8 Tech Tools Every Nonprofit Should Use
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With an estimated 1.5 million nonprofits in the United States alone, nonprofits help with everything from ending local hunger, advocating literacy, and even saving dogs from inhumane conditions in dog…
Indie Rock Band Wins Over Toughest Critics: Their Immigrant Parents
As Daniel Chae tells it, he and his bandmates often liked to jam inside their cars while on their way somewhere. They all lived in the suburbs of Los Angeles,…
Black British Presence Will Share Spotlight at Academy Awards
The 2014 Academy Awards will be broadcast Sunday, and one of the world’s most-watched television shows also will feature a strong black British presence in American films. “12 Years a…
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DEARBORN — Discussing the pressure that many Arab American women experience to get married by a young age, Angela, a 22-year-old student at the University of Michigan – Dearborn who…
Fighting on Two Fronts — Arizona Latinos Stand Against Anti-Gay Bill
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Will Phoenix Document the ‘Undocumented’?
PHOENIX, Ariz. — It was tough to convince Viridiana Hernández to call the Phoenix police when her house was broken into. She now has a work permit, under Obama’s Deferred…
The ‘Bamboo Ceiling’: Hollywood Shuns Asians, While New Media Embraces Them
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India’s Ban on Gay Sex Could Be Boon for Asylum Seekers
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Fear, Language and Money — San Jose Ethnic Media Tackle Barriers to Citizenship
SAN JOSE, Calif. – Adrian Avila plans to apply for citizenship for one major reason. “I’m doing it for my mother,” says Avila. Avila, a content producer at the bilingual…
2014 — The Best Year to Become a U.S. Citizen
Every year, millions of immigrants celebrate the New Year with their own traditions. For our family, it is a ham, kielbasa, horseradish, stuffed cabbage, sauerkraut and pierogis, which are a…