by Tiffany Lane | Nov 2, 2011 | Immigration
WASHINGTON — While many say seven billion is too many, one population expert said “the more of us there are, the more prosperous we have become.” Steven Mosher, president of the Population Research Institute, celebrated the momentous birth of the seven billionth...
by Mia Watkins | Oct 27, 2011 | Immigration, Politics
WASHINGTON — The Occupy D.C. protesters crowding McPherson Square say they represent the “99 percent of Americans” who aren’t the most wealthy. But their racial composition isn’t a mirror of the 99 percent of Americans they claim to represent. A majority of the...
by Tiffany Lane | Oct 27, 2011 | Immigration
WASHINGTON — “I gave up being inside of a shelter to come out here, to live outside,” Larry Foster-El told The Daily Caller this week at the “Occupy DC” anti-capitalist protest’s urban base camp. Foster-El, like many here in McPherson Square, is homeless. “I feel more...
by Tiffany Lane | Oct 26, 2011 | Immigration
WASHINGTON — Leaders from Catholic Charities in the Virgin Islands were invited to the White House to discuss a recent release by the Census Bureau that one in six people in the U.S. live below the poverty line. Representatives of Catholic Charities USA,...
by Chelsea Wallis | Oct 20, 2011 | Immigration
WASHINGTON — As drug cartel fighting continues to bloody Mexican streets, the United States is increasingly concerned with new solutions to quell the narcotics surge further upstream. A panel in Washington this week said Colombia could be part of the...
by Chelsea Wallis | Oct 17, 2011 | Immigration
WASHINGTON—New statistics reveal a divide between the perceived academic success of Asian and Pacific Island students and graduation rates. High profile South Asian and East Asian achievements and perceptions are overshadowing the struggles of the South East Asian and...
