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related to improving the health
of immigrants in the United States.
This archive also contains news
of New Routes to Community Health
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in eight cities across the country.
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There is a movement afoot to organize domestic workers and improve their working conditions even as many face unemployment because of the weak economy. San... read more
Al Quinlan, president of Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research, talks about why prevention is one of the most popular elements of health reform.
When it comes... Visit website
Often, when immigrants or refugees resettle in the U.S. they tend to congregate in order to create their own mini-communities. While this gives them a... read more
La Colectiva de Mujeres (Women's Collective) in San Francisco has launched a media campaign unveiling striking posters, billboards, bus ads and postcards depicting domestic workers... read more
The Human Rights Watch International Film Festival in partnership with Adobe Youth Voices seeks youth-produced film, video and animated works on human rights issues made... read more
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to override a recent veto by Mayor Gavin Newsom and expand the city's controversial sanctuary policy.
The board... Visit website
The recent death of an immigrant who was detained at the Suffolk County House of Correction is a tragic display of the human rights crisis... Visit website
Sam Fulwood III discusses why immigration reform is becoming a major issue for faith groups and what they're doing about it. Visit website
With the Latino population set to triple by 2050, the already alarming number of cancer diagnoses in the Latino community could rise just as sharply,... Visit website
NASHVILLE — Toribio Jimenez says an asbestos removal company used a guest worker program to trap him in virtual servitude, then fired him when he... Visit website
One in seven Latina teens attempts suicide, according to the CDC.
Mother-daughter conflict drives many Latinas to the brink, psychologist Luis Zayas, a psychologist at... read more
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to bar law enforcement officials from handing juvenile illegal immigrants over to the federal government unless they... Visit website
Immigrants from mainland China have a relatively low assimilation rate into American society, ranking seventh out of 10 major immigrant countries, reports China Press. Visit website
A domestic worker recently settled a lawsuit against her employers for labor abuses. Her victory bolsters a growing domestic labor movement. Visit website
Luz Maria Diaz knew what happened to illegal immigrants at the Wake County jail. But her teenage daughters didn't.
So when the girls were arrested after... Visit website
Advocates for illegal immigrants hope to revive a reform debate that has been pushed aside by other priorities. Thousands of immigrants came to Capitol Hill... Visit website
On Staten Island, luckless immigrants who died long before Ellis Island began operating will be given new resting places. Visit website
A Walnut Creek real estate agent has been convicted in federal court of forced labor and other human trafficking crimes against a Peruvian nanny she... read more
Mallika Dutt examines the fundamental problem of the immigration reform debate. Can we bring back due process rights for non-citizens? Sandip Roy interviews the award... Visit website
Lowell, Massachusetts is a city that once thrived on textile mills in massive red brick factories. The mills have long since closed. Now, half the... Visit website
The discussion around health care reform has ramifications for immigrants, even legal permanent residents. How health care policy deals with immigrants will determine how successful... Visit website
Official figures provided by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission indicate that Asians have the lowest income in the fields of private industry, higher education and... Visit website
As the health-care reform debate takes shape in Congress, advocates worry that many Hispanics — who have the highest rate of uninsured of all ethnic... Visit website
“People who followed the Mediterranean diet, an eating regimen that is rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, fish and nuts, were less likely to develop... read more
Latinos Progresando welcomes you to join us at the 2009 Hecho en Chicago Festival where Teatro Americano will be performing their original production of "Fronteras... read more
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