Michael Vargas Arango, 22, is a second-year student at Miami Dade College, studying business and psychology. Eva Marie Uzcategui for NPR hide caption
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How one event in history can ripple through generations of a family
The truth and lies behind one of the most banned books in America
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Some freed people actually received '40 acres and a mule.' Then it got taken away.
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White evangelical Christians are some of Israel's biggest supporters. Why?
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In 'Chicano Frankenstein,' the undead are the new underpaid labor force
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