Blacks had the largest unemployment drop among racial and ethnic groups in the second quarter of 2006, but many believe the drop has been caused by a lack of employment opportunities and the fact that a smaller number of Blacks are seeking jobs. more>

Blacks, women and working-class immigrants have traditionally spearheaded the battle to give non-citizen residents the right to vote. Now, advocates are urging Blacks to step up again and help push for the signing of the Voting Rights Restoration Act. more>

For $100 bucks, con artists lure elderly veterans to undergo medical examinations they don’t need and then scam Medicare for the tab. more>

Wanting to tap the potential spending power of millions of U.S. residents, Wells Fargo opens the door to borrowing to undocumented immigrants. more>

U.S. immigration law rules that any applicant found to be infected with a communicable disease of public health significance could be denied a visa. For Asian immigrants, who struggle with cultural and sexual biases, becoming a U.S. resident is next to impossible. more>

Luna, who works as a nanny in Manhattan, encouraged her cousins and friends to come to the United States before Congress approved the proposal. She thought that they, like millions of other immigrants without working documents, would benefit from being in the United States before its approval. more>

Immigrants arrive to the city with their dreams, and they make sure those dreams happen. The hardships experienced in the mainstream drive immigrants to excel. more>

The damage caused by language barriers in hospitals for immigrant families is dangerous and widespread. It's shocking that hospitals are treating patients everyday without being able to communicate with them. But hope dawned on Dec. 15 with the passage of a new bill on human services. more>

"If I file a discrimination suit or any work-related charges with a government agency, and I'm undocumented, can Bloomberg's Executive Order 34 be applied to me?" asked a Filipino waiter in Queens, who works in a restaurant for $2 an hour. more>

Filipino immigrants often crowd four or five or more to one basement room, to make rent and have enough money to send a little home. Housing advocates point to a lack of affordable housing in a city known for sky-rocketing rents. They hold the city government responsible for the “rat-hole” conditions immigrants live in. more>

Watching her son go off to war, a Filipino-American mom feels proud―and scared. more>

The search for an interweaving link between cultural heritage and identity led Filipino-American youth to create a massive mural project, now on display at the Jersey City Museum. more>