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Roberta Flack, years earlier, sang what has become the Europeans theme song “Killing Me Softly.” Despite the reported wilding spree of at least a thousand…
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The year was 1922: World War I had just come to a close, the Ottoman Empire was in decline, and Asa Jennings, a YMCA worker from upstate New York, had…
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Situated hundreds of miles from any other settlement, deep within the inhospitable desert of northern Kenya where only thorn bushes grow, Dadaab is a city…
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Wars in the Middle East are creating huge flows of refugees. If war creates refugees, we either have to have a way to stop the wars or a policy about…
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The world continues to debate how to handle the growing international refugee crisis. When refugees do arrive, they are left to tackle the challenges…
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The Paris attacks horrified the world.In today’s Congressional Corner, New York representative Sean Patrick Maloney tells WAMC’s Alan Chartock that the…
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The president's executive actions on immigration — announced one year ago — have been caught up in a legal battle for months. Now the administration is taking the fight to the high court.
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Last week, President Barack Obama said the U.S. would accept at least 10,000 Syrian refugees fleeing the war in their home country by 2016. Jill…
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The refugee crisis in Europe has confounded much of the world. In today’s Congressional Corner, Connecticut representative Joe Courtney tells WAMC’s Alan…
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A special program at the University of Vermont is helping some of the region's refugees cope with the emotional trauma they suffered before coming to the…