They go away promising to come back. They go away and send money. They visit, some of them. But many never return. And that is a tragedy and blessing. They continue sending money and building what once was their home. But their loss is felt. It is felt in terms of broken families, shattered families, [...]
Written by admin on August 26, 2009
http://preview.tinyurl.com/kqtzbb Say the government wants to give you some money. No strings attached. The only problem is the government has to know you exist. If you are not on its books, you don’t get the money. It goes elsewhere. Even if you need it badly. That is the simple reason why the Census is so [...]
Written by Stephen on August 23, 2009
In an issue of admirable resource and analysis, the Chicago Reporter looks at the state of nursing homes in the Chicago area. It’s piece on troubled nursing homes that serve elderly black residents deserves attention and follow-up from the newspapers, radio stations and online publications that reach Chicago’s black community. Here is a summary from [...]
Written by Stephen on August 19, 2009
Here is a story by Fabiola Pomareda of La Raza that takes a news event and puts it into a bigger context, that brings forward news resources to give the story a larger meaning and uses good writing and a sense of humanity to make it so readable and compelling CHICAGO, Ill. — Time seemed [...]
Written by admin on August 12, 2009
al Jazeera visits Postville, Iowa click here for the PBS video: The story of two villages in Guatemala and Iowa Here’s a compelling PBS video that brings home the power and brilliance of reporting across borders and the indelible links that exist between immigrant communities in the U.S. and the places where they have come [...]
Written by Stephen on August 12, 2009
What is it that immigrants desire once they arrive here, and what is it that they are lacking? In many cases, it is health care. In its recent survey of immigrant women, New America Media found that 30 percent of all immigrant women and 40 percent of all Latinas did not have any form of [...]
Written by admin on August 11, 2009
How do we tell stories about immigrants that are new and that still touch us? We tell them as humanely as possible. We tell them so that they reach deep down to values that cement our eyes and souls to what we are reading and hearing. This is THE story for the news media today [...]
Written by admin on August 9, 2009
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