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Immigration and assimiliation: Immigrant roots, but made in AmericaManuel Weintraub's is a story from the 'melting-pot' Century: The son of Austrian and Lithuanian Jewish immigrants, he grew up and ran the family deli in a Jewish immigrant enclave 鈥� but he feels so American that the question of assimilation is almost a non-sequitur for him.
Immigration and assimilation: Soccer and prom are part of her American-nessBrenda Calderon, whose Guatemalan family was finally reunited with their father in North Carolina when she was 7, measures her American-ness in proms, soccer, and sleepovers 鈥� things she couldn't do back home but discovered here.聽
Immigration and assimilation: Finding a cultural foothold ... in a gangAlex Sanchez, an undocumented Salvadoran who couldn't find stability in the mainstream as a youth, found unity in a gang. After a long struggle, he has become an聽internationally known peacemaker and gang interventionist.
Immigration and assimilation: After dislocation, a Hmong refugee finds a fitKouei Siong, who has returned to his family's California farm with dreams of upgrading the business, sees himself as not just Hmong, but Hmong-American.
Gay Pride 2013: Supreme Court gives extra reason to celebrateGay Pride parades and other celebrations are happening all around the US this weekend. They're an annual event, but last week's US Supreme Court rulings on same-sex marriage have added to the enthusiasm.
Cover StoryThe bike boomAmericans are using bicycles for transportation and recreation in record numbers as the fitness and green movements, as well as high energy costs, spur a two-wheel revolution.
In Sanford, Fla., Zimmerman trial keeps a shaken community on edgeThe Trayvon Martin shooting rocked Sanford, Fla., to its core. And with the murder trial of George Zimmerman now underway, the city is unnerved by the attention and fearful about the outcome.
Miss USA 2013: Top 6 Questions & Answers (+video) The Miss USA pageant doesn't ask contestants to perform a talent or support a charity. But it does ask some challenging questions of its contestants. What did the celebrity judges ask the final six contestants 鈥� and how did the women answer?
'Man of Steel' offers a new generation its own, brooding, SupermanTo each American generation, its Superman. But will audiences get what they need from another spandex-clad,聽costumed, immigrant superhero in this summer's 'Man of Steel'?
FocusNot sci-fi: Researchers work toward post-trauma limb regenerationResearchers at the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine in Winston-Salem, N.C., are working on what they call the next logical frontier: easing the human body into fully repairing and regenerating itself.
Focus'Exponential' progress in prosthetics helps ease tough path for amputeesPeople who lost arms or legs in the Boston Marathon bombings聽鈥� and in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars 鈥� are among some 2 million Americans coping with limb loss. Emerging technologies and expanded peer support programs are helping.
'Star Wars: Episode VII' director J.J. Abrams drops new hints about film'Star Wars: Episode VII' is set to begin filming in January, according to director J.J. Abrams. He also spoke briefly about his vision for how the film will fit in to the franchise.
Tony Awards: Why producers are turning to oldies but goodiesTony Awards producers under pressure to put on a good (ratings) show this year will spotlight material that viewers 'know and love,' not just numbers from nominated plays.
Cover StoryHow online learning is reinventing collegeThe online learning movement, spreading more by the week, will change how tomorrow's students go to school, who teaches them, and what they learn.聽
Is Justin Bieber鈥檚 driver鈥檚 license at risk? Neighbors allege recklessness in Ferrari.Pop star Justin Bieber's neighbors say he drives dangerously fast in their gated community, endangering children. Of recent indiscretions, Bieber says, 'I'm young and I want to have fun.'
STORY UPDATE: Youth group Roca will earn 'Pay for Success'The nonprofit group Roca is starting a groundbreaking partnership with the state of Massachusetts. But it will only be paid if it succeeds.
Facebook cracks down on hate speech against womenWomen account for more than half of Facebook users. When women's rights activists fired off some 60,000 tweets and 5,000 e-mails to advertisers protesting gruesome images, Facebook took note.
Churches grapple with whether to cut Boy Scout tiesChurches are huge sponsors of Boy Scout troops, which is what made the debate over the new policy on gay boys so difficult. Churches are split on whether to abandon the scouts.
Boy Scouts: Will anti-gay troops emerge?Religious leaders are suggesting that religious Boy Scouts leave the organization after its leadership voted to welcome gay boys. Others aren't so sure that the status quo will change.
Cover StoryAs Memorial Day arrives, Americans plan 'chill' vacationsMore people are untethering from their electronic devices and frenetic lifestyles to take vacations this summer that revel in the pursuit of doing ... nothing.
