Why 1 Million American Kids Could Lose Access to Health Insurance
Leave your thoughtsThis feature was written in partnership with Providence St. Joseph Health. In September, a peculiar thing started happening at the…
Category: Health Justice & Access
Trump’s Public-Charge Rule Is a One-Two Punch Against Immigrants and Public Assistance
Leave your thoughtsFor several years, Arelii, a thirty-four-year-old Mexican mother of two who lives in Queens, had a routine. On the ninth…
Trump administration reportedly plans to limit citizenship for millions of legal immigrants, outraging advocates
Leave your thoughtsImmigration advocates expressed outrage Tuesday amid reports the Trump administration plans to make it all but impossible for legal immigrants…
SNAP Benefits Are Important to Young People in the United States
Leave your thoughtsIn this op-ed, writer Kim Kelly explains how young people in the United States rely on benefits provided by the…
Health department zooms in on Latino health
Leave your thoughtsLatinos in New York City are less likely to have health insurance than other city residents, with 22% lacking coverage…
Health + Hospitals rolls out children’s asthma program
Leave your thoughtsNYC Health + Hospitals is expanding a care-management program to help children who suffer frequent or severe asthma attacks. Through…
8 Ways to Move the Food Movement Forward in the Age of Trump
Leave your thoughtsIn the four months since Trump took office, many of our fears have come true. Spiking deportation activities have scared farmworkers out…
Make the Road New York: NYC Food Based Community Organization Spotlight
Leave your thoughtsWhat they do: Make the Road New York (MRNY) is the largest participatory immigrant organization in New York with 20,000+ members.…
Fracasa plan de salud de Donald Trump
Leave your thoughtsEl “Obamacare” sigue vigente por ahora, lo que representa un gran alivio para los hispanos en Nueva York. Para ver…
Health care advocates applaud Donovan’s plan to vote ‘no’ on ACA repeal
Leave your thoughtsSTATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – When local health care professionals sat with Rep. Daniel Donovan at a roundtable a week and…