America

2016-02-12 America Faces Many Security Challenges

Nuclear weapons, terrorism and computer spying are problems for national security, say American intelligence officials. The officials say challenges and…

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2015-05-25 Exploring America’s Immigration Story

More than 25 million immigrants entered the United States through Ellis Island, in New York Harbor. Ellis Island was the…

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2015-05-24 America’s Famous Front Lawn Gets Overhaul

Almost two kilometers of green grass stretch from the front of the U.S. Capitol building to the Washington Monument. Thousands…

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2014-12-11 Have Police Incidents Hurt America’s Image?

People around the world are again talking about race relations in the United States. Recently, two U.S. grand juries decided not to recommend legal…

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2013-08-26 Just How Chinese Are America’s Chinatowns?

From VOA Learning English, welcome to As It Is. I'm Steve Ember. On today's program we go to America's Chinatowns –…

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2019-04-21 America: A Nation of Redaction

Today, a different kind of Words and Their Stories - an examination of the word redaction. This week, United States Attorney General…

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American History – 163. America Turns Inward After World War One

(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION -- a program in Special English by the Voice of America. (MUSIC)…

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