Occupy Movement, African-American Leaders Form Coalition The Occupy Wall Street movement is gaining allies. Our reporter tells us who they are and what they plan to do. Protesters of the Occupy movement are spreading their wings - joining forces with...
New Farmers Confront Realities of Local Food Movement For the first time in memory, farming in America is cool. A nationwide movement, fueled by disdain for industrial-scale agriculture, is inspiring many young people with no farming experience to ge...
Occupy Movement Works to Maintain Credibility With police shutting down so-called Occupy camps around the United States, there is growing criticism that participants were becoming too confrontational. While there are some more aggressive elements on...
Minority Groups Show Solidarity With 'Occupy' Protest Movement Hundreds of African Americans and Hispanics marched the nearly 18-kilometer length of Manhattan on Monday, to show solidarity with New York's Occupy Wall Street protest. Although the Occu...
THE MAKING OF A NATION - American History: The Civil Rights Movement STEVE EMBER: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION American history in VOA Special English. Im Steve Ember. Today, we tell about the movement for civil rights for black Americans. (SOUN...
PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Betty Friedan, 1921-2006: A Leader of the Modern Womens Rights Movement FAITH LAPIDUS: Im Faith Lapidus. STEVE EMBER: And Im Steve Ember with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. Today we tell about Betty Friedan. She was a p...
Afghan Archeologists Race Against Time to Find Treasures Long before Afghanistan was an Islamic country, Buddhist settlements dotted its mountains and deserts. While the Taliban infamously destroyed the giant Buddhist statues of Bamyan Province in 20...
Diverse Voices Carry Occupy Movement's Message At a distance, the Occupy Wall Street protest in New York appears to be simply people milling around. A closer look reveals a dazzling array of individuals; the clean-cut and earnest, the disheveled and...
Alabama City Remembered for Climactic Battle of Civil Rights Movement Weeks after a hurricane delayed the dedication of a new national memorial to the late civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., President Obama will lead the ceremonies on Sunday...
Alabama City Remembered for Climactic Battle of Civil Rights Movement Sunday, August 28, in Washington, President Obama leads the nation in dedicating a new national memorial to the late civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. King was a southern...