by Enkela Vehbiu | Oct 24, 2021 | America with an Accent
An immigrant scientist’s effort to reverse the brain drain in his native country. Brain drain did not spare Dr. Arben Merkoçi who, just like many of his colleagues, left his native Albania in the early 1990s to seek better opportunities. He did succeed. Dr....
by Enkela Vehbiu | Jul 1, 2021 | America with an Accent
There are over 80 million displaced people in the world — an all-time record. Why do we see these numbers? Lessons from history as explained by Dr. Danielle Battisti of University of Nebraska at Omaha. Immigration scholars think that immigration laws are, at...
by Melinda Keenan | Jun 27, 2021 | America with an Accent
The federal government will be giving $10 million to fund additional training programs that help immigrants become citizens. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is looking for more organizations to help expand the pathway to citizenship by supplying more...
by Enkela Vehbiu | Jun 22, 2021 | America with an Accent
Some of Nebraska’s newest citizens share their thoughts on the day they became naturalized Americans. 31 immigrants from 18 countries became naturalized U.S. citizens in Omaha, Nebraska on May 14. Yusufu Bonomale, originally of Zimbabwe, was one of them....
by Melinda Keenan | Mar 28, 2021 | America with an Accent
156 countries or about 60% of world’s destinations are still categorized as very high risk locations by CDC. While everybody needs a vacation right now, the question is: can you or should you go? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention continues to...
by Enkela Vehbiu | Jan 18, 2021 | America with an Accent
Discussion to pay people to take the vaccine emerges as scientists rebuild trust and debunk myths about the vaccine. The messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine against COVID-19 was years in the making; so is the mistrust in medicine present among minority groups which are still...
