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Reluctant historians, my family finally told me about their journey from Vietnam

As a third-generation Vietnamese-American of mixed heritage, I didn’t come to grips with how the Vietnam War shaped my mother’s life and her journey to the United States.

6 years ago

A homeless person is shown sleeping under an umbrella.
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Health

Shedding light on homeless youth, America’s ‘invisible children’

Homelessness is perhaps a bigger problem among our nation’s youth than you may have imagined. And they are right here in our backyard.

6 years ago

U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos speaks during a dinner hosted by the Washington Policy Center, Friday, Oct. 13, 2017, in Bellevue, Wash.
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Education

Let’s take another look at the track record of charter schools in Pennsylvania

With continuing pressure from the Trump administration for vouchers and school choice, we urge people to look at the facts and strengthen traditional public schools for all.

6 years ago

Attorney General Jeff Sessions makes a statement at the Justice Department in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017, on President Barack Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA program.
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How far-reaching are the president’s powers on DACA?

The Trump administration recently put an expiration date on the Obama-era program called Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. Is action of either president lawful?

6 years ago

A young girl works in a community garden.
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Looking back at the war won’t distract me from Vietnamese community’s future

I don’t feel confused about the Vietnam War. I am certain that my life is a result of it. And I have dedicated the last eight years of my life to the future of my community.

6 years ago

Department of Homeland Security personnel deliver supplies to Santa Ana community residents in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Guayama, Puerto Rico.
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Politics & Policy

Ending shipping restrictions for Puerto Rico would help the U.S. island, Pennsylvania

Permanently exempting Puerto Rico from the Jones Act will help the U.S. territory recover from Hurricane Maria by widely opening its market for exports from the mainland.

6 years ago

President Donald Trump speaks about tax reform during an event at the Harrisburg International Airport, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017, in Middletown, Pa.
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Politics & Policy

The Trump-GOP tax reform proposal doesn’t match the rhetoric

Trump-GOP plan makes an unfair system even worse, rewarding the corporate elite and rich while leaving small businesses and the overall economy as losers.

6 years ago

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Poem: She raises her shovels and hoes high

This poem was originally published in "Khmer Girl" (RJ Communications, 2014), and is dedicated to women and the Vietnamese people.

6 years ago

Lao-American writer Bryan Thao Worra
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Arts & Entertainment

In remembering Vietnam War, more stories of Lao refugees deserve to be told

Ken Burns' "The Vietnam War" reminds me yet again why it is so vital for refugees to tell our stories in our own words and on our own terms.

6 years ago

Members of the San Francisco 49ers kneel during the national anthem as others stand prior to an NFL football game against the Arizona Cardinals, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017, in Glendale, Ariz.
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Americans must decide who we stand with and what we kneel for

Does standing up for racial justice, economic equity, compassion, or truth demand, at crucial moments, that we plant one shoe on the earth and lower the other knee?

6 years ago

Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein is shown at the 65th international film festival, in Cannes, France.
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Lifestyle

A sexual harassment primer for girls

The stories keep coming at us with a common theme: men behaving badly. As these icky morality plays unfold, I am shocked by how I’m not really shocked.

6 years ago

A woman passes crosses set up to honor those killed during the mass shooting in Las Vegas.
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Politics & Policy

The Second Amendment shouldn’t be king

As Monday mornings often go, I woke up after one too many "snoozes" of my alarm clock. Still half-asleep, I opened Facebook. Two words were everywhere: Las Vegas.

6 years ago

Protesters gather at the Municipal Services Building in Center City Philadelphia in May before setting off on a march to Harrisburg.
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Ending gerrymandering is fundamental, but Harrisburg doesn’t want to hear it

Fixing gerrymandering is one of the most pressing repairs we can apply to our faltering democracy, but leaders in our state government are all but refusing to discuss it.

6 years ago

Ngô Thanh Nhàn is shown with Vietnamese Agent Orange victims at Folley Square, NY, June 18, 2007.
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Politics & Policy

Reflections on the American War

My name is Ngô Thanh Nhàn, first name Nhàn. I was born in 1948 in Sàigòn. My life was affected by the war from an early age, with many relatives in the south Vietnamese ar

6 years ago

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Jay Silveria gives us a new American hero

Finally, within the U.S. government, we have a leader. This leader's name is Lt. Gen. Jay Silveria.

6 years ago

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