Nina Porzucki
Military Operation Ends at Algerian Gas Facility with Uncertain Outcome
Early Thursday, the Algerian government forces launched an operation to try and free the hostages — some of whom are Americans. The operation apparently began when Algerian forces fired on a militant convoy that was carrying some of the captives. BBC Arab Affairs Editor Sebastian Usher is following the crisis from London.
Join the Army, Speak a Language and Become a Citizen
The US Army is reviving a program that offers immigrants with certain language skills a fast track to US citizenship. Many of the slots, including all those for Korean speakers, have already been filled.
Voting Poses Challenges to Storm-Battered Russian Immigrants
The damage done when Hurricane Sandy slammed into the immigrant neighborhood of Brighton Beach has hung around for voting day. Host Aaron Schachter talks with a poll watcher and an election coordinator at the Shorefront Jewish Community Center in Brighton Beach.
Is Language Holding Back New York’s Bengali Voters?
We visit a Bangladeshi-owned barbershop in post-Sandy New York. Tuesday’s ballot was supposed to have been translated into Bengali– a requirement under the Voting Rights Act– but election officials missed the deadline. In the barbershop, though, voters are as divided between Obama and Romney as the country is.
Hurricane Sandy Sends Cars Floating Through Brooklyn’s Immigrant Communities
Immigrant communities on the eastern seaboard are among those bearing the brunt of Hurricane Sandy. Konstantin Dubyago was born in the Ukraine and works as a limousine driver in Coney Island and Brighton Beach. He tells host Lisa Mullins how the neighborhood’s large Russian community is coping in the storm’s aftermath.
Jewish American Students Reimagine Yiddish Europe
A trip to Belarus, Poland and Lithuania organized by a Jewish cultural group focuses on life, not death.
US Olympic Table Tennis Team Trains the Chinese Way
The US table tennis team is made up of players who are American-born, but all of Chinese descent.
How Technology is Changing Chinese, One Pun at a Time
Technology is rapidly accelerating the creation of new punning slang, to the point of fundamentally changing the Chinese language.
Gbooza!: A Social Networking Site for Nigerians
A Nigerian living in China has created his own social network for Nigerians living abroad.
Iranian Rapper Shahin Najafi Faces Fatwa for ‘Blasphemous’ Song
Rapper Shahin Najafi received a fatwa this past week for his controversial new song, Naqi. An Islamic website posted a $100,000 bounty on his life. But what’s really the controversy?
Love and the Peace Corps
What happens when Peace Corps volunteers fall in love, either with each other or with citizens of the country hosting them? How does the Peace Corps deal with it? Former Peace Corps volunteer Nina Porzucki reports from the frontlines of love in the developing world.
Singing to Save Garifuna
James Lovell grew up in Belize and heard Garifuna spoken by his parents and grandparents. He didn’t really want to speak the language until he heard music of a local musician. Now, James Lovell wants to spread the language of Garifuna through song. Reporter Nina Porzucki brings us his profile.
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