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Conflict & Justice
Women Marines Join Males at the Frontline
PRI's The World
May 12, 2011
Monica Campbell reports on Female Engagement Teams, a first-time experiment by the Marines in Afghanistan to let women join all-male patrols at the frontlines. The goal is to have contact with, and win the confidence of Afghan women.
Arts, Culture & Media
Fans Remember Popular Haitian Musician Lénord Fortuné
PRI's The World
July 25, 2011
Fortuné was a popular virtuoso of traditional Haitian music and a tireless ambassador of Haitian culture.
Halal Vendor at Ground Zero
PRI's The World
August 03, 2011
More and more tourists are heading to New York's ground zero.
Arts, Culture & Media
Marines in Afghanistan Escape in a Good Book
PRI's The World
August 10, 2011
Some troops in Afghanistan spend their off hours trying to escape the tensions of the battlefield with books.
Arts, Culture & Media
Music From the Cuban Land of Tobacco Fields
PRI's The World
August 17, 2011
We are looking for a Cuban province that is renowned for its tobacco fields and is home to the 13 member band "Wil Campa Y Su Gran Union."
Conflict & Justice
California's Store-Front Colleges Appeal to Immigrants
PRI's The World
April 06, 2012
Students at Oikos University in Oakland, California, are still waiting for their classes to resume. A lone gunman killed seven people there Monday and police are still collecting evidence.
Lifestyle & Belief
Priests Tyring to Protect Migrants with Shelters in Mexico
PRI's The World
May 10, 2012
Some Catholic priests are trying to protect the migrants from central and south America by setting up shelters along the way.
Business, Economics and Jobs
Many Latino Mormons are torn about Mitt Romney
PRI's The World
October 23, 2012
Between their religion and their generally conservative culture, Mitt Romney ought to have a lock on their vote. But many in the Latino Mormon community are torn between voting for a fellow Mormon — and their dislike of his immigration policies.
Arts, Culture & Media
What Will Recent Arrivals to the United States Serve for Thanksgiving?
PRI's The World
November 22, 2012
Many Americans with family roots elsewhere in the world celebrate Thanksgiving meals that don't include turkey or cranberry sauce.
Conflict & Justice
Papa Francisco! US Latinos Welcome New Pope But Big Hurdles Ahead
PRI's The World
March 14, 2013
As word spread about the new Pope, many Latino Catholics in the US celebrated the historic choice of a pontiff from Argentina. But it is also clear that, just like in Latin America, the Catholic monopoly over Latin America immigrants is also shrinking.