Controversy Surrounds Muslim-American Reality TV Show A new controversy over Islam has arisen in the United States, this time over a reality TV show that profiles Muslim Americans and a home improvement chain's decision to pull its advertising from t...
PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Phillis Wheatley, 1753-1784: Early African-American Poet SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: I'm Shirley Griffith. RAY FREEMAN: And I'm Ray Freeman with the VOA Special English program PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Every week we tell about someone important i...
THE MAKING OF A NATION - American History: Nixon Resigns Over Watergate STEVE EMBER: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION -- American history in VOA Special English. Im Steve Ember. This week in our series, we conclude the story of the thirty-seventh pr...
THE MAKING OF A NATION - American History: Nixon Goes to China STEVE EMBER: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION -- American history in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. Today, we continue the story of the thirty-seventh president of the United Stat...
PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Burl Ives, 1909-1995; The Famous American Actor and Singer Recorded Hundreds of Songs STEVE EMBER: Im Steve Ember. SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: And Im Shirley Griffith with the VOA Special English Program, PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Today we tell ab...
THE MAKING OF A NATION - American History: Nixons the One STEVE EMBER: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION American history in VOA Special English. Im Steve Ember. This week in our series, we begin the story of America's thirty-seventh president. RICHA...
American Airlines' parent company, AMR Corporation, has filed for bankruptcy after failing to secure a deal with pilots to cut labor costs. The nation's third largest airline said Tuesday it sought bankruptcy court protection to reduce its costs and...
African American Communities Face AIDS Crisis More than a million people in the United States are living with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control estimates that approximately 50,000 more people are infected with HIV...
People in America - Georgia O'Keeffe, 1887-1986: Her Paintings Showed Her Love for the American Southwest GWEN OUTEN: Im Gwen Outen. STEVE EMBER: And Im Steve Ember with People in America in VOA Special English. Today we tell about one of the greates...
Museum Serves Up Native American-Inspired Feast This Thursday, most Americans will gather with loved ones to celebrate Thanksgiving, an annual holiday inspired by a harvest feast held in 1621 in Massachusetts when English colonists and members of the...