Immigrants Terrorized… Muslims Banned… Kennedy Resigns…Why People Must Stand Up Now
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If things continue on the current trajectory, Donald Trump will now be free to cement in place a fully fascist Supreme Court for decades to come.
Immigration
Female Immigrants, Younger and Older, Help Keep All Families Healthier
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Whether it’s working as a personal care aide or helping to look after their own families, we must recognize the valuable role immigrants play as caretakers as the heated debate around immigration policies continues.
Immigration
Families Fractured by Immigration Need Reform, Regrouping More Than Ever
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In his remaining months in office Obama is unlikely to remedy the setback the U.S. Supreme Court recently inflicted on millions of Americans and their immigrant families. But the fight isn’t over.
Caretakers
Aging Immigrants Often Work as Unpaid Caretakers
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If you reach retirement age without any Social Security checks to keep you going, it often means you just keep on doing the same unpaid or low-wage work. “These women are an invisible population,” says the leader of an advocacy group.
Immigration
Filipino Families Struggle With Motherhood Exodus
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Being both mother and father to the children is difficult, says an unemployed man whose wife works as a domestic helper in Dubai. The feminization of migration leaves more families affected by what one researcher calls the commodification of motherhood.
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French Muslims Confront Menace Beneath Ban of Veil
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For generations France made little effort to include newcomers from its former colonies in North Africa, say critics. Now, two recent bans against religious veiling put French Muslim girls and women at the center of the country’s simmering immigration debate.
Turkey
Female Photographers Adjust Turkey’s Viewfinder
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With their cameras and their galleries, women are helping to build appreciation for a still-marginal art form in Turkey. Along the way, they are also bringing visibility to women’s issues and history.
Turkey
Influx of Syrian Women Frays Turkey’s Welcome Mat
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As official “guests” in Turkey women trained as pharmacists and lawyers cannot find comparable employment. For less-educated, rural women, the conditions can be deplorable.
Turkey
Kurdish Women in Turkey Weigh Presidential Stakes
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For these urban transplants, the symbolic candidate Selahattin Demirtas is best. But Erdogan is also courting them with the possibility of a ceasefire and peace.
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Immigration Raids Spawn Organized Push-Back
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Migrant advocates are trying to counter what they see as an uptick in raids and deportations that break up families and leave women with particular burdens.