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Parents and educators rally at Boston City Hall demanding urgent action to improve the city’s public schools. Barry Chin/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

Young families are leaving many large US cities − here’s why that matters

Although many US cities have recovered from economic downturns during the COVID-19 pandemic, they still are losing young families in large numbers. Here’s how that trend degrades urban life.
A stamp printed in Cyprus depicts a family building a house next to temporary tent accommodations circa 1976. BrendanHoward/shutterstock.com

Geopolitical and humanitarian perspectives on migration in Cyprus: the forgotten divided island

Migration dynamics in Cyprus are partly linked to conflicts in the Middle East and the 1974 war that divided the Mediterranean island. Anti-migrant hostility threatens asylum seekers and refugees.
Congolese boys push a load in Kiwanja town close to the fighting between army troops and M23 rebels in 2013. Such loads were subject to tax when M23-controlled the town. Junior D. Kannah/AFP via Getty Images

Rwandan‑backed M23 rebel group seeks local power in DRC, not just control over mining operations

M23 strategies allow the rebel group to control local governance and to generate revenues from the local economy, including rents from North Kivu’s mineral wealth.

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