This story was written by SweSwe Aye while participating in the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism's 2021 California Fellowship.
Her other stories include:
Part 1: Burmese American Community's Vaccination Efforts
Part 2: Health and mortality impacts on Burmese Community by COVID-19 pandemic
A newly released state-ordered audit found Virginia agencies have failed to competently provide information to the almost half a million residents who speak little to no English.
Immigrant women in the South Asian community have to overcome not just power imbalances within their relationships and culture, but also hidden imbalances in U.S. immigration and domestic law, which tilt control toward their husbands.
Locked out of her Fremont apartment after a domestic dispute turned violent, Priya huddled terrified in a corner of the hallway. Her new husband had thrown her outside without a blanket, after shoving her onto a sofa and breaking her arm.
South Bethlehem’s historic oversight board backed two major mixed-use developments on Fourth Street that will bring a more modern aesthetic to the corridor.
This article was produced as part of a project for the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism’s 2021 National Fellowship, which provided training, mentoring, and funding to support this project.
Other work by Sara Satullo includes:
2 new projects slated to bring 95 new apartments to Bethlehem’s
A Mexican woman details the physical and mental abuse she suffered at the hands of two husbands.
Thousands of Indigenous migrants toil on California farms, cut off from health care by language and cultural barriers.
Nonprofits were less helpful than expected, but Florida school districts helped a journalist find families.
Many immigrant women were already vulnerable before due to their immigration status; the lockdown worsened their situation.
