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Hispanic Heritage in the Americas
In celebration of Hispanic Heritage month, which runs from September 15 through October 15, explore the people, places, events, and traditions that have shaped—and continue to shape—the vibrant Hispanic culture that thrives today in South, Central, and North America through Britannica’s special feature.
Mohandas K. Gandhi (Featured Article)
Considered the father of India, Gandhi pioneered the use of satyagraha,a non-violent means of political protest that ultimately prevailed over British imperialism.
U.S. Health Care Reform (In the News)
Many of the provisionsof the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Actcome into effect on September 23.

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Dada (Featured Article)
While Dada did not constitute an actual artistic style, proponents favoured group collaboration, spontaneity, and chance and often employed found objects in their installations.
African literature
A heterogeneous body of work, African literature variously draws from oral storytelling traditions and European novelistic techniques and is written in many languages.
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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Jerry Bruckheimer (Featured Biography)
This American producer, known for his explosion-laden action films, turned 65 this week.

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Trinidad and Tobago (Featured Country)
Forming the two southernmost links in the Caribbean chain, the islands of this country lie close to South America and were originally inhabited by peoples who migrated from the nearby continent.
Forbidden City (Featured Landmark)
This imperial palace complex at the heart of Beijing, China, was first officially occupied by the court in 1420 and was so named because access to the area was barred to most of the subjects of the realm.
Nairobi (Featured City)
The city and capital of Kenya, located in the south-central part of the country, originated in the late 1890s as a colonial railway settlement and today is the principal industrial centre of the country.

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Biogeochemical cycle (Featured Article)
These natural circulation pathways are characterized by the flow of the essential elements of living matter between the nonliving (abiotic) and the living (biotic) components of the biosphere.
Michael Faraday (Featured Biography)
The English physicist and chemist was best known for his many experiments, including his invention of the electric motor and dynamo, that contributed to the understanding of electromagnetism.
Human nutrition (Featured Article)
The consumption of foods and their transformation into substances used by body tissues provides energy for the full range of physical and mental activities that make up human life.

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