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New proposals to increase H-1B guest worker visa quotas and create new green cards for STEM graduates are based on claims that foreign students perform better than

Surrogacy Its Legal Implications. A surrogacy agreement is an arrangement to carry a pregnancy for intended parents. Surrogacy can be classified into two main types

10 Conflicts to Watch in 2017 From Turkey to Mexico, the list of the world’s most volatile flashpoints got a lot more unpredictable this year.

Couples of Chinese men and Western women are a rarity. Why is that? Jocelyn, an American who has a Chinese husband, explores the reasons.

To inform a potential change in policy, a RAND study examined the health care needs of transgender military personnel, costs of gender transition-related care, and

Women and teens make up half the world’s population. Yet far too often, their voices and experiences go unheard or unheeded. They are underrepresented in the halls

Bill Gates writes in TIME that U.S. foreign aid helps keep America safe by responding to pandemics and other emerging threats.

War and the Population Explosion: Some Ethical Implications. John M. Swomley gives evidence of the planetary population problem, the dynamics of the world ’ s

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