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AA: This is Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster -- as delegates in South Africa discuss racism, we discuss the language of race. RS: About thirteen percent of Americans are African American. They are now rivaled in number by
The cross-country race Mrs. Hill said to her class, I'm going to take you for a long run, every day. then you will be ready for our cross-county race. Come on, let's warm up before we start. Everyday the children ran over the grass, up the hill, behi
When it comes to North Korea, the world has come up with a lot of labels, including the last bastion of Stalinist Communism. But the author of a new book says North Korea can best be understood through the lens of its racial views. VOA Seoul correspo
DAVID GREENE, HOST: OK. We're also keeping our eye this morning on a special election in the state of Utah. Officially, this is to fill the House seat abandoned by Jason Chaffetz, who resigned last month to join Fox News. But this is really shaping u
By Jim Malone Washington 20 March 2008 Some new public opinion polls suggest a close and volatile presidential race in the months ahead. VOA National correspondent Jim Malone has more from Washington. Some good news for Hillary Clinton in her battle
Elite Sailors Circle Globe in Volvo Ocean Race One of the toughest, most grueling events in sports offers no prize money, only a trophy. Its challenging, thrilling and dangerous. And takes a long time. The Volvo Ocean Race is a marathon sailing event
US Trial to Focus on Race, Guns, Self-Defense The shooting of black teenager Trayvon Martin sparked protests last year when his killer - an Hispanic man - was not charged. In a legal reversal 44 days later, George Zimmerman was charged with second-de
A new Associated Press poll gives Democrat Barack Obama a six-point lead over Republican John McCain in the U.S. presidential race. But, a leading pollster tells VOA he expects a close race for the White House in November. VOA National correspondent
ELISE HU, HOST: Some major changes may be coming to how the U.S. government collects data about who we are. The Trump administration is looking at proposals to ask about race and ethnicity in a radical new way on the census and in other surveys. A de
The big race was tomorrow. He would be completing with people from other schools. It was his first big race. He was worried, but he was also excited. He was the fastest boy in his school, and he had been training for months. He had been running for a
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 12 February 2008 Russia is warning of a new arms race if a treaty banning the deployment of weapons in outer space is not achieved. Russia and China have jointly presented a draft treaty to the U.N. Conference on Disarmament th
有些美国人干一行、怨一行,讨厌自己的工作,也有更多的人对他们的职业还算满意,然而却不愿意实话直说。这样一来他们都会使用一些带有贬意的俚语来描述自己的工作。我们今天要讲的
By Jim Malone Washington 06 February 2008 In the U.S. presidential race, Democrats are preparing for a long battle to select their party nominee for the White House. In the Republican race, Senator John McCain has claimed the mantle of frontrunner on
Harrowing Minnesota Race Tests Endurance Last year, overnight temperatures plummeted to minus 31 degress Celsius. The year before, minus 37. That year, cyclist Jason Buffington saw one of his friends - a fellow racer - who'd stopped. I came up on Cha
This year the 29th year since the race first began there were 800 competitors. Competitors run, cycle and kayak 243km; some do this in two days (Friday and Saturday) some do it in teams of two, while others prefer to do the individual Longest Day sta
Yesterday was the famous Coast-to-Coast multi-sport race, from the Tasman Sea on the West Coast, across mountains, down a river, then on the road to the Pacific Ocean on the East Coast. It is called multi-sport because competitors have to be good at
Voters in Ghana go to the polls Sunday to elect a new government. Two veteran politicians are in a tight race for the presidency. But analysts see the elections as another step in the consolidation of multi-party democracy in the West African nation
'The Fire This Time': A New Generation Of Writers On Race In America AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: In 1963, James Baldwin gave voice to the black American experience of his generation in his essay collection The Fire Next Time. Writer Jesmyn Ward first read t
A team representing Beijing, Zhejiang, Hubei and Guangdong claimed the men's 4100m relay race at the 13th National Games. Famous Chinese sprinter Zhang Peimeng announced his retirement after the race. The Olympic Center Stadium in Tianjin, nicknamed
The United States space program began in the late 1950s. Only a little more than fifty years earlier, in 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright flew the very first airplane in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Yet by mid-century, air travel was common. After the