Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper signed into law on Wednesday a measure that grants driver's licenses to undocumented immigrants, making Colorado the eighth state in the nation to pass such a law.
Other states that have passed similar laws include New Mexico, Utah, Oregon, Nevada, Illinois and Washington and Maryland. A Florida bill that would have granted driver's licenses to deferred...
The exterior of Shabelle. Photo: Jeremy Iggers/TC Daily Planet
The little Ethiopian restaurant hidden away inside the Shabelle Grocery used to be one of the best-kept secrets in the Seward neighborhood—until recently, there was no sign outside to indicate that Shabelle was more than just a grocery store.
Finally, last week, they put a sign in the window announcing their new...
This article highlights a specific type of hepatitis that is important to know about during pregnancy - hepatitis B.
What is hepatitis B?
Hepatitis B is a virus that infects the liver. Although hepatitis B is most often a silent infection, over time it can cause serious liver damage and liver cancer. Sometimes the infection continues for years without signs of...
President Barack Obama, whose father was born in Kenya, will make the first major African tour of his presidency since taking office in 2009. He will be accompanied by First Lady Michelle Obama.
A statement from the White House said Obama will visit Senegal, Tanzania and South Africa, starting June 26 through July 3rd. His only other visit to Africa...
A leading South African university says it will make Zulu language classes compulsory for all first-year students from next year.
The decision by the University of KwaZulu-Natal is aimed at promoting "nation-building and bringing diverse languages together", an official said.
Zulu is among the most widely spoken of South Africa's 11 official languages.
It is the mother tongue for about 23% of...
At the West County Detention Facility, inmates can pay upwards of $20 for a five-minute phone call to friends, relatives or lawyers. While the high rates are a cash cow for the prison, for detainees they have become a major hurdle to staying in touch with the outside.
For immigrant detainees and their families, the high phone rates can lead...
Around 100,000 people will be chosen from several million hopefuls to get a US Green Card on Wednesday, in what could be the last year of the annual lottery, slated to vanish under proposed reforms.
Each year, 50,000 permanent residency permits are allocated to people from countries that see relatively few emigrants depart for the United States.
Created in 1995, the...
As the debate over immigration reform tugs predictably back in Washington, an undercurrent of ageism and disability bias has been flowing beneath more obvious racial and class implications.
Take, for instance, the recent USA Today op-ed co-authored by former U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., now president of the conservative Heritage Foundation, which warned, “The truly enormous costs come when unauthorized...
The African Immigrant Services (AIS), in collaboration with the Diversity and Equity Department of North Hennepin Community College (NHCC ), Brooklyn Park’s Diversity Team, and the Northwest Civic Engagement Coalition, will host and facilitate a community civic engagement conversation on Thursday May 9, 2013, at Brooklyn Park’s City Council Chambers, in Brooklyn Park, Minn.
The conversation will begin at 5:45...
Casual readers of optimistic headlines about Africa’s high growth rates and record levels of foreign investment might be forgiven for thinking all is well on the continent – or at least that, with ‘Africa Rising’, all will be well before too long. But many of the perspectives and figures underlying these simplistic narratives obscure the complex reality of rising...
Cape Town played host to the Breathe Sunshine African Music Conference, a new venture into the development of music produced on the continent.
Held in the centre of Cape Town at City Hall, the two-day symposium sought to facilitate the transfer knowledge between artists while fostering a strong spirit of collaboration.
The primary aim of the conference was the promotion of...
