Immigrant and Migrant Health

Vlai Ly is a Hmong-American writer and photographer working in Sacramento. He wrote this essay while assisting SN&R with the USC

Finding ourselves through our elders

"It was Laos, and the elders, that taught me that we create community and community creates us," writes Vlai Ly, a Hmong-American writer and photographer working in Sacramento.

Race and Equity, Environmental Health, Immigrant and Migrant Health
Mai Yang, a Hmong refugee who’s father was killed fighting for the CIA’s “Secret Army,” sits remembering those days in her home

The war inside

Health workers and a younger generation help Hmong elders overcome a devastating past in one Northern California community.

Race and Equity, Environmental Health, Immigrant and Migrant Health, Poverty and Class, Mental Health, Health Insurance and Costs, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Chronic Disease, Community Safety
[Photo by Frank_am_Main via Flickr.]

The crisis of chronic absenteeism in rural California

If rural America has become the new “inner city,” then nowhere is this more apparent than in educational systems.

Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Immigrant and Migrant Health, Domestic Violence, Community Safety
The Swearing-in Ceremony of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh

What Kavanaugh's appointment to the court means for public health

"I am often asked why public health should care about the role of the court and who sits on it. The answer is simple: Court rulings can support or overturn policies that dramatically affect the public’s health."

Environmental Health, Immigrant and Migrant Health, Poverty and Class, Health Insurance and Costs, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Mental Health, Chronic Disease, Community Safety
(Image: Park plan created by the City of Santa Rosa for Roseland Creek Community Park. Different segments of the community, with

Informe Program at KBBF Tackles Health: En Español

This work is supported by a grant from the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism Impact Fund....

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Immigrant and Migrant Health, Health Insurance and Costs, Food and Nutrition, Community Safety