America
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In New York: Crazy, Kids - or Old Fashioned Hatred? You Be The Judge
Roosevelt Island, N.Y. With the rising tide of homophobia, xenophobia, racism, Islamophobia and anti-Semitism since the election of Donald Trump in America, indeed the wo…
Blue America Stands Proudly, Strongly With New Immigrants
Moral America to ICE: "¡Nunca Aqui!" - Not In Our Community! New York, N.Y. When my family came to America twelve generations and four hundred years ago, they stepped off…
Americans Are Givers - But Some States Are Downright Stingy
Washington, D.C. In general, Americans are generous people. So much so that 95 percent of U.S. households donate to charity, contributing an average of $2,974 each year.…
Latino Voters Potentially 'Game Changer' in Presidential Elections
Washington, D.C. The Latino population has grown into the largest minority group in the United States, a transformation that makes this voting bloc increasingly influenti…
Live from Leogane: College Prep Leadership Training Begins for our Orphan Mentors
T he College Prep Leadership Training Program of Orphans International Worldwide ( OIWW ) Haiti launched this week at l'Ecole de la Redemption in Leogane, 18 miles west o…
Pursuit of Happiness: Brazilian Painter Fer Caggiano
New York, N.Y. Fer Caggiano was nominated as a Soho International Artist of the year in 2003. Although she was a student at the Art Students League at that time, she was…
No, Donald Trump. We’re not Barring Muslims from Entering Country
Dec 8, 2015 by Hillary Clinton Washington, D.C. Donald Trump has made a name for himself in this election by trafficking in prejudice and paranoia. Now he says he wants t…
Thanksgiving Ritual: Little Things that Really Mattered to Me
By Susan Ford Collins. New York, N.Y. In our family, Thanksgiving is about much more than just food. Oh yes, every year I make homemade cranberry sauce, a huge turkey fil…
The Battle for Civil Rights Continues in America
Marietta College, Ohio. “Americans can get very uncomfortable talking about certain issues and civil rights are definitely one of them.” That’s what my friend Jessie told…
Times Change: White Christians Now Minority in 19 American States
Washington, D.C. White Christian men have long been the primary movers and shakers in American politics and culture. All 43 U.S. presidents, with the exception of Barack…
Obamacare: U.S. Starts Selling Health Insurance to Uninsured
Washington, D.C. The U.S. has started offering to sell health insurance to millions of people who do not have coverage to help pay their medical bills. Early today, the f…
Photo of the Day: Happy July Fourth, America!
New York, N.Y. The Fourth of July - America's Independence Day - commemorates the adoption of our Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, declaring independence from…
In China: On the World We Want to Build
By Trevor H. Paul. Tianjin, China. I came to China just over eight months ago to provide an American education experience for Chinese students in Tianjin. Since then I ha…