Undocumented Immigrants Scared to Seek Free Health Care
New York health officials say that a large number of undocumented immigrants fear going to city health centers and instead rely on an illegal network of doctors and traditional faith healers.
New York health officials say that a large number of undocumented immigrants fear going to city health centers and instead rely on an illegal network of doctors and traditional faith healers.
usatoday.com | Emily Bazar | Posted 11.30.2009 | Business
Growing ranks of U.S. citizens are heading to street corners and home improvement store parking lots to find day-labor work usually done by illegal im...
Benedict Moran | Posted 11.13.2009 | New York
Activists are afraid that low participation will further cut services in the borough. Queens is especially tricky due to its high number of undocumented workers scared of deportation.
Shannyn Moore | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics
I spent a lot of time in a small Alaskan church. I'm glad I did. It helps me interpret Palin's evangelical dog whistles, such as her typical and predictable response to the House health care bill.
ABC News | Posted 11.05.2009 | World
The 78 Sri Lankans aboard the Oceanic Viking in port in Indonesia have declared that their "final decision" is to remain on the Australian ship. ...
Wall Street Journal | JANET ADAMY | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics
Republicans are preparing to unveil their own health bill in the next few days. Minority Leader John Boehner (R., Ohio) said Monday that the plan woul...
Posted 10.23.2009 | Green
The Environmental Investigation Agency went undercover in China to reveal these startling photos of traders selling tiger skins. Take a look at what...
washingtonpost.com | William Booth | Posted 10.22.2009 | World
MEXICO CITY -- Gustavo de la Rosa looks over his shoulder, notes suspicious license plates, changes his routine. As one of the most prominent human ri...
Dawn Teo | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics
During a heated debate between CNN anchor Rick Sanchez and Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Sanchez compared Arpaio to "Bull Connor," accusing him of violating the US Constitution and seeking publicity.
Miguel Guadalupe | Posted 10.16.2009 | New York
Republican Senators have proposed to require all those who fill out census surveys to affirm their citizenship. That may be the final nail in the coffin of the GOP/Latino relationship.
AP | JENNIFER PELTZ | Posted 10.16.2009 | New York
NEW YORK — A convicted bigamist posing as a veteran immigration lawyer scammed thousands of dollars from Guyanese immigrants and gave them advic...
Arturo Perez | Posted 10.14.2009 | Media
I decided to start writing to Dobbs, pointing out his many errors, and the danger his words could cause. I don't know how many emails I wrote, but needless to say, he never wrote me back.
Stewart Nusbaumer | Posted 12.02.2009 | New York
What we do not see, do not hear about, never even think about, are the families of Mexican immigrant men left behind in Mexico.
Sam Sedaei | Posted 11.30.2009 | Politics
If we truly want to address the issue of high health care costs and lack of access, we must address the impact that illegal immigration has on the system.
Vanessa Carmichael | Posted 11.28.2009 | Politics
Color discrimination is undeniably widespread in Latin America. How has this caste system gone on for so long without acknowledgment from the international media or the US government?
Vanessa Carmichael | Posted 11.26.2009 | Politics
Shame these outraged citizens weren't taking it to the streets during the Iraq War. We could have used their righteous indignation when Rumsfeld threw millions of Saddam's money at militants.
Richard M. Benjamin | Posted 11.25.2009 | Politics
Sparkman's workaday life and violent death -- whatever the cause and whoever the culprit -- highlight the precarious struggles of the white working class and the brewing storm surrounding the 2010 Census.
The Plum Line | Greg Sargent | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics
Wow, this is cause for cautious optimism: Buried in a new Bloomberg poll is evidence that solid majorities dismiss all the leading right wing health c...
washingtonpost.com | Spencer S. Hsu | Posted 11.15.2009 | World
As Congress's debate over health-care legislation lumbers toward a defining test for the Obama presidency, partisans on both sides of another issue --...
The Huffington Post | Elyse Siegel | Posted 11.14.2009 | Politics
In an appearance on Newsmax TV last Friday, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) expressed support for Rep. Joe Wilson in his "outburst" during President O...
Cindy Handler | Posted 11.14.2009 | Politics
What do Kanye West, Serena Williams and a formerly obscure congressman from South Carolina have in common?
James Heffernan | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics
Handicappers who rate this episode a win for Obama overlook the fact that what the president said should have been false. If your parents are illegal, says the bill, we don't care how sick you get, or even if you die.
Open Congress | Donny Shaw | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics
On Wednesday night, Rep. Joe Wilson [R, SC-2], shouted "You lie!" at President Obama when he said that the healthcare bill would not cover illegal imm...
Beau Friedlander | Posted 11.11.2009 | Media
We're spending too much time thinking about Wilson, and not enough time discussing how absurd it is that Obama and this Democratic majority can't push through a strong public option.
Reporters Uncensored | Posted 11.09.2009 | World
Most immigrants in Russia come from Central Asian countries, where the money they send home accounts for nearly 10% of the country's GDP. But as new populations form enclaves, ethnic Russians have backlashed violently.
Benedict Moran | Posted 12.02.2009 | New York