April 2013
April 2nd, 2013
Written by Alicia A. Caldw... in Eyes On The Enterprise with 1 Comment
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Homeland Security Department expects applications for high-skilled immigration visas to exceed the available jobs in a matter of days, one of the fastest runs on the much-sought-after work permits in years and a sign of continued economic recovery amid new hiring by U.S. technology companies.
The urgent race for such visas - highly desired by Microsoft, Apple, Google, and...
April 2nd, 2013
Written by The Associated Press in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A farm purchased by a Richmond department store owner during World War II to shelter Jews escaping Nazi Germany has been added to the Virginia Landmarks Register.
Hyde Park in Nottoway County is among 13 additions to the register by the state Department of Historic Resources. Others include historic districts, a New Deal-era elementary school in northern Virginia, and houses...
April 1st, 2013
Written by Nicholas C. Ste... in Religion's Mighty Rivers, Race Relations with 0 Comments
When Maria-Teresa D'Orazio began volunteering at St. Joseph-on-Carrollton Manor Catholic Church about 22 years ago, she noticed that none of her fellow Latinos attended Mass there. "I saw them in the supermarkets and on the streets and I started wondering, 'What is the reason?'" said D'Orazio, now 75.
She met with other local Latinos and asked them why, when many had been practicing Catholics in...
April 1st, 2013
Written by The Associated Press in National Collegiate Dialogue with 13 Comments
Editor’s Note: The disparities between minorities in urban neighborhoods and whites in suburban neighborhoods are highlighted time, and time again; for decades in one report or the other, by one politician or the other, numerous community activists, and human and civil rights leaders. The most recent attention is the article about “urban apartheid” conditions in New Haven, Connecticut as reported...
April 1st, 2013
Written by Robert H. Reid ... in National Collegiate Dialogue with 23 Comments
BERLIN (AP) - In gritty the backstreets of Berlin and other major German cities, women wearing headscarves shop for lamb and grape leaves. Old men pass the time in cafes sipping coffee, chatting in Turkish, and reading Turkish newspapers.
More than 3 million people of Turkish origin live in Germany - the legacy of West Germany's Cold War-era program to recruit temporary foreign labor during the...