Washington D.C. HIV/AIDS infection rate hits 3%
A new report funded by the Center for Disease Control says the rate of HIV/AIDS infection in Washington D.C. has hit three percent. The rate is higher than in many West African countries and comes as a...
View ArticleFinding Opportunities for Undocumented Students
Immigration reform has been a hot button topic in this campaign cycle — but for all the talk, there hasn’t been much real action. As the government stalls on immigration reform, many private citizens...
View ArticleRomney Makes Appeal to Latino Voters
During primary season, Mitt Romney characterized his immigration policy as one of "self-deportation." This hard-line stance on immigration affected his standing with Latino voters: in most polls,...
View Article'Documented': Jose Antonio Vargas's Immigration Story
In 1993, Jose Antonio Vargas boarded a plane in the Philippines with a man who claimed to be his uncle. Then just 12 years old, Vargas waved farewell to his mother and soon landed in the United States,...
View ArticleThe Dreams of the Undocumented Community
Fifty years ago this week, 250,000 people converged on Washington, D.C. for the March on Washington. At The Takeaway, we're reflecting on that day and looking forward to what community leaders from all...
View ArticleExplaining Obama's Immigration Reform Plan
Don Lyster, Washington, D.C. director of the National Immigration Law Center, and Allan Wernick, professor of law at Baruch College and director of CUNY Citizenship Now!, discuss the effect of the...
View Article"Illegal" vs. "Undocumented"
Since writing an article called "My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant" in the New York Times Magazine last year, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas has been trying to foster...
View ArticleMTV's 'White People'
Jose Antonio Vargas - journalist, filmmaker, and immigration activist - discusses his MTV documentary "White People" which explores how white American millennials think about race and being white.Did...
View ArticleWhite Privilege and Personal Agency
WNYC held its 10th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration at the Apollo Theater this weekend, co-hosted by WNYC hosts Jami Floyd and Brian Lehrer.Presented as part of the Apollo Uptown Hall...
View ArticlePre-Convention Conversation: Immigrants Define 'American'
Jose Antonio Vargas, founder of Define American and #EmergingUS, joined Brian Lehrer from the Democratic National Convention, asking listeners (legal status or not) how they define being an American....
View ArticleBrian Lehrer Weekend: Immigrants Define 'American'
This Presidential election cycle has been dominated by talk about what is on the voters’ minds but the campaign coverage has featured very few voices actual voters. The Brian Lehrer Show opened the...
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