Since the early 1900s, Mexicans settling in the Southern United States have always straddled a line between discrimination and assimilation, but the today’s rancorous debate over immigration policy has its roots in more recent shifts. That was the consensus of Mexican Consul General Javier Diaz de Leon and Julie M. Weise, author of Corazon de Dixie: […]
Culture
American Youth Ambassadors, Cultural Performers Can Apply for Free Dubai Expo Trip
Dubai has put out a call for youth ambassadors and cultural performers to represent the United States at next year’s world expo in the Middle Eastern emirate. Expo 2020 was slated to begin this month but was postponed until next October due to the coronavirus pandemic. Performers will rotate in over the six-month expo period […]
German Consulate Marks 30th Reunification Anniversary Remotely
In a normal year, a momentous 30-year anniversary would call for an evening dinner, or at the very least a reception, hosted by the German Consulate General in Atlanta. But with the pandemic still afoot, Consul General Heike Fuller had to settle for a video message to mark German Reunification Day Oct. 3, the date three […]
Listening: The Key to Attracting and Keeping Japanese Companies
Since they began setting up shop in the U.S. in large numbers following the trade turbulence of the 1980s, Japanese companies have quietly become major contributors to American employment, especially in manufacturing. As the epicenter of the automotive industry has moved southward in recent years, the trend has solidified. In Georgia alone, some 218 separate Japanese […]
‘Myth of Chinese Capitalism’ Author: Reforms Needed to Combat Inequality, Sustain Growth in China
To sustain its success, China will have to undertake deep reforms to an economy that is still leaving too many behind, despite breakneck growth that has brought hundreds of millions out of poverty over a 40-year boom period. While many see the gleaming skyscrapers of Shanghai as typifying the country’s emergence, just as representative of its future […]
Preparing for the Future in Cross-Cultural and Transnational Marriages
Editor’s note: This is a sponsored post paid for by The Manely Firm and written by attorney Michael Manely. Cross-cultural and transnational marriages, though often enriching and rewarding, must contend not only with typical family dynamics, but also with tensions created by one or both spouses being from a different country or culture. And often when things […]
World War II Plays on for Centenarian Honored in Europe for Covert Aerial Missions
World War II may have officially ended 75 years ago Sept. 2, but for centenarian Orrin “Boody” Brown of Opelika, Ala., the conflict plays on in memory. The cast of characters, the few still living, friends killed in action and those who have passed on before him, remain ever young in Mr. Brown’s mind, just as he was […]
Atlanta Seeks Youth Voices — and Video Submissions — for U.N. Future Project
International Youth Day may have passed on Aug. 12, but the City of Atlanta Mayor’s Office of International Affairs is still collecting videos it hopes will help ensure young voices aren’t drowned out in the world of global governance. “The Future We Want” video campaign aims for short (one-minute or less) videos where K-12 students explain […]
Confronting Coronavirus With Creativity: How Design Can Color Atlanta’s Response
Elayne DeLeo, co-founding partner of MA! Design Is Human and co-founder and director of the Atlanta Design Festival, which this year will be held virtually Sept. 12-30. To face down the coronavirus, Georgia has formed a variety of task forces on shoring up the economy, primary health care, emergency preparedness, homelessness and more. These groups all contain influential […]
Mexico City’s Open for Atlanta Tourists, but Are They Bold Enough to Travel?
Mexico City is ready for Americans, tourism professionals said this week on a call hosted by the Mexican Consulate General in Atlanta; the only question now is how desperate they are to get out of town. While U.S. citizens barred from most of Europe in what would be prime travel season as COVID-19 cases here continue […]
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