A recent poll by WGNTV and the Chicago Tribune found that views on immigration law and undocumented immigrants differed between city dwellers and suburban residents. But a vast majority nonetheless want reform.
Continue Reading ››Chinese community groups are demanding better outreach from San Francisco officials as the city works to implement a single card useable on all public transit systems.
Continue Reading ››Years after community organizations alleged that Road Home’s method of calculating grants discriminated against blacks, a federal judge has ruled in agreement. However, it may be too little, too late.
Continue Reading ››Immigration policy has become the political football of the day. But an advocate for immigrants’ rights in Mississippi says the frenzy has been driven by misleading media images.
Continue Reading ››For the last year, protestors have demonstrated in front of Publix Market stores around Florida. But the grocery giant maintains its position that ensuring a living wage for farm-workers is not their responsibility.
Continue Reading ››A community agency’s report slamming the environmental record of two major California oil companies has attracted attention from high-profile supporters.
Continue Reading ››Watching the mounting pressure on politicians to pass laws cracking down on the undocumented, advocacy groups are working to register new voters for the November elections.
Continue Reading ››Immigration advocates are holding meetings to educate undocumented workers about their rights in the face of increased fears about deportation.
Continue Reading ››A blogger from Britain speaks with constituents on both sides of the immigration debate and finds that in their discontent they share much.
Continue Reading ››The prospect of $10 million has several Chicago organizers putting plans together to offer new ideas to improve blighted neighborhoods.
Continue Reading ››An immigrant woman now helps others navigate intolerance. Along the way, Someireh Amirfaiz has built a community center serving 18,000 people with ESL classes, employment aid, domestic-violence counseling and senior programs.
Continue Reading ››Those who work in the Texas colonias say the presence of Border Patrol officers has increased since the implementation of Arizona’s controversial immigration law, SB 1070.
Continue Reading ››An agency dedicated to improving life for San Francisco’s Chinese community has purchased an abandoned downtown building with plans to open it to dozens of low-income families.
Continue Reading ››From restaurants to real estate, Arizona business owners say they are seeing economic fallout from the state’s new anti-immigrant law, and advocates for the undocumented, watching as immigrants flee, aren’t surprised.
Continue Reading ››A community group has convened four neighborhood meetings to involve residents in decisions about spending federal aid dollars .
Continue Reading ››A successful weight loss challenge between women in neighboring towns gains popularity, inspiring requests for new competitions.
Continue Reading ››Community health centers are teaming up with law offices to provide a constellation of services aiding the poor in Brownsville, Tex.
Continue Reading ››In the years since Hurricane Katrina, the leader of a fair housing group has found rampant discrimination against African-Americans, and he has filed numerous lawsuits to address the problem.
Continue Reading ››A grassroots group releases its yearlong study of results from a federal program to stave off foreclosures. Its conclusion: More transparency needed.
Continue Reading ››An unknown assailant shot 15 rounds of fire at a house dedicated to pro-immigrant activism, severely injuring a 23-year-old man.
Continue Reading ››U.S. District Court Judge Susan Bolton hears arguments for and against Arizona’s controversial immigration law as opponents push for an injunction.
Continue Reading ››While many low-income children get meals during school, summertime poses a problem. A food policy specialist says neither of two bills now working through Congress address the issue of child nutrition year round.
Continue Reading ››Business groups, environmentalists, and the government united to plan the development of Chula Vista – expected to become one of the nation’s ‘greenest’ cities.
Continue Reading ››Domestics, day laborers, restaurant workers, taxi drivers, fruit-pickers and other workers historically left out of the U.S. Labor movement are now pushing to be counted.
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