By George Joseph, THE CITY The fate of 302 Berriman Street, a pink, two-family home in East New York, Brooklyn, was decided on in a matter of minutes. On a drizzly March morning, a dozen people, mostly men in black rain coats, huddled together on the steps of Brooklyn’s Supreme Court building, shouting out their […]
March 24, 2022 — The Health Department today released a new summary of data on Tuberculosis (TB) cases in New York City (PDF) in recognition of World TB Day. New data show a 5% decrease in the number of people diagnosed with TB since 2019 [530 diagnosed with TB in 2021 compared to 566 in 2019]. In 2021, […]
New York, NY – August 17, 2021: Few dozens of DACA recipients rally on Foley Square demanding citizenship now for all undocumented immigrants. (Shutterstock) By Manuel Holgin Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) held a hearing titled, “Removing Barriers to Legal Migration to Strengthen our Communities and Economy.” The hearing was held to discuss how our current […]
Representative from district’s democratic senators speak at a rally to protest former President Donald Trump’s decision to end DACA in Downtown Portland, Oregon, on September 5th, 2017. (Shutterstock) By America’s Voice As European countries and other nations around the world receive, with open arms, Ukrainian refugees fleeing from the bloody Russian invasion, in this part […]
By Steven Almazán, Civil Rights As a former graduate of Early Head Start and Head Start programs in Boyle Heights, a neighborhood on the eastside of Los Angeles, I know the tremendous benefits that early childhood education programs had on myself and my family, particularly my mother who immigrated to the United States from México. […]
By Stacy Potts, The Conversation I don a gown, gloves and a mask to enter the hospital room of a new mother who is sick with COVID-19. She lies in bed, exhausted between coughing spells; her day-old infant rests comfortably across the room. She contracted COVID-19 the week before her due date and was hospitalized […]
New American citizens swear in at the SPIFFS 38th annual folk fair at Venoy Park in St. Petersburg, Florida on November 3, 2012. (Shutterstock) By Leani Garcia Torres, Immigration Impact The path toward commonsense federal immigration solutions seems to be continuing the cyclical and frustrating pattern of two steps forward, one step back. As soon […]
Kabul, Afghanistan, August 1, 2021. Refugee children after the collapse of the country in August 2021 by the Taliban in the North of the country. (Shutterstock) By Raul Pinto, Immigration Impact The withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan in August 2021—as the country’s government was overtaken by the Taliban—led to the chaotic evacuation of thousands […]
New York, NY – August 17, 2021: Few dozens of DACA recipients rally on Foley Square demanding citizenship now for all undocumented immigrants (Shutterstock) Currently, 154,000 immigrant New Yorkers, many of whom are low income, have few, if any health insurance options. They cannot qualify for Medicaid, the current Essential Plan, or subsidized Qualified Health […]
By Linda Nwoke Several misconceptions exist on the issue of violence against women. However, key facts about violence against women are that it can be physical, psychological, or sexual and takes place in private and public spaces like the victims’ homes, the streets, or during the war. Secondly, violence against women and girls is a […]