NPR

‘Blazing Saddles,’ The Best Interracial Buddy Comedy, Turns 40
Does It Taste As Sweet To Say ‘I Love You’ In Another Language?
2013 Signoffs II: More Short Stories About Remarkable Lives (Cecilia Preciado Burciaga)
Single Muslim Hipster Seeking Same? You May Be In Luck.
It Takes A Classroom To Learn The Family Language

The Dickinson (North Dakota) Press 

Cities rely on past to navigate slowdown, but some feel more effects
Bakken a new market for organized drug crime
High Plains Cultural Center serves community that built it
New era for St. Joe’s: Staff says goodbye to old building, prepares to move into new facility
‘It didn’t happen that fast’: After years of financial woes, new St. Joseph’s was community effort
CHI St. Joseph’s new facility represents a 100-year-old mission of caring for the community
Sanford turns to interpreter app for limited English speakers
A religion boom: Churches respond to new faces, new needs in Dickinson area
Supply and demand: In a booming economy, businesses compete for potential employees

Texas Tribune
Report: Border Security Not Just About Apprehensions

UPI.com
McCain: U.S. must develop border security index

National Strategy Forum Review
Climate Change and Nuclear Power

Times of Northwest Indiana
Disparate immigrant groups united in get-out-the-vote efforts 

Medill News Service
African immigrants push to save diversity visas
Sixty-five years later, Nakba still central part of Palestinian identity
Napolitano: Boston suspect ‘pinged’ system
Mexican ambassador sees “new era” between Mexico, U.S.
Thousands rally for immigration reform as Senate works to finalize comprehensive bill
Heritage language learners stay connected to culture and country through language 
Chicagoans divided on issue of violence between Israel and Gaza 
Latino students at Northeastern Illinois University get new permanent home 
Voters in 3rd Congressional District lack a choice on issue of abortion and women’s health care 
Lipinski courts newly acquired voters in 3rd District
Chicago gets lesson in LGBT history with new open-air museum 
Legacy Project honors notable LGBT figures on Coming Out Day 
3rd District residents point to economy as a key concern