Justin Heifetz
Inside the Dubious Schools Training Filipina Women for Domestic Work Overseas
For working-class women in the Philippines, becoming a live-in domestic employee abroad is a chance to provide for themselves and their families. But they often face exploitation and debt from training centers, employment agencies, and the employers...
Foreign Domestic Worker Abuse Is Rampant in Hong Kong
While most come for cash to support their families from abroad, many easily find themselves trapped in a cycle of violence and debt.
Failure is Worse than Death for Hong Kong's Youth
Last year, there were four student suicides over five days.
Failure Is Worse Than Death for Hong Kong
Last year, there were four student suicides over five days.
Failure Is Worse than Death for Hong Kong's Youth
Last year, there were four student suicides over five days.
The Women Fighting for the Right to Leave a Marriage
In the Philippines, one of just two countries on the planet where divorce remains illegal, these women are trying to get divorce legalized by a notoriously brutal government.
Eating Through Hong Kong's 'Little India'
At Hong Kong's gritty Chungking Mansions, where the city's asylum seekers and refugees regularly gather, prosperity is fading fast.
Young Filipinos Discuss Their Fears Amid the Country's HIV Epidemic
As HIV infections there soar, students at the University of Philippines-Dilliman explain what's holding back progress.
How to Track a Triad
Two retired superintendents from the Hong Kong police force who spent decades hunting criminal groups left the force to set up their own private security company.
Despite Progressive Neighbors, Hong Kong Remains Backward on LGBTQ Rights
The city lacks anti-discrimination laws for gay citizens and has funded "post gay" therapy, a practice closely linked to conversion therapy.
Hong Kong's Lack of Sex Ed Is Driving Up STI Rates
With Christian-influenced programs stressing abstinence, teens don't know how to protect themselves.
Fish Balls Are Served with a Side of Politics in Hong Kong
For many people in Hong Kong, the fish ball represents the city’s struggling Cantonese identity, as it unwillingly becomes more and more eroded by China.