Disenfranchised minorities face voting difficulties due to a language barrier. With the upcoming elections on November 2, minorities will no doubt play a large role in determining which party occupies what seats in Congress. Nonetheless, for non-native English speakers, understanding the complicated processes at the polls may prove especially challenging with their lack of understanding…
DetailsU.S. employers are exploiting elderly women immigrants from India. Although Indians are the third-largest immigrant group residing in the United States as of June 2010, the American Dream is not in sight for these women. With limited language skills and unclear immigration statuses, these elderly women resort to supplying babysitting and housekeeping services for people…
DetailsPalisades Park, in North Jersey, will display the first U.S. memorial to women forced into slavery by Japanese during WWII on October 23rd, 2010. Hundreds of thousands Asian women, mostly Korean, were forced into sexual slavery by Japanese soldiers before and during WWII. The Japanese military established these brothels and lured and kidnapped women to…
DetailsMany people yesterday wore purple in honor of Spirit Day, in order to raise awareness for the recent teen LGBT suicides. There have been at least nine suicides in the last few weeks, as a result of anti-gay bullying. Various other projects have been started as well, including Dan Savage’s It Gets Better and the…
DetailsIt’s been raining. You might rush out of your apartment, forgetting that key object that’ll keep you dry: an umbrella. But if you’re like me, you don’t even own one. So what happens if you forget to bring it? It’s already too late to go back up to your apartment. You don’t want to have…
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