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04/10/2008

When an art project in rural Tennessee combines the visions of youth -- local teenagers and the children of migrant workers -- everybody's the wiser. 

Hispanic Americans are less likely to vote than are Blacks, Asians, and non-Hispanic Whites, largely because they haven't registered. Two North Carolina groups are trying to change that in the state's rural eastern counties.
There are too few doctors nationwide, but lower wages and heavier workloads-- also, more burdensome regulations for foreign-born physicians -- have made the shortages in rural communities dire.
To the small towns of Northeast Texas, Cambodian families bring a sticky niche business. Set your alarm and work up an appetite.
Jackson, Wyoming, and Worthington, Minnesota, are two rural "sanctuary cities." Both depend on immigrant workers to make their economies go.

