Posted on May 14, 2013 at 3:06 pm
By Emily Walkenhorst Imperial Palace isn’t just another Chinese restaurant. Past the wooden doors and decorative archway of 701 N. 27th St., diners peruse... [READ MORE]
Posted on May 14, 2013 at 2:16 pm
By Emily Walkenhorst Leticia Avalos and her husband, Oscar, have four children, and they support themselves on his salary as a contractor. Yet each... [READ MORE]
Posted on May 6, 2013 at 6:37 pm
By Lee Kreimer For Vung Lun, education equals opportunity. Lun arrived in Lincoln in April 2011 with her parents, three brothers and a sister... [READ MORE]
Posted on May 5, 2013 at 11:01 am
By Laura Smith Poison ivy rarely leads to anything good. Your skin turns to a red, patchy rash and you have so many itches... [READ MORE]
Posted on May 2, 2013 at 3:57 pm
Tiago Zenero de Souza, a Brazilian student studying at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s College of Journalism and Mass Communications throughout 2013, is a reporter... [READ MORE]
Posted on May 2, 2013 at 11:22 am
By Lee Kreimer On a sunny Wednesday morning, 17 parents gather in a classroom at Clinton Elementary School. “We talk to children about this... [READ MORE]
Posted on April 23, 2013 at 11:58 am
By Tiago Zenero de Souza It was the first day of class. “I was in my homeroom, which is a class of 15 to... [READ MORE]
Posted on April 18, 2013 at 7:31 pm
By Kay Kemmet Six-year-old Christopher Flores looks up to his new father, Fernando Ortiz Carreras, and runs to him the minute they see each... [READ MORE]
Posted on April 18, 2013 at 6:57 pm
By Kay Kemmet The scars on Elvira Baques’ face are faded and difficult to see. But the impact on her life hasn’t gone away.... [READ MORE]
Posted on April 18, 2013 at 4:29 pm
By Lee Kreimer Minh Nguyen grew up around food. Nguyen, 36, was born to Vietnamese immigrants in Chicago, and the flavors of his parents’... [READ MORE]
The New Americans Spring Art Showcase opened Friday night at the Lux Center for the Arts in Lincoln, highlighting the work of three immigrants to Lincoln as well as a number of works by Lincoln high school students. The show continues throughout May. Wesaam Al-Badry is a photographer who emigrated from Iraq in 1994. Al-badry’s … Read More
By Kay Kemmet The scars on Elvira Baques’ face are faded and difficult to see. But the impact on her life hasn’t gone away. Baques had been in the United States for only three weeks when her fiancé beat her up, repeatedly bit her cheek, causing the large scar, punched her in the face, and … Read More
By Laura Smith Poison ivy rarely leads to anything good. Your skin turns to a red, patchy rash and you have so many itches you don’t know where to begin scratching. Lisa Hiatt is severely allergic to poison ivy. She hates poison ivy, actually. But if it hadn’t thrived in her backyard, she would have … Read More