Fortune 500 Companies with Immigrant Roots Generated More Money Than the GDP of Most Western Nations

By Steven Hubbard | Aug 29, 2023 Editorial credit: Primakov / Shutterstock.com When Fortune released this year’s Fortune 500 list—the magazine’s iconic ranking of the year’s top-grossing American companies—one fact remained unchanged from previous years: the profound role that immigrants and their children have played in establishing many of this country’s most successful and influential companies. Research by the […]

The economic benefits of work permits

The economic benefits of work permits

Editorial credit: Mircea Moira / Shutterstock.com By Maribel Hastings The Spanish-language media coverage of the refugee crisis in New York reveals a common denominator among immigrants: they want to work. As people seeking asylum, they wait six months, at a minimum, to be eligible to apply for a work permit. In some cases, the wait […]

Although unemployment has fallen in New York City, the last year has seen a sharp divergence in White and Black unemployment rates

Although unemployment has fallen in New York City, the last year has seen a sharp divergence in White and Black unemployment rates

By Emily Mella Pablo and James A. Parrott // centernyc.org New York City’s unemployment rate for the first quarter of this year (January-March) fell to 5.3 percent, down from 6.4 percent in the first quarter of 2022. The city continues to lag national performance, with the overall U.S. unemployment rate for the latest quarter clocking […]

Amid a Severe Shortage of Home Health Aides, Immigrants Help Care for Our Seniors

Amid a Severe Shortage of Home Health Aides, Immigrants Help Care for Our Seniors

The United States will need to fill nearly three-quarters of a million open jobs for home health and personal care aides every year through 2031. Currently, immigrant workers fill these jobs in outsized numbers. Without more workers joining the workforce, the drastic shortage of aides could leave millions of Americans without the ability to remain […]

City to Offer Alternative Summer Career Program Open to Undocumented Youth

City to Offer Alternative Summer Career Program Open to Undocumented Youth

The city will offer a work-readiness training program this summer open to undocumented youth, City Limits has learned—answering calls from advocates and lawmakers who’ve been pushing for an alternative to the popular Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP), for which undocumented students aren’t eligible. The city will offer a work-readiness training program this summer open to […]

Black Immigrants in the United States: Population, Spending Power, and Political Capital

Black Immigrants in the United States: Population, Spending Power, and Political Capital

Black immigrants make up a vital part of America’s rich cultural life. Think of authors Chinua Achebe and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie; musicians Miriam Makeba and Wyclef Jean; comedian Trevor Noah; activist Marcus Garvey; NBA hall of famer and philanthropist Dikembe Mutombo—to name but a very few. For generations across the United States, Black immigrants have […]

Big Business Must Stop Taking Big Tobacco Money

Big Business Must Stop Taking Big Tobacco Money

By Dr. Phillip Gardiner It’s hard to believe that with the amount of damage that the tobacco industry has inflicted on the Black community, that there are still Black organizations accepting their funding. By doing so, these Black organizations enable the tobacco industry to portray themselves as allies to our community. They help silence our […]