Why I've stopped saying 'We are a nation of immigrants'
How this innocent-sounding expression makes a white guy like me the 'real' American in the room
By Kevin D. Miller"We are, after all, a nation of immigrants." It's a line I've used as almost a stock answer to individuals putting down Mexican immigrants living in the United States. My good intention in using this rejoinder was to remind the person that everyone living in the United States, with the exception of Native Americans, resides here only because an earlier family member at some point migrated to this land ...
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MCC helps 120 Gazan families whose homes were destroyed
By Linda Espenshade for Mennonite Central Committee  As casualties rise because of fighting between Israel and Hamas, the ruling party in the Gaza Strip, Mennonite Central Committee is sending emergency funds to help Gazan families whose homes have been bombed ...
Read more ... Photo: In Beit Lahia, Gaza, on July 4, 2012, Palestinians walk near buildings that have not been rebuilt since the Israeli airstrikes in the 2008-2009 war. Current Israeli airstrikes continue to cause death and destruction in Gaza as Israel and Hamas, the ruling party in the Gaza Strip, launch rockets at each other. MCC Photo/Ryan Rodrick Beiler.
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College Corner: EMU's cadaver dissection gives pre-med students big advantage
By Andrew Jenner for Eastern Mennonite University After some preliminary classroom lectures and PowerPoints, it was time for Jason Hostetter '07 and a handful of other upper-level Eastern Mennonite University biology students to get down to business in a laboratory in the bottom floor of the science center in Harrisonburg, Va. ... Read more ... Photo: The rare opportunity of cadaver dissection gives Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, Va., students big advantages in medical school and beyond. Photo by Travis Duerksen.
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Tim's blog: As Goma Fell: MCCer tweets while rebel armies close in
This is the story of MJ Sharp, a friend and colleague of mine, as he tweeted last week from Goma in the far east of the Democratic Republic of Congo as M23 rebels closed in on the city. It's a great example of how Twitter can be used for first-hand, grassroots reporting in conflict areas with a two-way component not found in conventional media. It's also my first experiment in Storify ... Read more ...
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