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Hundreds of millions have climbed out of poverty, but an equality gap has widened. Seventy years after Mao's revolution, many Chinese people reflect on their own stories of struggle and mobility.

Plumes of black smoke poured from the Sidr oil facility outside the central city of Ras Lanuf as regime forces attacked rebels in two major cities. Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi warned the international community that imposing a no-fly zone would prove that the West's real intention is to seize his country's oil wealth.

Plumes of black smoke poured from the Sidr oil facility outside the central city of Ras Lanuf as regime forces attacked rebels in two major cities. Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi warned the international community that imposing a no-fly zone would prove that the West's real intention is to seize his country's oil wealth.

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with filmmaker Spike Lee about his excitement that his favorite basketball team, the New York Knicks, making it to the NBA finals.

"No comedian wants to have to analyze and defend" jokes, says Rock, who wrote, directed and stars in the new film Top Five. He adds: "I'm not a politician; I'm not a thinker. I'm a comedian."

Albino Quiroz Sandoval left home to go shopping last year and never returned. A man has been arrested, but most crimes in Mexico go unpunished. More than 37,000 people have gone missing since 2007.

Australia's top online internet regulator explains how the nation plans to roll out the world's first social media ban for kids under 16.

Redbone's hit cracked the Billboard Top 5 this month in 1974. It was a first for a band with all Native and Mexican American members — but the song itself had a quietly political message, too.

The weather-predicting groundhog celebrity has met two presidents and drinks a life-extending elixir: "Our Phil is like, probably 139 years old," Groundhog Club Inner Circle President Tom Dunkel says.

A journalist at The Atlantic was unintentionally added to a group chat with top U.S. national security officials discussing war plans. And, the legal battle over the Alien Enemies Act continues.