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May 21 | Things between the US and Iran are getting more tense.
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May 21 | Check out what’s going on with Trump’s finances, CBD, and "milkshaking" on Skimm This
Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. So we're celebrating the people, reads, and events that have paved the way.
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It's Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month. That's a mouthful. Read up on some of the people and things that broke ground in Asian American and Pacific Islander history.
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We’re highlighting businesses we admire that are founded or run by Asian Americans or Pacific Islanders.
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This month we’re celebrating our favorite Asian American and Pacific Islander authors.
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The Daily Skimm
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May 21 | Things between the US and Iran are getting more tense.
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May 20 | Austria is getting ready for snap elections, Australia's conservative government pulled off a surprise victory, and it looks like the world's biggest democracy handed Indian PM Narendra Modi another win.
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May 17 | President Trump has big ideas for immigration.
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May 16 | World leaders and tech companies are taking steps to keep social media from being used to spread hate.
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The US and Iran have a long and complicated history. And tensions between the two have been escalating recently.
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Two of the world's biggest economies are at war. A trade war that is. And they’re trying to talk things out.
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US infrastructure has a lot of gray hairs. Most of it was built decades ago, and can’t handle a population that’s nearly doubled since the 1960s.
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More people have gotten measles this year than in all of 2018.
No Excuses
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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) told theSkimm what she thinks about the Alabama abortion ban, and how she’d protect reproductive rights as president.
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Pete Buttigieg on reproductive health rights, why he served in Afghanistan, and how he'd tackle the student debt problem
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The field of candidates is the most diverse ever.
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ICYMI, Democrats have been a little upset about the former Starbucks CEO thinking of running for president. We talked Howard Schultz on 2020.
