Category: Featured

  • For Refugee Doctors, Journey Back to Practicing Medicine Is the Longest

    Video Credit: Brian Myers, Media Arts Center San Diego By Megan Burks Najwan Al Ani sits in her El Cajon apartment and flips through a tattered study guide for the first phase of the United States Medical Licensing Examination. She used the workbook to study for and pass the test in 2011, and now it’s…

  • Health Exchanges Open for Enrollment Next Week

    By Marissa Cabrera, Maureen Cavanaugh and Peggy Pico Click here to listen to Speak City Heights reporter Megan Burks on KPBS Midday Edition. It’s been a long wait for both supporters and opponents of the Affordable Care Act. But the main provisions of Obamacare are about to be rolled out to the public. A week…

  • Number of Undocumented Immigrants In U.S. May Have Grown

    By Adrian Florido Researchers have a new estimate for the number of immigrants living in the country illegally. It is Pew Research Center that is responsible for the number we all cite when talking about the number of unauthorized immigrants currently in the U.S.: 11.2 million. But Tuesday, Pew senior demographer Jeffrey Passel said that…

  • Islamophobia Declining, But Still Potent

    CAIR Map detailing anti-Islamic legislation. | Photo Credit: Jill Replogle By Jill Replogle A national Islamic civil rights group says it’s noted a “small, but highly welcome” decrease in discrimination against American Muslims and actions designed to create fear of Islam. But it also found dozens of examples of legislation it considers anti-Islamic and more…

  • Report Shows Local Economy Recovering, But Many Children Still Living in Poverty

    By Erik Anderson, Maureen Cavanaugh, Patty Lane and Peggy Pico The median household income of residents in the San Diego metropolitan area held steady between 2011 and 2012, but the percentage of people living in poverty dipped slightly over the same time frame, according to data released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. According to…