chief 2024 firs batch samesex justice know updates political dy valid vvpat uniform hearingday6 dogecoin act day2 latest firssupreme world reservation west votes ews arguments marriage england bitcoin seeking examination

Search results for hordinski

Without immigrants, America's job growth would have stalled
3 months ago

Without immigrants, America's job growth would have stalled

NPR  

Without immigrants, America's job growth would have stalled toggle caption Madeleine Hordinski for NPR Beth Casella's family has been making things out of metal in Dayton, Ohio, for more than half a century. “Our goal is to make Dayton a welcoming place for everybody," says City Commissioner Matt Joseph, who helped spearhead the "Welcome Dayton" initiative. toggle caption Madeleine Hordinski …

Job English Welcome Workers City Company Ohio
The many miracles needed to help a boy walk on his own
2 years, 9 months ago

The many miracles needed to help a boy walk on his own

LA Times  

Their condition could be described, generously, as ramshackle — a plastic kiddie car and a battered pair of crutches. “Some children called me ‘Pata Cuta’ — ‘Crooked Leg,’” he said. “How I would like my son to be cared for there!” Yet like many immigrants without legal status, Efraín’s parents were hesitant to approach hospitals. “In my past I always …

School California Mexico Mother Los Angeles Los Angeles
The 100 best songs of 2021
3 years ago

The 100 best songs of 2021

LA Times  

As normal came back into view in 2021 — then seemed to slip away again — great songs arrived from places we could predict and places we never thought to look. SZA’s gorgeous and enveloping psychedelic-soul jam is all about her pursuit of an empty mind, but in truth, “Good Days” is overflowing with emotional data — a world of …

World Sound Taylor Swift Right Album Song Los
This garden is SoCal’s hidden treasure. It’s hard to find, but we’ve got directions
3 years, 1 month ago

This garden is SoCal’s hidden treasure. It’s hard to find, but we’ve got directions

LA Times  

For starters, just getting to Taft Gardens & Nature Preserve is an adventure. Taft’s family built houses on some of the land, but in 1981, Taft created the Conservation Endowment Fund and gifted 260 of the acres to the nonprofit for a garden and nature preserve. South African landscaper Laurence Nicklin designed half of Taft Gardens and married the boss’ …

Nature South Africa Montana Los Angeles South African Los Angeles Times
What I learned about my heritage while documenting a Polish Holocaust survivor
3 years, 2 months ago

What I learned about my heritage while documenting a Polish Holocaust survivor

LA Times  

Clockwise, Madeleine Hordinski, Justin Keeling, Susan Stefanski and Andrew Stefanski took a picture together after Hordinski finished the project. Just like Andrew Stefanski’s decision to hide his story for many years, my own Polish family didn’t want to share much of their past. I learned about what it might have been like for my own family to fight in the …

Los Angeles Times Lat Susan Andrew My Grandfather Madeleine Hordinski Hordinski
Now 96, he lived through the Nazi occupation of Poland: ‘I am surviving’
3 years, 2 months ago

Now 96, he lived through the Nazi occupation of Poland: ‘I am surviving’

LA Times  

Andrzej Stefanski looks out of the window in his living room. “We knew he lived through the war,” Susan said, “but we just knew very little about it.” That’s a common experience for the children of survivors, many of whom tried to build lives outside their memories of that terrible time, researchers say. “It just sits in you.” :: Andrzej’s …

Poland Holocaust War Germany Los Angeles Los Angeles