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America has long been described as a nation of immigrants. President Obama chooses to call himself the son of a mother from Kansas and a father from Kenya. One thread of this “Traveling with Twain in Search of America’s Identity” project tells the story of a representative immigrant family in America, the Ghigliones, beginning with the arrival in 1869 of seamstress Maria Strada Ghiglione and in 1872 of indentured macaroni maker Angelo Francesco Ghiglione. The project participants also are interviewing Americans about their attitudes toward current immigrants to the United States.

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Mexican-American Washington Post videographer connects with

Mexican-American Washington Post videographer connects with “others”

Evelio Contreras, a Washington Post videographer, grew up in Eagle Pass, Texas, across the Rio Grande from Piedras Negras, Mexico, “with a divided understanding” of himself. He was a first-generation Mexican American with, he said, a … Read more >>

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Juan Williams: A political analyst whose writing provokes a

Juan Williams: A political analyst whose writing provokes a “ludicrous” charge

The writings and remarks of Juan Williams, Fox News political analyst and provocateur, have a habit of generating controversy. He titled his recent tribute on The Root to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, after 20 years … Read more >>

Washington, D.C. November 16, 2011 Featured Immigration Stories More...

'Who Is The Other?' Interviews at the Yale School of Drama

‘Who Is The Other?’ Interviews at the Yale School of Drama

What makes a woman The Other? Race? Ethnicity? Sexual orientation? Skin color? Wanting a family, not a career, first? Or does a woman become The Other by just being a woman, not a man? I’m asking … Read more >>

New Haven, CT November 8, 2011 Featured Gender Identity More...

Longtime restauranteur opens up about the state of Southbridge, Mass., and how to make eggplant parm

Longtime restauranteur opens up about the state of Southbridge, Mass., and how to make eggplant parm

Dan Tham’s videos capture two of the Mario Picciones I know from my 26 years, 1969 to 1995, of putting out the Southbridge (Mass.) Evening News. As the owner for decades of Mario’s, a local restaurant, … Read more >>

Central MA November 6, 2011 Featured Immigration Stories

Visiting the oldest

Visiting the oldest “Glamour Girl” Ghiglione

It’s Sunday, Oct. 23, my first day off from the Twain trip. I’m spending it in Scituate, Mass., with my wife, Nancy; younger daughter, Laura; son-in-law Mike MacMillan; and their three children. Infant Joy (who is … Read more >>

Boston, MA November 2, 2011 Featured Immigration Stories

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What Julie Pham learned managing a Vietnamese newspaper in the Pacific Northwest

One day, an elderly Vietnamese man walked into the office of Người Việt Tây Bắc. He wanted to place a classified ad in the largest and oldest newspaper for Vietnamese immigrants in Washington. Julie Pham, 33, … Read more >>

From the Mekong to the Mississippi

On the fortieth anniversary of the Fall of Saigon, Vietnamese immigrants and their children gathered alongside Vietnam War veterans to reflect on the dramatic events that forever changed both of their destinies—the siege of South Vietnam’s … Read more >>

Alameda Ghigliones demonstrate the immigrant entrepreneurial spirit with produce business, trucking company

After a day in Calaveras County, home to the world-famous frog-jumping contest inspired by Mark Twain’s story, we drive west to the island of Alameda, California, to interview Frank Ghiglione, who has his own frog-jumping story. … Read more >>

Miss Kim's journey from Vietnamese village to American capital city

When the doctors couldn’t completely remove the large and painful cyst on her son Kent’s lower back, Chung Kim Do, who insists that we call her Miss Kim, took matters into her own hands. Miss Kim, … Read more >>

In the middle of white Nebraska, Lexington is almost two-thirds Hispanic

“The writing was on the wall,” says Rev. Paul J. Colling, the 54-year-old pastor of St. Ann’s Catholic Church, Lexington, Nebraska, who also serves as vicar for Hispanic issues for the Grand Island diocese, 50,000 square … Read more >>