Ruxandra Guidi

Yue Chang Zhou and his wife were asked to leave their apartment in a Los Angeles single room occupancy building

Have you heard of 'cash for keys'? Many elderly immigrants in LA have — and are fighting it.

How one community group is helping low-income residents — many of them immigrants — realize their tenant rights.

Have you heard of 'cash for keys'? Many elderly immigrants in LA have — and are fighting it.
A chalkboard lists the day's prices for coca - according to the quality of the leaves - in the Villa Fátima legal coca market in La Paz.

Coca is known as the main ingredient in cocaine. But for Bolivia, it's more than that.

Coca is known as the main ingredient in cocaine. But for Bolivia, it's more than that.
Reproductive rights in Ecuador

As Pope Francis visits Ecuador, women there say they're losing ground

As Pope Francis visits Ecuador, women there say they're losing ground
The town of Las Vueltas has almost no murders, but it does have a museum collection of guns and AK-47s that date back to El Salvador's civil war.

These isolated towns in dangerous El Salvador are murder-free zones

These isolated towns in dangerous El Salvador are murder-free zones
A passport that belonged to Sigfredo Chávez. Intipucá celebrates him as its first migrant to take off for the US.

The Salvadoran town where migrants are hotly debated folk heroes

The Salvadoran town where migrants are hotly debated folk heroes
"Mint", 24, is a former sex worker, now working at NightLight, an organization that hires former prostitutes.

Groups 'rescue' Thai sex workers, whether they want it or not

Under pressure by the US government and American evangelicals, the Thai government has stepped up raids to rescue sex trafficking victims. The trouble is, many of the "rescued" sex workers may not have been trafficked in the first place.

Groups 'rescue' Thai sex workers, whether they want it or not

Culture of Silence: Helping Latinas Battle High Rates of Depression

For the past decade, research has found that depression disproportionately affects the children of immigrant parents. One reason is the difficulties adjusting to life in America. But why are depression rates for Latinas higher than anyone else?

Culture of Silence: Helping Latinas Battle High Rates of Depression

A Push to Keep the Zapotec Language Alive in Los Angeles

From a distance, in Los Angeles, Mexicans with indigenous roots are keeping their traditions and languages alive.

A Push to Keep the Zapotec Language Alive in Los Angeles

Ahmadi Muslims: Facing Persecution Abroad, But Finding a Home in the US

Facing persecution abroad, more Ahmadi Muslims are finding a home in the US.

Ahmadi Muslims: Facing Persecution Abroad, But Finding a Home in the US

Chinese Students Flock to the US -- And Efforts to Help Them Adapt are Ramping Up

Over the summer, university students will pour into the US. And the number of Chinese students flocking here is growing. Yet many of these students can lack know-how of life in America; some colleges are aggressively trying to help them integrate.

Chinese Students Flock to the US -- And Efforts to Help Them Adapt are Ramping Up

Vietnamese Immigrants Remember Life in the Old Country

In California, a group of college students has launched an oral storytelling project to draw out how Vietnamese immigrants remember life back home. Many of them arrived here after the Vietnam War.

Vietnamese Immigrants Remember Life in the Old Country
The World

Uncertainty in Caracas Weighs on Venezuelans in the US

An ailing Hugo Chávez was a no show for his inauguration Thursday and the uncertainty around the country's political future is troubling Venezuelans living in the US.

Uncertainty in Caracas Weighs on Venezuelans in the US

One Immigrant Muslim's Battle with Alcoholism in the US

Some Muslim immigrants in the US struggle with alcohol problems and it is hard for them to find culturally sensitive programs to deal with it.

One Immigrant Muslim's Battle with Alcoholism in the US

Arriving Young and Alone: One Guatemalan Migrant's Trek

A growing number of young people from Mexico and Central America are entering the US without documentation and without parents.

Arriving Young and Alone: One Guatemalan Migrant's Trek

US Aerospace and Defense Companies Set Up Shop in Mexico

American defense and aerospace companies are opening factories in Tijuana, Mexico and employing high-skilled workers there.

US Aerospace and Defense Companies Set Up Shop in Mexico