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How do tensions with the White House impact HBCU diversity?

Education

After a scaled-down annual summit, tensions between the Trump administration and leaders of historically black colleges and universities continue to mount. And some worry it’s their ethnic diversity that could take the biggest hit, a diversity some don’t even know exists.

Florida Senator Marco Rubio celebrates his 2010 election win with his mother Oria.

Immigrant bashers among the 6 sons of immigrants running for president

Global Politics
Accepted to all eight Ivy League schools, Victor Agbafe will attend Harvard University this fall, setting him on the path to his dream of becoming a neurosurgeon.

How Victor Agbafe’s immigrant parents taught him the lessons to get into all eight Ivies

Education
According to the US Census, 74 percent of those with a bachelor's degree in STEM subjects don't work in STEM jobs.

Are we producing too many STEM grads?

Education
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The love affair between Mexican Americans and Morrissey isn’t that surprising

Music
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National Guard troops patrol along the US-Mexico border in Nogales, Arizona, in 2010. Texas is authorizing a similar call-up on its border.

Why Rick Perry is sending the National Guard to the Texas border

Global Politics

Texas Governor Rick Perry announced the deployment of National Guard troops to the border, saying a surge of undocumented immigrants has boosted crime. But analysts disagree with why Perry made the decision — and they don’t think the troops will help.Texas Governor Rick Perry announced the deployment of National Guard troops to the border, saying a surge of undocumented immigrants has boosted crime. But analysts disagree with why Perry made the decision — and they don’t think the troops will help.

Muslim cabbies pray at a BP station in downtown Manhattan while patrons pump gas.

Our Global Nation coverage about an increasingly diverse US receives a 2014 RTDNA-Unity award

Arts, Culture & Media

More than a year ago, PRI’s The World decided to bring the stories and voices of US immigrants more deeply into national media coverage. Today, we were honored for our work covering diversity in the United States.

Muslim cabbies pray at a BP station in downtown Manhattan while patrons pump gas.

Our Global Nation coverage about an increasingly diverse US receives a 2014 RTDNA-Unity award

Arts, Culture & Media

More than a year ago, PRI’s The World decided to bring the stories and voices of US immigrants more deeply into national media coverage. Today, we were honored for our work covering diversity in the United States.

Vladimir Voina, a journalist from Russia who moved to the US in 1989, sits at a journalism reunion in Boston with reporter Peg Simpson.

Journalist Vladimir Voina on leaving Russia, buying beer, and the ‘foolish’ US government shutdown

Arts, Culture & Media

Inspired by Philadelphia’s South Asian American Digital Archive, and its project that collects immigrants’ stories about their first days in America, we’ve begun gathering similar stories from immigrants throughout the globe. This next installment comes from Vladimir Voina, a journalist from Moscow who has written for Russian and US newspapers. In 1989, he moved to Boston for a journalism fellowship and stayed. He spoke about his early memories of America with The World’s Global Nation editor Monica Campbell.

Historical Photos Depict Women Medical Pioneers

Arts, Culture & Media

The World’s resident history buff Chris Woolf discusses America’s role in pioneering the medical education of women with anchor Marco Werman.

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