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If you ask most Cubans about racism, they will tell you it doesn’t exist in Cuba: “El color de piel, no me importa!” (Skin color doesn’t matter to me!). This was one of the goals of the revolution, after all, to abolish racism at every level, to…

Every Monday, I volunteer at a private Catholic K-12 school where I lead 50-minute conversation groups of 11-, 13-, and 15-year-olds to help them practice English with a native speaker. To many, I am the first flesh-and-blood American they’ve…

Junior Year Abroad Network blogger Jackson Dalman explores the remnants of Russian culture and belief in Harbin, now a thoroughly Chinese city.