Rhode Island never sent a delegate to Philadelphia.And no one knew for sure if every state would approve the Constitution.So, Gouverneur Morris wrote instead, "We the People of the United St...

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In May of 1787,a group of America's early leaders met in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to amend the Articles of Confederation.That document had established a loose union of the 13 states with a weak cent...

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Lalita returned home after studying. Her new skills enabled her to set up a clothes–making shop. She decided that she wanted to gain more of an education. The Mahila Shikshan Kendra School provided th...

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‘In my village, I cut the grass. I collect the firewood. I do the cooking. It is my job because I am a girl. My brothers go to school.’ Eight hundred and seventy-five million adults cannot read or ...

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The delegates accepted it.The word "slave" was never used in the Constitution.The document simply used the words "all other persons." The three-fifths rule remained the law until the Fourteenth Amendm...

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In May of 1787,a group of America's early leaders met in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to amend the Articles of Confederation.That document established a loose union of the 13 states.Instead, the leaders...