What happens to small town America when everyone moves away In 1950, 70 percent of the world’s people lived in small towns and the countryside. Today, fewer than half do and that’s got residents of one Illinois town feeling left behind. Continue reading
Cambodia-born US man deported back to a country he doesn’t remember Although Kosal Chhim spent most of his life in the US, his family says he never became an American citizen and after being convicted of a felony domestic violence charge in 2001, was deported this week back to the country he left as an infant. Continue reading VOA Khmer
Syrian migrant swaps finance career for life as a French chef Banking executive Nabil Attar used to be a frequent business class flyer to Europe, but his last trip was dramatically different — he arrived aboard a packed refugee boat that barely survived its Mediterranean crossing. Continue reading
Is America’s youth ready to rock the vote? Americans can’t vote before age 18 but they can register to vote at 16 in some states, as thousands did during recent protest marches organized after a school shooting in Parkland, Florida, left 17 people dead. Continue reading
