Special Reports

Federal funds help with weatherization

Federal funds help with weatherization

President Obama’s stimulus bill allocated $5 billion to provide energy-saving measures specifically to low-income families.

June 27th, 2010 | Special Reports | Read More

Green movement targets low-income communities

Green movement targets low-income communities

Governments across the country promote environmentalism in low-income communities. But many residents say those programs feel distant and irrelevant to their lives.

June 23rd, 2010 | Features, Special Reports | Read More

Long-term unemployed demand benefit extensions

Long-term unemployed demand benefit extensions

Millions of long-term unemployed Americans are now on the brink of eviction and hunger. Now, many are demanding an extension of unemployment benefits until the end of 2010.

June 20th, 2010 | Special Reports | Read More

Muslim immigrants struggle with domestic abuse

Muslim immigrants struggle with domestic abuse

Mollah was a victim of domestic violence for two decades. As a Muslim immigrant from Indonesia, she knew no one in New York City she could turn to for help.

April 10th, 2010 | Special Reports | Read More

Haiti Earthquake: Dominicans give, but hard feelings remain

Haiti Earthquake: Dominicans give, but hard feelings remain

Some Dominicans can’t forget the past, despite the devastation.

January 25th, 2010 | Special Reports | Read More

Haiti Earthquake: A Haitian church mobilizes

Haiti Earthquake: A Haitian church mobilizes January 25th, 2010 | Multimedia, News, Special Reports, Video | Read More

Haiti Earthquake: Worry triggers involvement

Haiti Earthquake: Worry triggers involvement January 21st, 2010 | Audio, Multimedia, Special Reports | Read More

Haiti Earthquake: Wiring money in Flatbush

Haiti Earthquake: Wiring money in Flatbush

Family and friends of the victims have been trying to send money, though it has not been easy.

January 20th, 2010 | News, Special Reports | Read More

Haiti Earthquake: A store owner tries to help

Haiti Earthquake: A store owner tries to help

Yvens Brizard, a native of Haiti, plans to travel to Haiti in the next couple of days to aid an orphanage, where more than 150 children are starving.

January 20th, 2010 | Features, Special Reports | Read More

Haiti Earthquake: ‘I lost my family’

Haiti Earthquake: ‘I lost my family’

After recently losing his wife to diabetes, Gaspard Lynch lost his family and business in the Haiti earthquake.

January 20th, 2010 | Slideshows, Special Reports | Read More