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ByViji Sundaram SAN PABLO, Calif. – Without treatment to replace her failing kidneys, Olga knows she will die. The 37-year-old single mother is desperate to get a transplant so she can get well enough to nurture and provide for her three children again – something she hasn’t been able to…

Everybody can join the launch of a new report from the Center for Latin American and Latino Studies in Washington, D.C. Director Eric Hershberg and Dennis Stinchcomb will be presenting "Unaccompanied Migrant Children from Central America: Context, Causes, and Responses." Jayesh Rathod of Washington College of Law will also join them.…

  So there was Black Friday and today is Cyber Monday… Tomorrow is #Giving Tuesday, a day dedicated to giving back! There is no better deal! Be a Health Maker! There are more than 1,100 patients at La Clínica that are still uninsured and hundreds more who are underinsured. Meaning, many…

By Isaac Cohen* Once again, in three separate incidents, “too big to fail” banks have tested the limits of legality. The most recent scandal took place in London, in the over $5 trillion a day foreign exchange market. Two weeks ago, Citi, JPMorgan, UBS, RBS, HSBC and Bank of America,…

  By Desmond R. Barnes Some are the children of D.C. employees who got their good government jobs after then-Mayor Marion Barry opened opportunities for blacks. Others had their first work experience in his summer jobs program. Many grew up seeing him move around the city — chatting up young…

By Elizabeth Simpson NORFOLK, Va.--Diane Newlon is using weights and rubberized exercise bands at Old Dominion University to ward against a phenomenon that will afflict one in three people her age - 65 and older - every single year, at an average hospitalization cost of $34,000. This $30 billion-a-year medical…

  By Sunita Sohrabji Part 2 FREMONT, Calif.--While immigration-reform advocates welcomed President Obama’s executive actions this week and some provisions of Obamacare are helping many families, restrictions for both authorized and undocumented immigrants in the United States still leave many in need. That goes especially for elders who often come…

  By David Bearinger    Immigration and the Humanities Less than fifty years ago, in 1970, only one in every 100 people living in Virginia had been born outside the United States. In 2012, the figure was one in nine. Current estimates place the number of foreign-born Virginians at just…

250,000 to 450,000 Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers Likely Affected.   November 21, 2014 Washington, D.C. — The Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs (AFOP) applauds President Barack Obama for providing administrative relief from deportation for up to five million undocumented immigrants living in the United States.  It will also allow these…

  By Elena Shore   SAN FRANCISCO – Just before stepping out of the room to take a call with the White House, Mayor Ed Lee said he wanted San Francisco to be a model city in helping undocumented immigrants access administrative relief.   “I would like all cities to…