Hispanic Community January 2019

New Caravan Makes 1st Border Crossing

A caravan consisting of Honduran migrants has crossed into Guatemala as they make their way towards the U.S. border. The caravan is made up of about 500 people, including children.

Hispanic Community January 2019

US Mistakenly Wanted To Deport Veteran

A U.S. citizen who is a Marine veteran with PTSD was held three days as he waited for possible deportation, according to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Michigan.

Global January 2019

U Hosts Free Program For US Workers

The University of Mary Washington has invited federal employees who have been furloughed because of the government shutdown to a free professional development day.

Global January 2019

IRS Recalls About 46,000 Workers

With the shutdown into its 26 day, the IRS is recalling around 46,000 furloughed employees to handle tax returns, as well as pay out refunds for the time being will work without pay.

Global January 2019

UNH Designated R1 Institution

The University of New Hampshire (UNH) has now been designated as a R1 research university by Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.

Global January 2019

Pentagon To Extend Role On Border

The Pentagon has agreed to provide personnel to lay concertina wire and operate security cameras at the U.S.-Mexico border. This was at the request of Homeland Security.

Legal January 2019

Citizenship Census Question Barred

A U.S. district judge has blocked citizenship status being asked on the 2020 census on the grounds that the commerce secretary had not followed proper administrative procedures.

Global January 2019

RWU Hosts Free Dinner During Shutdown

Roger Williams University is hosting a free dinner for U.S. Coast Guard members during the government shutdown. The school is expecting 75 to 100 people to attend.

Global January 2019

Worried Parents, Discount Marijuana

The shutdown has impacted in a variety of ways, including federal employees receiving discounts on medical marijuana and desperate parents looking for child-friendly activities.

Hispanic Community January 2019

Trump’s Cuba Policy Hurts Business

New figures say President Trump’s Cuba policy is hurting the island’s private sector by driving millions of dollars from its state-run tourism sector to its private entrepreneurs.

Financing January 2019

CCCC Receives Largest Single Donation

Cape Cod Community College has received their largest single donation. Maureen Wilkens has gifted $5 million for the construction of the new Science and Engineering Building.

Hispanic Community January 2019 Premium

Somebody’s Children, School Library January 2019

In “SOMEBODY’S CHILDREN,” author Laura Briggs examines both the social and the cultural forces—poverty, racism, economic inequality and political violence—that have shaped transracial and transnational adoption in the United States in particular during the second half of the twentieth century and the first decade of the twenty-first.