
Min Zhou - WNN Opinion (WNN/CGN) Los Angeles, CALIFORNIA, U.S.: Last July 2011, former Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke became the first Chinese American to be appointed US Ambassador to China, after having been nominated by President Barack Obama and unanimously confirmed by Congress. His appointment was truly a history-making event for Asian Americans. As a [...]

Nadia S. Mohammad - WNN Opinion (WNN/CGN) New York, N.Y. UNITED STATES: “Terrorist.” “Jihadist.” “Misogynist.” “Brown.” “Bearded.” “Un-American.” These are the terms and images often associated with Muslim men in America. A compilation of autobiographical essays by Muslim American men, All-American: 45 American Muslim Men on Being Muslim, presents a series of personal accounts that [...]

Bernadette Cahill – WNN Opinion (WNN) Washington, D.C., UNITED STATES: Last May, an AP (Associated Press) news story reported that women were now moving into new jobs in previously all-male units in the United States army. The move opens up about 14,000 military jobs for women – making official the practice in Iraq and Afghanistan, [...]

Christina Caldwell – WNN Opinion (WNN) U.S.: With the recent escalation of governmental policy changes along with impassionate and contentious political debates regarding the major issue of birth control in America, it is hardly unfathomable to know that $5 billion was spent on contraceptives in the US alone for the fiscal 2011 year. This number [...]

Sandy Oestreich – WNN Opinion (WNN) St. Petersburg, FLORIDA, U.S.: “What war on Women?” some ask with a smirk. It’s not as if it’s enough that there’s been a steady drumbeat of regulations and legislation that increasingly restrict and demoralize half the U.S. population, American women. No, now they’ve come for the ultimate victory, women’s [...]