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July 25, 2023

China
Amid Mounting Youth Unemployment Woes, Beijing Looks Towards Vocational Education

Facing increasing fears of youth unemployment, Beijing is raising the status of vocational programs and steering students towards technical education programs. 

Job seekers crowd around a booth at a job fair in Beijing, China.

August 26, 2020

Immigration and Migration
Africans Should Fight for DACA, Too

The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA) is making the news again as the Trump administration continues its efforts to diminish the program. The media has readily portrayed DACA as a policy for Latinx; it is also relevant for Africans.

Woman in traditional, yellow and blue African clothing walks through a square in Harlem, New York. The backdrop is a concrete wall.

March 3, 2023

China
Party Advances, State Shrinks: China’s Impending Governance Reforms

The Chinese Communist Party's “two sessions”—the National People’s Congress and Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference—to be held this weekend may lead to the passage of significant legis…

The Fourth Plenary Session of the 13th National People's Congress of the Chinese Communist Party opens in Beijing on March 5, 2021.

September 18, 2023

United States
Happy 76th Birthday to the U.S. Air Force!

The United States Air Force marks seventy-six years of service.

Air Force 2023

July 1, 2020

Senegal
How Remittances From Petit Senegal, a Diaspora Community in New York City, Build Wealth Abroad

The African diaspora sends more money to Africa than U.S. foreign aid and foreign direct investment. Petit Senegal is filled with thriving, tax-paying businesses owned and operated Africans, whose remittances fund investments in communities back home.

A black restaurant awning is pictured that says "Pikine" and "African Restauran" and "Fine African & Fresh Food." The restaurant is on the first floor of a light brick apartment building. A tree with thin foliage is to the left of the restaurant.