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California is home to the largest community of Iranians outside of Iran. In Los Angeles, VOA went to Persian Square, an area dominated by Iranian businesses, to learn what issues — besides those involving their native country — are important to Iranian-Americans, many of whom are registered independents.

VIDEO: With its booming Latino electorate, Colorado’s hotly contested 6th Congressional District is a microcosm of changing voter demographics in the United States. Half-million eligible Latino voters statewide have also turned Colorado into a key swing state with the power to decide the presidency — if they bother to vote.

The U.S. election is safe from hackers. That’s the word from U.S. officials who are eager to reassure voters of the integrity of America’s voting procedures, despite a recent series of high-profile breaches and attempted attacks. Here’s why hijacking the entire U.S. election would be incredibly difficult.

QUICK TAKE VIDEO: U.S. presidential debates are a relatively recent development in Americans politics, but they can play an important role in the process of picking a president. Here’s a lowdown.

Every day in a modest New York home, more than 100 women of Afghan descent cram into small classrooms to learn the basics of life in America — getting a driver’s license, reading and writing English, or something as complex and controversial as dealing with an abusive spouse. The participants are single, divorced, and married women. Some are newly arrived; others have been here for several years, but all are learning how to empower themselves.

China has a secret online army that it deploys whenever the state wishes to boost patriotism or distract its people from unfavorable news. In Hong Kong, VOA explores what’s behind this propaganda platoon known as ‘The 50 Cent Army’.

Vietnam and Cambodia might disagree when it comes to China’s maritime ambitions in the South China Sea, but the two countries have had a healthy trading relationship, with Vietnam ranking fifth among Cambodia’s investors. But that changed this year when, in a stunning reversal, direct investment from Vietnam into Cambodia fell to almost zero.

A landmark exhibit in Paris offers a stark and sometimes brutal take on racism in the United States through the lenses of black artists. The French capital has long been a magnet for legions of African-American writers, artists and musicians searching for the liberation they were denied at home. Yet France has its own checkered history when it comes to racial and ethnic tensions.