Identity & Ethnicity Series (Part 3) From Classrooms to Neighborhoods: How We Are Seen, and How We Are Overlooked By Voices In Between Introduction|Identity Is Not a Monologue—It’s a Public Encounter In Part Two, we outlined five evolving paths of Chinese American identity, each reflecting how individuals navigate culture, politics, and family.In this installment, weContinue reading ““Who Am I” Between School and Community”
Category Archives: 政策与制度 / Policy & Institutions
我在工作,但系统说我不够“合格”
——制度之外的劳动者,如何在《大而美法案》下失去医保? 她不是不工作,只是不符合“制度期待的劳动方式” 梁太太,45岁,是一名拉斯维加斯的清洁工,靠着按小时计费的家庭服务维持一家三口的生活。她有合法身份,每年依法报税。她的丈夫去年接受了胃癌手术,目前仍在恢复阶段,尚未恢复工作能力。18岁的儿子刚从高中毕业,尚无收入,准备申请社区大学。 2026年,《大而美法案》将在全国实施新的Medicaid规定:非豁免成年人必须每月提交至少80小时的劳动、志愿或职业培训记录,否则将失去资格。
I’m Working, But the System Says I’m Not “Qualified”
— How Workers Outside the System May Lose Medicaid Under the One Big Beautiful Bill She Isn’t Unemployed—She Just Doesn’t Fit the System’s Definition of Work Mrs. Liang, 45, works as a self-employed home cleaner in Las Vegas. She supports her family of three through hourly residential cleaning jobs. She has legal status and filesContinue reading “I’m Working, But the System Says I’m Not “Qualified””
华人身份认同的五种变形路径
身份与族群系列(二) 在标签与真实之间,华人如何塑造属于自己的“我是谁” 文|之间博客 导语|从共通挣扎,走向自身叩问 在第一篇中,我们画出了一张美国多族裔的“身份地图”,看见不同群体如何在社会结构、历史创伤与主流视角中寻找自我定位。本篇,我们把视角收回,落在“我们”自身——华人群体。华人身份从来不是单一的,它是流动的、多层的、甚至是矛盾的。本篇将尝试归纳出五种典型的身份变形路径,不仅为了理解彼此的差异,也为了照见我们每个人的可能性。
Five Transformative Paths of Chinese American Identity
Identity & Ethnicity Series (Part 2) Between Labels and Lived Reality: How Chinese Americans Define “Who I Am” By Voices In Between Introduction|From Shared Struggle to Personal Reckoning In Part One, we sketched a map of America’s diverse ethnic identities, exploring how various groups navigate the tension between social structures, historical trauma, and dominant narratives.InContinue reading “Five Transformative Paths of Chinese American Identity”
谁赢了?谁输了?——《大而美法案》初探
撰文|一个政策观察者 引言 2025年7月3日,《One Big and Beautiful Bill Act》(OBBBA,大而美法案)在众议院以218票对214票的微弱优势获得通过,并于7月4日独立日当天由总统正式签署成为法律。该法案涵盖税收、社会保障、绿色能源、移民执法等多个领域,影响范围广泛,被视为一项旨在“重塑财政支出结构、激励劳动参与”的重大政策转折点。 本文将以中立、普及性的角度,系统梳理该法案的主要条款与影响机制,探讨不同人群可能面临的变化,以及潜在的政策逻辑争议。
Who Wins, Who Loses? — A Preliminary Look at the One Big and Beautiful Bill Act
By: A Policy Observer Introduction On July 3, 2025, the U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed the One Big and Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) by a vote of 218 to 214. The following day, on Independence Day, the President officially signed it into law. Spanning areas including taxation, social welfare, green energy, and immigration enforcement,Continue reading “Who Wins, Who Loses? — A Preliminary Look at the One Big and Beautiful Bill Act”
身份的地图:在多族裔美国中的认同挣扎
身份与族群系列(一) 从华人经验出发,看见移民与原生群体的多重身份议题 文|《之间》博客 系列导语|我们都在“之间” 在这个由多族裔构成的国家,“我是谁”从来不是一个简单的问题。对于许多移民和原生族裔来说,身份认同的挣扎并不只来自自我探索,而更常来自社会的投射与制度的限制。本系列文章将从横向对比出发,梳理不同族群在美国语境下的身份议题;也会回到华人自身,探索我们如何在“之间”生活——在传统与现代之间、在沉默与发声之间、在被定义与自我命名之间。本篇作为开篇,将为你展开一幅多族裔的“身份地图”。
A Map of Belonging: The Identity Struggles Across Ethnic America
Identity & Ethnicity Series (Part 1) Through the Lens of Chinese Americans, a Look at Immigrant and Indigenous Identity Journeys By Voices In Between Series Introduction|Living in the “In-Between” In a country shaped by waves of migration and complex histories, the question “Who am I?” is rarely simple.For immigrants and ethnic minorities in the U.S.,Continue reading “A Map of Belonging: The Identity Struggles Across Ethnic America”
医疗支出全球最高,美国却仍无全民医保
——17.2% GDP 用在医疗上,却还有千万美国人无保险 2024年,美国医疗支出占国内生产总值(GDP)的比重再次突破17.2%,稳居全球第一。这意味着,美国社会在医疗健康上的总投入,比任何国家都要多得多。可令人不解的是:在这样庞大的开销下,仍有约7%到8%的美国人没有任何医疗保险,约合2700万人仍生活在“看不起病”的阴影之中。 为何世界上最富有的国家,却没能为所有人提供基本的医疗保障?这背后,是一场牵动深层制度、利益结构与意识形态的拉锯战。