Immigrant Dust Feeds Rain Forests Intercontinental dust helps fertilize lush forests in the Western Hemisphere and Hawaii, noted Oliver Chadwick of the University of California, Santa Barbara, at the annual meeting of the American Association for the...
The first English-language novel published by an Arab-American author marks its 100th anniversary Mohamed Elshinnawi | Washington, DC 20 August 2010 Photo: Courtesy Project Khalid Khalil Gibran, author of 'The Prophet,' and another significant Arab-A...
Bluegrass is often associated with the arrival of Celtic immigrants to the Appalachian Mountain region in the 1700s. American bluegrass music remains popular in many parts of the United States. Jam sessions, where musicians get together to play, can...
Micro lending for small businesses is common in some countries, especially in the developing world. But with the economic recession, micro lending is growing in the United States because it's difficult to get a bank loan to start a small business, es...
DOUG JOHNSON: Welcome to American Mosaic in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) Im Doug Johnson. Today on our show we play music by She Him And take a look in Washington at some art on the street that is not street art. But first we report on American effor...
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. Its a familiar story. When immigrants arrive in a new place, they tend to stick together, forming segregated enclaves that feel like a home away from hom...
A Customs and Border Patrol agent patrols along the international border in Nogales, Arizona, 22 Apr 2010 Immigration-rights activists in New York demonstrated Tuesday against a new law passed in the southwestern state of Arizona. They said it will e...
The migrants, mainly from Eritrea, Ethiopia and Sudan's Darfur, are trying to find jobs in Israel, but Israeli leaders view this as a threat to security and to the Jewish character. Luis Ramirez | Israeli-Egyptian border 28 January 2010 Watch: Ramire...
Hundreds of African immigrants have been evacuated from the Calabrian town of Rosarno following violent clashes with the local population. The violence highlights existing tension and resentment towards illegal immigrants in Italy. Busloads of Africa...
By Greg Flakus Houston 01 May 2008 Although economists say the United States is not technically in a recession, the slowdown in economic activity is having a dramatic impact on the amount of money immigrants are able to send back home. The so-called...