Category: This Is America (今日美国)

The world’s busiest land border has fallen quiet. Restrictions meant to contain the spread of the new coronavirus have stopped millions of Mexicans from making daily trips north to the…

More than 82,000 people have volunteered for New York’s reserve force of medical workers to help people infected with the new coronavirus. Health officials say the force includes recent retirees,…

Washington, D.C.’s cherry trees are known around the world for their blossoms. The beautiful flowers brighten up many areas along the Potomac River each spring. But this year as the…

Legal experts say government restrictions aimed at halting the spread of the new coronavirus have raised questions about whether the measures could be violating Americans’ civil rights. Restrictions by state…

Months before coronavirus fears hit the United States, business was slow at Mediterranean Breeze, a family-owned Greek restaurant near Washington, D.C. Terry Kasotakis is the restaurant’s owner. Both he and…

It is no secret that 2020 has been a very memorable year so far. But fears over the coronavirus and what will happen in the weeks to come have led…

Jawad Rahimi is a native of Afghanistan. He arrived in the United States 16 years ago after spending time as a refugee in Azerbaijan. Since then, his store in St.…

Sixty years have passed since American Roslyn Pope came home from Europe to the southern United States. At the time, parts of the South still enforced segregation of the races.…

American President Donald Trump is finally getting his wall, but it is not along the southern border with Mexico. It is around the White House. The White House fence is…

American President Donald Trump declared a national emergency Friday to provide more resources to fight the new coronavirus outbreak. Speaking from the White House, Trump said, “I am officially declaring…

The United States military has announced plans to withdraw troops from Afghanistan, adding it is unlikely that violence there will completely disappear. U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper spoke Monday…

Former Hollywood film producer Harvey Weinstein was sentenced Wednesday to 23 years in prison for sex crimes. Last month, a New York jury found him guilty of raping an actress…

The once-crowded race for the Democratic Party presidential nomination in the United States has narrowed into a battle between two men. It is widely expected that either Joe Biden or…

A jury in New York City has found former movie producer Harvey Weinstein guilty of sexual assault and rape. The jury cleared Weinstein on the most serious charges he faced…

The population of the United States will get older, even if the nation has high levels of immigration, suggest two reports from the U.S. Census Bureau. One of the reports…