THE MAKING OF A NATION - American History: A New World Clash of Cultures This is THE MAKING OF A NATION American history in Special English. Im Steve Ember. This week in our series, we tell the story of a clash of cultures and beliefs. We look at the...
Lantern Festival Shines Light on Chinese Culture Even though the Saint Louis, Missouri area has a small Chinese population, the midsize city on the Mississippi River is going Chinese in a big way. The Missouri Botanical Garden, an urban oasis of plan...
'Toxic Culture' May Have Led to Government Spending Scandal The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) is caught up in a scandal, accused of wasteful spending on lavish conferences and executive travel to exotic locations. It's the perfect exampl...
With Culture Kitchen, Just Like Grandmother Used to Cook You can always check the Internet or a cookbook to learn how to make Vietnamese egg rolls. But Linh Nguyen, who doesn't even own a cookbook, isn't a big fan of those methods. In a Vietnamese ho...
Charitable Giving Ingrained in US Culture It is Tuesday morning and cars line up at the Salvation Army Center in Alexandria, Virginia. Maria and Ingrid are donating some things they dont use any more. I feel awful - there are a lot of the clothes, wh...
Cowboy Culture Takes Over America's Fourth-Largest City On parade day, horses displace cars on the streets of America's fourth-largest city. We have never seen so many cowboys and cows and horses all together with the trail wagons, one spectator said...
African American TV Pioneer Exposed Audiences to Black Culture I had a burning desire to see black people presented on television in a positive light, said Cornelius. Cornelius created Soul Train in 1970, with just $400. He hosted the hugely popular...
Popular Culture Inspires Top US Baby Names Theres a better-than-random chance that babies born in the United States last year, 2010, were named Bella or Edward. Those were among the 10 most popular girls and boys names, respectively, and it was more...
Education Report - Young Haitians in Florida Learn About US Culture and Their Own This is the VOA Special English Education Report. The state of Florida is home to one of the largest populations of Haitians outside of Haiti. The city of Miami has a n...
EDUCATION REPORT - Study-Abroad Programs Take Deeper Dive Into Local Culture 教育报道 - 美国出国留学项目深入融入当地文化 This is the VOA Special English EDUCATION REPORT. 这里是美国之音慢速英语教育报道。 Each year...