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...loss, perhaps, but not alone. Gradually, Hassan integrated himself into the close-knit community of 84 Somali refugees living in Nepal, the largest nationality of some 300 United Nations-recognized urban refugees now living in Kathmandu. The Somalis began to arrive in Nepal in early 2006. Most of them are from Mogadishu, and nearly all of them are victims of trafficking. Many say they, like Hassan, were promised passage to Europe; some claim that they were supposed to go to Naples, Italy, but ended up in Nepal because of the similar-sounding names...
...having the biggest fits. On Monday the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced a stunning recall of some 1 million Maclaren strollers that were released nationwide from 1999 through November of this year. Maclaren, the 42-year-old British brand, is wildly popular among the young-urban-professional set. The strollers are light, compatible and upscale but not terribly expensive (the recalled models cost from $100 to $360). (See the top 10 product recalls...
Catholic high schools have long provided a way out for high-achieving urban students. But in Detroit, most Catholic schools either closed down or left the city decades ago, after the race riots in 1967, when white Catholics fled to the suburbs and the city's population dropped by half. Only the Jesuits stayed, maintaining U of D's imposing stone structure on the corner of 7 Mile and Cherrylawn. The Catholic order is known for its education systems and its missionary work. In Detroit, they have become one and the same. (Detroit Cristo Rey, a Catholic high school launched...
...Jesuit ideal can also be found in more recent graduates like Will Ahee and Tom Howe. Both grew up in tony communities - Grosse Pointe and Birmingham - that may be geographically close to Detroit but are worlds away culturally. Through U of D, they volunteered with Earthworks, an urban garden project that is reclaiming for sustainable agriculture some of the thousands of acres of abandoned lots in Detroit. When they graduated a few years ago, Ahee and Howe could have had their pick of universities. They chose to stay in Detroit and attend Wayne State University, where they study comprehensive food...
Parent academies are particularly helpful for urban communities full of mothers and fathers who for various reasons are disengaged from their children's education. Many are single parents with second jobs that leave little time to help with schoolwork. Some are immigrants who don't understand much English. Some are parents uncomfortable with schoolwork - a survey released by Intel on Oct. 21 found that more than 50% of parents would rather talk to their kids about drugs or drunk driving than about math or science. And then there's the general confusion that often comes from dealing with a bureaucracy...