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Here you'll find archived news
related to improving the health
of immigrants in the United States.
This archive also contains news
of New Routes to Community Health
projects and partner organizations
in eight cities across the country.
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To improve outcomes and increase satisfaction among patients in a variety of settings, Anthony M. DiGioia, MD, medical director of the University of Pittsburgh Medical... read more
It was the first time students have directly risked deportation in an
effort to prompt Congress to take up a bill that would benefit illegal
immigrant youth.... read more
The boats are docked, the processing plants closed, and no one knows
when they will be up and running again. That means Louisiana’s
hardworking Vietnamese... read more
Thuong Nguyen, 50, lives on his shrimping boat in Venice, La., and cannot fish because of the oil spill. read more
PBS did a Q&A Interview with Father Eddy Eustache, a priest and psychologist in Haiti on the issues confronting mental health workers in Port Au... read more
From New York’s ethnic newspapers, items particular to their individual readership. In the past month, a Chinese newspaper looked at a debate swirling
around the name... read more
By Jesse McKinley in the New York Times. A provocative advertising campaign by
San Francisco Hep B Free aims to eradicate the disease with citywide
vaccinations against... read more
By the middle of the twenty-first century, non-Hispanic whites will comprise a numerical minority of the population. The U.S. will be a minority-majority. Challenges presented... read more
NYT Slideshow: Tens of thousands of demonstrators joined marches and rallies across
the country, calling on Congress to pass an immigration overhaul. read more
On May 1, protesters marched, hoping to add momentum to their call for Congress to act on an immigration overhaul. (By Julia Preston of the... read more
Help build an online database of cultural competence resources in health care. From Julia Puebla Fortier of DiversityRx:
The challenge: Tell the world about your favorite... read more
Interesting immigration stats from New America Media. Visit website
Americans of Vietnamese or Cambodian heritage are serving a Cajun dish, boiled crayfish, in cities around the country. But they do it their way. Visit website
You can glimpse the lives of Santa Fe youth in public art displays
around the city. The Academy for the Love of Learning created El Otro Lado (“the... read more
The Paley Center for Media & The Opportunity Agenda PresentImmigrants in America: A Hollywood PerspectiveWhat: A timely conversation with artists and activists on how arts,... read more
Immigration
has always polarized residents of Arizona, a major gateway for illegal
immigrants. But the new law signed by Gov. Jan Brewer on Friday has... read more
CUENCA, Ecuador, Apr 25 (IPS) - "There is
no reason why we poor people have to eat badly," says Ecuadorian farmer
Juan Anguisaca. "It's not true that... Visit website
Immigrant elders living in SRO hotels and subsidized apartments in the Tenderloin neighborhood of San Francisco managed to be counted in the decennial census, despite... Visit website
Indivisible, the first ever South Asian American anthology of poetry, held its national book launch at San Francisco's Book Smith. Visit website
Cities with thriving immigrant populations — with high-earning and lower-wage workers — tended to be those that prospered the most.
“Economic growth in urban areas has... read more
This April marks the 35th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War and the beginning of the Vietnamese exodus. Many boat people died trying... Visit website
The last speaker of a tribal language in India just died. For an Indian-American it raises issues about the role language plays in transmitting culture,... Visit website
For Women’s History Month, New America Media asked young people to describe the woman they look up to the most. Most pointed to women in... Visit website
Turning up the political heat for immigration reform, major Latino organizations plan to unveil today a voting score card that found that 40% of California... Visit website
The National Health Journalism Fellowships (deadline: May 12) and the Dennis A. Hunt Fund for Health Journalism (deadine: May 5) are open to print, broadcast,... read more
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