Author Archives: chuy
Living in the Shadows: When a New Home Means a New Diet, Health Problems Arise
4 to 5,000 ethnically Bhutanese-Nepalese refugees call Pittsburgh home. Having migrated in the last six years, it’s a new population, one that is falling into an old immigrant paradox.
Living in the Shadows: A Heartbreaking Immigration System
Between 2008 and 2013, the office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Atlanta, which also covers North Carolina and South Carolina, deported 114.590 people and ranked seventh among jurisdictions with most expulsions. Experts said that most of the deportees have children.
Extension to unemployment benefits advances in the Senate
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New Socialist Seattle City Council member calls for citizenship for undocumented
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California gives first grants to DACA
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Temperatures drop in Mexico as children return to school
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Living in the Shadows: For Refugees Who Flee War-Torn Nations, Trauma Often Follows
When Claudine Mukankindi arrived in Pittsburgh in 2001, it was after surviving the Rwandan genocide, enduring countless acts of violence and loss of family. In her time in the U.S., she was diagnosed and treated for a slew of mental illnesses, among them post-traumatic stress disorder. Her last years were marked by hospital stays and court visits. She died of a heart attack in 2012.
Youth should turn toward the science of our ancestors: Rigoberta Menchú
Recently, the distinguished Guatemalan, Rigoberta Menchú, Nobel Peace Prize, spoke to indigenous organizers in Fresno, California, and their allies. Menchú spoke about recent triumphs and celebrated the beauty of indigenous languages, among other messages. Juana Gómez, host of La Hora Mixteca on Radio Bilingüe, interviewed the well-known defender of the rights of Native peoples.
Salinas Youth Create Radio Drama
A group of at-risk youth students from Rancho Cielo chose Radio Bilingue’s youth radio program Alza Tu Voz / Speak Out, to present their horror radio drama produced in collaboration CSU Monterey Bay Cinematography Department. A project to help students develop communication skills. Media Coverage on The Monterey Herald newspaper – read
Water at the center of debate over farmers’ well-being
(Español) After three years of drought in California, the battle for water heats up. In the most recent chapter of lawsuits, a judge decelerated federal restrictions on water for agriculture, imposed to protect salmon and other fish, and ordered more water for farmers in the Central Valley, where a large part of the fruits and vegetables in this country are grown. Agro-industry lobbyists have argued that the first people to benefit from more water will be unemployed farmworkers. Our reporter Farida Jhabvala Romero went to Mendota, where unemployment has passed 42 percent, and has this report.
