The Office of the Attorney General has announced it has recovered $90,000 in stolen and unpaid wages for more than a dozen former employees of a commercial dry cleaner in Astoria, Queens known as Enterprise Cleaner. A press statement says Enterprise failed to pay its employees minimum wage, failed to pay the proper overtime rate, failed […]
The immigrant population in the United States is highly diverse in its origins, characteristics and outcomes after arrival. While research has long demonstrated strong upward mobility for immigrants overall, both over time and generations, the challenges of starting over in a new country can leave some with relatively low incomes and economic hardship. The Washington […]
Former members of Katipunan ng mga Demokratikong Pilipino (KDP), have launched a website dedicated to documenting the work of the national activist organization of Filipinos in the U.S. that brought together progressive and militant elements of the community in the 1970s and 1980s. Published by KDP Legacy, a non-profit organization based in San Francisco, KDPLegacy.org “tells […]
Immigration and human rights lawyer Licelle Cobrador has been named one of 10 Maryknoll/Miriam Amazing Alumni Achievers for 2022, the youngest-ever awardee in the Triple A’s 21-year history. The Triple A Award created in 2001 honors alumni who have made “perceptible impact on the lives of people despite obstacles and adversity,” according to the school’s […]
The FBI is investigating individuals associated with a church called the Kingdom of Jesus Christ and a related charitable organization known as the Children’s Joy Foundation. The agency has issued a warrant poster for KOJC founder Apollo Quiboloy, and two of his trusted officers, Teresita Dandan and Helen Panilag. In its website, the FBI laid out the alleged criminal violations […]
By Rowena Cruz I love this picture of my mother. This was taken in February 1977 as she boarded a Korean Air Lines flight from Manila to San Francisco. She left behind her husband and three young children in the Philippines to build a life for us in this country. She worked hard, saved, and […]
By Loida Nicolas Lewis The life story of Reagan John Rada fits a line in the comma poems of Jose Garcia Villa: “peaks, and, precipices, my, proud, geography”. Born in Panganiban, Camarines Norte to Romeo and Milagros Rada, he was the youngest of seven children — six boys and one girl. His parents adopted an […]
The U.S. Census Bureau released on August 12 additional 2020 Census results showing an increase in the population of U.S. metro areas compared to a decade ago. In addition, these once-a-decade results showed the nation’s diversity in how people identify their race and ethnicity. “We are excited to reach this milestone of delivering the first detailed statistics […]
The NYC Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs (MOIA) has released its fourth Annual Report, “State of Our Immigrant City.” Major new findings include: · The poverty rate among immigrant New Yorkers is higher than for New Yorkers born in the United States. Further, the poverty rate for undocumented immigrants is 29.2 percent, higher than the 27.1 percent […]