Thai Lee, born in Thailand, spent many years in South Korea and as a teenager immigrated to the U.S. with her older sister. They lived with a friend in Amherst, MA, and attended high school there. Later she enrolled at Amherst College. Her heart was [...]
America is a land of many opportunities, but it is also a land of equal opportunities for women and men alike. Women in the U.S. have equal rights with men and can work in any occupation, begin their own business, or lead a company. Dell, with help [...]
For another year of solid gains, the U.S. economy added over 2 million jobs in 2017. In December alone, 148,000 jobs were added making it the 87th consecutive month of gains. The unemployment level remained at 4.1%, which is the lowest level in over [...]
Eduardo Rodriguez, a native of Mexico, came to Chicago in 1966 and has been a United States citizen for 25 years. He began a thriving sweets business, Dulcelandia, that now has four locations in the city. His daughter, Eve Rodriguez Montoya, has [...]
The U.S. has fifty of the top one hundred colleges in the world, according to the 2016 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU). This evaluation comes from a highly-respected research group that ranks universities from every country to [...]
Recently, a study showed which U.S. cities are the healthiest places to live in America. The factors that were considered included the obesity of the population, the median income of the residents, the percentage of adults without health insurance, [...]
Within the United States, some of the highest paying jobs at this time are in the professional and business service sectors. In fact, since 2010, the "white collar" category has grown by about 3% each year and has created nearly three million new [...]
The idea of the perfect American dream has made a shift in how it is played out. The days of graduating from high school and moving into a well-paid position are over. Today, most employers require a college degree of some sort. According to Green [...]
