A heritage building is a building that is important to our history so we want to save it. It is usually a beautiful building. When a change is needed to that building for its use today, there can be a problem of how to keep its heritage value. Many c...
Frances submission, which sits alongside Croatian gingerbread and Azerbaijani carpet, centres mostly around the ritual itself. How wines are paired with dishes, how the table is dressed, the precise placing of glasses for water and wine, knife blade...
Is there a distinctive Kenyan look? Perhaps not yet. A country-wide competition held six years ago to come up with a Kenyan national dress failed to take off. But in Kenya's burgeoning fashion industry, designers are increasingly drawing upon their h...
VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. Im Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And Im Barbara Klein. This week we visit two special places in the state of New Mexico. They are important in the history of the Pueblo Indians of the Southwest...
The buildings used to house internees are still standing today, and serve as classrooms and dorms for United Tribes Technical College. North Dakota is a land of broad, open prairie known for its Native American heritage, the travels of explorers Lewi...
Unlike others, this program deliberately chooses among qualified applicants who are members of marginalized or disenfranchised groups in their societies. Emily Lause | Washington, DC 13 April 2010 Related Links: International Fellowships Program The...
While the health care reform debate in the United States has been dominated on lowering the cost of health insurance, other health care activists and experts are working behind the scenes to lower barriers to quality health care for African-Americans...
Related Links Los Cenzontles It provides a way for children to learn about their strength and the beauty that's inside of them. Leading a Mexican folk music revival was the furthest thing from Eugene Rodriguez's mind while growing up in a white middl...
By Steve Mort Orlando, Florida 07 June 2007 A little more than a decade ago, the number of people studying foreign languages in the U.S. colleges was on the decline. Now, the Modern Language Association of America reports enrollment is rising rapidly...
“I have a dream...” It is among the most celebrated speeches in American history. “My four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin...