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What does ‘Make America Great Again’ really mean? President Trump says he meant for the slogan to refer to better economic times, but critics believe the line that helped get Trump elected is racially charged. Are supporters and critics just hearing what they want to hear?

Rehab for radicals: At a rehabilitation center in Mogadishu, 70 former al-Shabab fighters who’ve recently been granted amnesty by the Somali government are given vocational training and religious lessons. In some cases the teachers and clerics are preaching to the choir; by the time most of the men defect from al-Shabab, they already know they were involved in something wrong. But that’s not always the case.

The details surrounding freelance journalist Christopher Allen’s death in South Sudan are unclear, but the 28-year-old’s motivation for covering the conflict is not. VOA spoke with Allen’s parents, who are mourning a son who could have chosen a comfortable life in America, but instead wanted to bear witness in hot spots around the globe.

EXPLAINER: There’s been a lot of talk about net neutrality, which critics say a proposed Federal Communications Commission (FCC) plan would gut. Here’s what that means.

Americans are heeding the call to help Houstonians caught up in hurricane-flooding. Volunteers are bringing their own boats to take stranded flood victims to safety. VOA catches a ride with one good Samaritan who says the effort shows Americans at their best.

A $6.3 million tax bill against an English-language newspaper is the Cambodian government’s latest move against press. It’s part of an ongoing crackdown on independent media that government critics see as part of a larger effort to consolidate control ahead of national elections in 2018 in the face of growing opposition support — especially among younger voters.

For many Americans, there’s nothing like getting together for a crab feast. And there’s one place that’s especially famous for its crabs — the Chesapeake Bay, an estuary that borders the eastern states of Maryland and Virginia. Scientists say the bay holds hundreds of millions of  blue crabs, which are very much a part of the Chesapeake Bay-area culture.