More low-income residents are moving into the traditionally Latino neighborhood. Nonprofits have stepped up, but more services are needed. Bloomberg CityLabMarch 3, 2023 In the lobby of a public housing […]
Even a short trip to the grocery store or visiting a local center with hot-meal services can mean racist harassment – or worse. Bloomberg February 1, 2022 By Amy Yee @amyyeewrites […]
Community groups hope to improve the canopy in minority neighborhoods through education and outreach. Bloomberg Businessweek October 28, 2021 Trees beautify neighborhoods, provide shade, and help combat sometimes deadly heat […]
Bloomberg News By Amy Yee and Fola Akinnibi January 19, 2022 Killing highlights the mayor’s struggle to address crime, mental health challenges, and rising violence against the Asian community amyyeewrites […]
Applications for half of the landmark $2.1 billion fund have already been approved Bloomberg September 23, 2021 Thousands of undocumented immigrants who lost their jobs working as cooks, delivery workers, day laborers, nannies […]
Better data can spotlight social problems and identify those in need. Bloomberg Businessweek August 17, 2021 The popular perception of Asian Americans is that they are “doing well” in terms […]
Scientific American Funders and peer reviewers are contributing to systemic racism through their biases about members of these populationsJuly 8, 2021 GO TO ARTICLE For instance, the Midwest Longitudinal Study […]
Along with Pacific Islanders, they suffer from disproportionately high death rates and hospitalizations and low testing—but their suffering remains invisible Scientific American May 6, 2021 Headlines, health experts and policy […]
Scientific American March 2, 2021 Statistics suggest they are—but numbers often don’t include the most vulnerable with limited English Like many low-wage restaurant workers in Boston, Su Hua Mei and […]
Washington Post February 19, 2020 About two years ago in northern Uganda, I watched anxiously as an endangered pangolin was released into a protected forest. Wildlife authorities and conservationists had […]
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