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Gig work is the new Ellis Island for immigrants looking for work. But many drivers feel trapped in the long hours and low pay.
Business Insider spoke to a dozen recent immigrants who rely heavily on driving for Uber and Lyft t…
Noah Sheidlower
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An 116-year-old boat that served in World War I before ferrying passengers to Ellis Island now has rooms available for rent take a look inside the quirky home
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Elana Klein
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'We are this generation's Ellis Island': 45,000 Afghans housed at US Army bases are still waiting to be resettled
There are also about another 26,000 applications from Afghans who are looking to enter the US waiti…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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I toured two Ellis Island hospitals that have been abandoned for 65 years. Here's what they're like inside.
In the fall of 2019, I gained access to the hospitals through a special hard hat tour operated by S…
Frank Olito
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Ulta Beauty lands new partnership with Rihanna. Diversity is the key ingredient to the company's success, according to CEO.
In addition to growing its online strategy after stores were closed due to the pandemic, investing …
Marguerite Ward
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A local's ultimate guide to visiting Providence, Rhode Island
A Providence local who's lived in the city for a year shares what to know before you go, the best p…
Liv Pasquarelli
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I toured Ellis Island's eerie abandoned hospital - take a look inside
Beginning in 1924, the complex served as a psychiatric hospital for soldiers. It was later turned i…
Leanna Garfield
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Incredible colorized photographs show the immigrants who passed through Ellis Island 100 years ago
One amateur photographer by the name of Augustus Sherman, who served as Ellis Island's chief r…
Sarah Jacobs
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Incredible colorized photographs show the immigrants who passed through Ellis Island 100 years ago
One amateur photographer by the name of Augustus Sherman, who served as Ellis Island's chief r…
Sarah Jacobs
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It's really easy to see the creepy, abandoned hospital on Ellis Island - and most people have no clue
I didn't think about returning until recently, when a friend mentioned the Ellis Island hard hat to…
Julie Zeveloff
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What Ellis Island Looked Like To Millions Of Immigrants In Its Heyday
That was followed by the Immigration Act of 1924, which further limited admissions to 2% of each na…
Corey Adwar
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Louis Vuitton unveiled a $1,366 'Jamaican Stripe Jumper' inspired by the island's flag, but the pullover features the wrong colors
Louis Vuitton faced backlash on social media after selling $1,300 sweater inspired by Jamaica's nat…
Lauren Edmonds
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24 photos that show what it's like to be at Budapest's 'Island of Freedom'
This year's musical headliners ranged from Kings of Leon to Ellie Goulding to world-class…
Brittany Fowler
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T20 WC: Rain lashes out in St Lucia threatening high stakes India-Australia clash
Dark clouds covered the island as it received rainfall ahead of the high-stakes clash between India…
ANI
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The US needs immigrants to fill jobs, but can't house them. Nowhere makes this more clear than New York City.
As the US handles an uptick in asylum-seekers, pressure is mounting to solve the housing crisis.
Eliza Relman
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Airport blunder leads to Frontier Airlines passenger being flown to a foreign country 900 miles away with no passport
A New Jersey woman was flown from Philadelphia to Jamaica instead of to Jacksonville, Florida, afte…
Bethany Dawson
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Biden will join striking auto workers on the picket line in Detroit — the first time a sitting US president has done so
President Joe Biden will travel to Detroit to picket with United Auto Workers. Though union leaders…
Associated Press
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The forgotten story of the Titanic's Chinese survivors, who were turned away from the US and vilified in the media
Due to the Chinese Exclusion Act, the survivors were deported once they arrived in the US, undersco…
Isaiah Reynolds
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New US Navy video clearly shows Chinese warship cutting off a US destroyer during 'unsafe' encounter in the Taiwan Strait
China called the US presence in international waters a 'provocation.' The incident follows another …
Ryan Pickrell
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In 1916, the US began forcing Mexicans crossing the southern border to take kerosene baths. That tactic was later studied by the Nazis.
US officials feared that Mexicans were bringing diseases, such as typhus and tuberculosis, into the…