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A Guest Worker Program That Works?
KJZZ's Tony Ganzer continues his look into Germany's guest worker program from the 1960s and 70s, as he tries to find clues of what may be ahead if a similar program is instituted in the US. Ganzer finds some experts say Germany is still having a rough time with guest workers, and the US may not have it any easier.
( Sep 26, 2008 )

Foreign Funding for Foreign Languages
Though many students are exposed to foreign languages in high school, some parents want their children speaking second languages earlier in life. For that, many turn to private immersion schools. KJZZ's Tony Ganzer reports on one such school in Tucson that has caught the attention, and funding, of the German government.
( Sep 25, 2008 )

A Generation After Guest Workers
As a the US debate on immigration reform and a new guest worker program is stalled, KJZZ's Tony Ganzer is looking at Germany's guest worker past. He reports that decades after the programs were enacted some immigrants and their children are still having a hard time getting along, in both their new and old countries.
( Sep 9, 2008 )

A Wild West-Inspired Germany
Arizona's a choice spot for tourists from many parts of the globe--the Grand Canyon alone is visited by nearly 5 million people a year. But some Germans in Dresden enjoy Arizona for a different reason. KJZZ'S Tony Ganzer reports on how this Arizona Club is using the American Wild West for inspiration.
( Sep 9, 2008 )

Flying toward the Cockpit
In January KJZZ brought the story of a flight school in Goodyear, where German pilots get their wings. KJZZ's Tony Ganzer met with some of the students as they continue their training in Bremen, Germany.
( Aug 28, 2008 )

Globalizing the Air Industry...more
As with any industry, the airline business has had some rough times. But two different players in the industry are making moves to fend off unwanted turbulence. KJZZ's Tony Ganzer reports from Frankfurt, Germany.
( Aug 18, 2008 )

Arizona's Military Service: Landstuhl
As the United States continues its military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, it is also still supporting the wounded soldiers, and the families of those soldiers left behind. In Western Germany the Landstuhl regional medical center is the largest U.S, medical facility outside the U.S. and is for giving care to both U.S. and coalition forces, as well as their families. KJZZ's Tony Ganzer visited Landstuhl, and brings the voices of three Arizonans in the military medical system, with very different stories.
( Aug 14, 2008 )

Transatlantic Immigration Lessons
KJZZ's Tony Ganzer begins an occasional series from Germany as part of the Arthur Burns journalism fellowship, where he'll tell stories that compare immigration issues on each side of the Atlantic. Germany is now coping with the results of a massive guest worker program from the 60s and 70s, which brought Turkish and other minority workers into the country during the "economic miracle." Some of the lessons of that program, may influence current attempts at immigration reform in the U.S. In this first installment, Ganzer tells why one Phoenix man's past experience with immigration issues in Europe influenced his sometimes heated future.
( Aug 7, 2008 )

Beate's Cafe: Stranded in Leutenbach
Though immigration in Arizona brings to mind drop houses, drug smugglers and deaths in the desert, a German couple has experienced a different immigration reality. KJZZ's Tony Ganzer gives an overview of their case.
( Jun 20, 2008 )

Shelter: No more sex offenders
Central Arizona Shelter Services, CASS, will no longer shelter sex offenders at its Phoenix campus, hoping to prompt a community discussion on how to better manage the homeless population. CASS says it just doesn't have the resources to continue as it has. KJZZ's Tony Ganzer reports.
( Jun 17, 2008 )

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