Kerry: Syrian Refugee Crisis Challenges International Community Secretary Kerry and Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh came to the Zaatari camp, where nearly 120,000 people are living in what has become a small city scraped out of a dry plain 12...
Maryland Community Becomes Patron of the Arts Vicco von Voss has been making wooden furniture from salvaged materials for 20 years. When I get a tree that has been blown over by a hurricane or strictly taken down by a tree company, I have the opportu...
Unit 5 Art in the Community 第5单元 社区艺术 Tanya's school held an art competition. The competition was to design an art project using thetheme community. The person that won would receive funding to make their art piece. 谭雅的学校举办一...
Community Organizer Fights Blight in Detroit If one mans trash is another mans treasure, then the Brightmoor neighborhood of Detroit is John Georges gold mine. I look at Detroit through rose colored glasses. Ive been here all my life. We were the cit...
Students across the nation today are saying enough is enough. They're just plain fed up with the rising cost of education. They're protesting higher tuition cuts in student services and reductions in funding for higher education. This is Atlanta, Geo...
A Muslim American group in the Midwestern city of Chicago is trying to break down stereotypes and improve Islam's image through a holistic model of community service. Sergio Delgado is an undocumented and jobless Mexican living in Chicago. He cannot...
As a university professor in Miami, Florida, Marvin Dunn launched an inner-city garden to give his students an outlet for volunteer activity. Now his vision has grown into a year-round urban farm that produces scores of vegetables and fruits. Marvin...
Investigations are continuing into the alleged theft of more than $1 million from a government program that funds Kenya's Free Primary Education initiative. As a result of the scandal surrounding the case, both the British and American governments ha...
Chilean authorities are struggling to maintain order, distribute supplies, and rescue survivors after Saturday's powerful earthquake that killed more than 720 people and damaged or destroyed hundreds of thousands of homes and buildings. President Mic...
A law that forces white-owned companies to hand over 51 percent of their shares to black Zimbabweans has come into force. Most of the foreign companies affected are South African owned, which are supposed to be protected by a recently signed trade ag...
