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Girls’ confidence plunges during puberty. Plus Hurricane Maria a year later, protests at McDonald’s, and more
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Rebuilding Puerto Rico: One year after Hurricane Maria hit, Puerto Rico is still in recovery. An estimated 200,000 people have left for the mainland of the U.S. in the past year, as the island continues to grapple with problems beyond rebuilding: “A battle between past and future, a struggle between colony and colonizer, a complicated relationship between a diaspora and home, and an

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