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GMU study: 46% of adult immigrants from travel ban-affected countries have college degrees
A naturalization ceremony Grand Canyon, September 24, 2010, Credit: Grand Canyon National Park/Wikimedia Commons Immigrants from travel ban-affected countries are highly educated. with 46% of them age 25+ having a bachelor’s degree or higher, according to...Apr 20, 2018 971 0 -
Journey into Europe offers an antidote to negative portrayals of Muslims
Author Prof. Jocelyne Cesari engages in dialogue with Ambassador Akbar Ahmed at Georgetown University on March 26, 2018. In the eyes of most Europeans, Muslims have come to represent fanaticism, fundamentalism, and female suppression, subjugation and...Apr 17, 2018 2258 0 -
Preparing U.S. workforce in an era of disruptive technologies
Technological innovation has been a hallmark of American progress but the latest developments in artificial intelligence are disrupting industries, jobs and growth prospects for communities. So, what is the way forward for America to meet these...Apr 13, 2018 1012 0 -
Pakistani author Mohsin Hamid wins Aspen Words Literary Prize
FEATURED IMAGE: Screenshot/PBS News Hour Pakistani writer Mohsin Hamid has won the inaugural Aspen Words Literary Prize for his novel Exit West, which portrays migrants as heroes amid ongoing anti-migrant rhetoric. The Aspen Institute’s award honors a...Apr 11, 2018 1440 0 -
Millennials and the U.S. political landscape
Image Credit: Ted Eytan/Wikimedia Commons America’s electoral landscape will soon have Millennials as the largest vote-eligible population with a huge political potential. Next year, Millennials (born between 1981-1996) will overtake Baby Boomers (born between 1946-64) as America’s largest...Apr 8, 2018 930 0 -
Supreme Court declines to hear DACA case; leaving the program in place for now
Photo: Daderot/Wikimedia Commons The Supreme Court Monday declined to review a federal judge’s order that the Trump Administration continue the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, meaning the measure – which protects individuals brought to the...Feb 26, 2018 1358 0 -
State of the Union: Where do Americans stand on critical issues?
As President Donald Trump addresses the nation a year after moving to the White House, Americans have mixed views on several issues from economy to taxes, democracy to foreign policy and health care to immigration. According...Jan 30, 2018 1022 0 -
Democrats and Republicans reach a deal to re-open government, protect dreamers
An aerial view of the Capitol Hill, Photo Credit: Office of the Architect of the Capitol/Wikipedia Democrats in the Senate agreed Monday to a deal with Republican Majority Leader on an immigration deal for protection of...Jan 22, 2018 1058 0 -
Trump says Democrats chose shutdown politics over budget deal as anniversary gift
President Donald Trump has said Democrats wanted to give him shutdown gift on his first anniversary and have chosen politics over deal-making. In a series of Twitter messages, Trump reacted strongly to the government shutdown after...Jan 20, 2018 839 0 -
Culture Conversation: The true spirit of anthropology
Author Akbar Ahmed with Princess Diana and Prof. Jonahtan Benthall For far too long, Western anthropology has been seen by its critics as a tool of Western imperialists, a means of understanding how to best exploit...Jan 14, 2018 1165 0