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In 2024, All Immigrants in California May Qualify for Medicaid
By Bernard J. Wolfson Milagro, a Peruvian immigrant in Riverside County, California, has had spotty access to health care in the two decades she’s been in this country. The 48-year-old, who works as the office manager at a nonprofit, can get emergency care through a narrow set of benefits the
California Says It Can No Longer Afford Aid for Covid Testing & Vaccinations for Migrants
by Don Thompson All day and sometimes into the night, buses and vans pull up to three state-funded medical screening centers near California’s southern border with Mexico. Federal immigration officers unload migrants predominantly from Brazil, Cuba, Colombia, and Peru, most of whom await asylum hearings in the United States. Once
The KQED & Noise Pop Festival Looks Awesome
When two wonderful SF institutions get together to throw a block party it’s a great reason to get excited. KQED has teamed up with Noise Pop and is blocking off the streets in front of its storied SF headquarters and opening up its doors for an all-day, live music-infused, street
Most of San Francisco’s Immigrants Come From These Countries
Stacker compiled a list of the most common countries of origin for immigrants in San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area using data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Trump Changes H-1B Visa Rules to Favor ‘Fashion Models’
The most bizarre sentence you will ever read on a federal government website currently sits on the US Department of Labor’s page for the H-1B visa program, a visa that is most commonly used for medical doctors and computer engineers. But under the Trump administration, the rules have been rewritten
Tucker Carlson Is a Prophet…for White Supremacists
Don’t worry, folks. Nothing to see here. Everything is all good – just fine and dandy. Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson says there is no white supremacy problem in the United States – like the whole Russia thing, the issue of people espousing white supremacist ideology and terrorizing communities is
Reclaiming Patriotism in Today’s America
As a teenager, I had an American flag bandanna I’d wear on my head – not for any particular ideological reason, I just liked it. My grandmother, on the other hand, was not a fan. “If your grandfather could see you now, he’d roll over in his grave.” My grandfather,
Wayfair is Furnishing Child Detention Centers, so Let’s Boycott Them
Wayfair, you’ve got just what I…nope! Last week, Wayfair employees caught on to the fact their bosses were in bed with BCFS, a “nonprofit” operating migrant detention centers for Department of Health and Human Services with plans to open another facility in Corrizo Springs, Texas. The furniture giant gladly accepted
Bissap Baobab Owner Arrested in Trump Crackdown on Legal Immigrants
OFF MENU IS SPONSORED BY EMPEROR NORTON’S BOOZELAND THE TENDERLOIN’S NEWEST HISTORIC DIVE. HAPPY HOUR NOON – 7PM Update: The Marco Senghor Legal Defense Fund GoFundMe is now online and taking donations. The man who founded the Mission District cult-hit Senegalese restaurant Bissap Baobab is the latest victim of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration