APRIL 2024 MAGAZINE

A majority of Vietnamese came to the United States as refugees of war and without much money or resources available to them.  According to Wikipedia, mass Vietnamese immigration to the United States started in 1975, after the end of the Vietnam War. Early immigrants were refugee boat people, ...

“Success will only come with hard work, perseverance, and being resourceful.” --James SEXER Rodriguez

Making a living as an artist might seem unfeasible, but entrepreneur, James ‘SEXER’ Rodriguez, has managed to make art his life’s work. Born in Puerto Rico and raised in the South Bronx, he began dabbling in cartoons as a youngster, but by the age of ten he was exhibiting his work at Gimbel'...

We all want to make some kind of mark on the world, to leave something behind that shows that we were here and we mattered.  Few would argue about that.  The real issue is what kind of mark we want to make.  In recent years, young people have increasingly described that mark in monetary terms—so many want to be a millionaire, or a billionaire even.

Indeed some recent college polls asking students what matters more to them when...