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Global Nation Education

With all eyes on elite university admissions, community college stories go unheard

May 02, 2019

A recent scandal highlighted the unfairness of the admissions process at elite colleges. But there's another way that these selective universities are keeping out students without the "right" socioeconomic background — by accepting a very low number of students from community colleges.

Caste in America

Love conquers caste for this couple, but Indian marriage traditions continue in US

WGBH News

March 06, 2019

The writer's parents defied Hindu conventions by marrying in India outside their caste, but decades later, members of her father's upper caste promote sticking with tradition in America.

Global Nation First Person

For many, international adoption isn't just a new family. It's the loss of another life.

The World

February 19, 2019

Here is what I know: I am culturally American. I am racially Asian. I came to the US when I was just over six months old, and a couple years later I was naturalized as an American citizen. But when I traveled back to South Korea for the first time, I realized how much of my heritage had been left behind.

Immigration

For a child migrant, days feel like a lifetime when you’re imprisoned and alone

The World

June 20, 2018

Beth Lew-Williams’ grandfather was 9 when he was separated from family and placed in immigration detention. And he held the pain of the experience for 72 years.