Newsletter Archive

What happens when white supremacists meet up in the Tennessee woods? They contemplate the survival of their (white, non-Hispanic, of European origin) race, and worry about non-Anglo, non-Christians taking over the country. Here’s what we learned about their vision of an ideal America and how Donald Trump plays into it.

Immigration and the economy, especially in depressed areas, played a large role in Britain’s vote to leave the European Union. Those same concerns resound with many Americans, especially people we spoke to in Philadelphia, once a major U.S. manufacturing hub, but now coping with shuttered factories and job insecurity. However, their views on trade might surprise you.

VIDEO: President Obama is set to swap out the White House for a brick mansion in an upscale Washington, D.C. neighborhood. Most U.S. presidents leave town almost immediately after a successor is sworn in, but the Obamas are sticking around for two years — until their youngest daughter graduates from high school. What do the first family’s soon-to-be neighbors think?

A Texas gun range is offering free lessons to LGBT people looking to get a license to carry a concealed weapon. The owner offered the free training after the attack on a gay nightclub in Orlando left 49 people dead. Here’s what happened next.

In Nairobi, VOA was amazed by college students who took it upon themselves to create a machine that could save the lives of thousands of babies. All they needed was a little outside funding, smarts, ingenuity, initiative and a 3-D printer.

The state broadcaster in South Africa is setting new rules for journalists, including telling reporters not to cover violence and destruction of property during protests, and not to air criticism of the broadcaster. It probably comes as no surprise to anyone that the reporters are unhappy with the edicts that pretty much miss the point of journalism.

Curious George has ridden a bike. Gotten a medal. Flown a kite. Learned the alphabet. And gone to the hospital. But in his 77 years, there is one thing the iconic children’s book character has only now discovered: Ramadan.

Americans are gearing up to celebrate Independence Day on July 4. Pretty much everyone knows how the colonies rebelled against the British to establish the United States of America. So why is Germany credited with creating America’s ‘birth certificate’?