Personal objects tell stories about the lives of their owners, sometimes as an intimate diary. They have the faculty to speak about the human condition, in a code that equals us, because it transcends nationalities and passports. Tom Kieffer, a…
Los objetos personales cuentan vidas propias, a veces como un diario íntimo. Tienen la facultad de hablar de la condición humana, en un código que nos iguala, que trasciende nacionalidades y pasaportes. Tom Kieffer, oriundo de Wichita, Kansas, se fijó…
Known as the “Portrait Lady” in Congress, Teresa Valcarce led the quest to fulfill a Continental Congress Resolution that was 231 years overdue. Turns out it was harder than she initially thought. Teresa was born and raised in Spain and…
U.S. official statistics make it clear: Latina women surge as a powerful force in the country’s workforce, they earn more and more college degrees, making it easier for them to work, and they grow in numbers as entrepreneurs. This is…
Las estadísticas oficiales del de Estados Unidos lo dicen claro: las mujeres latinas emergen como una fuerza poderosa dentro del mercado laboral del país, obtienen cada vez más títulos universitarios, lo cual facilita su empleo, y, además, crecen en número…
This year’s nativity of the Claremont United Methodist Church in California is caged. Baby Jesus is in the middle, Virgin Mary and St. Joseph are on either side, as in a traditional nativity scene, but in this one a cell…
El pesebre de este año de la Iglesia Metodista Unida de Claremont, en California, está enjaulado. El niño Jesús está en el medio, la Virgen María y San José están a los lados, como en un belén tradicional, pero en…
In Latin America and the Caribbean there are also teenagers who are mobilized to take action against climate change and in favor of the planet. And there are others who, while continuing to urge governments to make the essential regulations…
En América Latina y el Caribe también hay adolescentes movilizados para realizar contra el cambio climático y a favor del planeta. Y hay otros que, mientras siguen instando a los gobiernos a que hagan las regulaciones esenciales para reducir el…
We begin our series of highlights with Anabella Arcay—a tenacious entrepreneur who brought her award-winning Arcay Chocolates along with her when her family decided to migrate to the US. A Venezuelan-Italian, Anabella was born in Caracas, Venezuela, to two Venezuelan…