Ivan Moreno, Author at Greenfield Recorder

FILE - In this July 15, 2013, file photo, President Barack Obama, right, with former President George H. W. Bush, left, present the 5,000th Daily Point of Light Award to Floyd Hammer and Kathy Hamilton, center, from Union, Iowa, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Obama welcomed Bush to the White House in a salute to public service and to the drive for volunteerism that the 41st president inspired with his "thousand points of light" initiative more than two decades ago....

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Americans to begin saying farewell to Bush

by Darlene Superville Associated Press, and Ivan Moreno Associated PressDecember 2, 2018

WASHINGTON — Americans will begin saying goodbye to former President George H.W. Bush on Monday when his body arrives in Washington for public viewing in the Capitol Rotunda — a rare honor that will be bestowed on a man who earned the respect and…

FILE- In this Sept. 24, 2015, file photo a member of the clergy prays the rosary as he waits for Pope Francis to arrive at St. Patrick's Cathedral for evening prayer service in New York. Across the U.S., Catholics once faithful with their financial support to their churches are searching for ways to respond to the constant sex-abuse scandals that have tarnished the institution in which they believe, with back-to-back scandals in the past two months. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

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Catholics consider withholding donations amid scandals

by Ivan Moreno Associated Press, and Jeff Karoub Associated PressAugust 19, 2018

In this Oct. 3, 2017 photo Principal Alper Akyurek talks about his charter school, Milwaukee Math and Science Academy, in Milwaukee. Charters are over-represented among schools where minorities make up the vast majority of the student body, according to an analysis of enrollment data nationwide by The Associated Press. At the Milwaukee Math and Science Academy, more than 98 percent of the 335 students are African-American and nearly all qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Less than 20 percent of students score at state proficiency levels for reading and less than 25 percent do so for math. Akyurek acknowledges that the school has significant room to improve test scores, but so too do the neighborhood schools his students would be attending otherwise. (AP Photo/Ivan Moreno)

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US charter schools put growing numbers in racial isolation

by Ivan Moreno Associated Press, Larry Fenn Associated Press, and Michael Melia Associated PressDecember 3, 2017