26 November 2018
In January, Victoria Arce boarded a plane in Los Angeles bound for Mexico. She was born there 31 years ago but has lived in the United States for more than half of her life, a country she had learned to call home. Arce’s trip was just one example of a little-noted exodus of Mexicans, including […]
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26 October 2018
In April, the New York Police Department warned about a robocall scam that had bilked at least 21 Chinese immigrants of $2.5 million. Five months later, people in Flushing's Chinatown say they are still getting the calls -- and some are still getting scammed.
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01 November 2017
A proposed hotel in Little Bangladesh is dividing a community already at odds over the narrow strip, where long-time Jackson Heights residents live alongside South Asian immigrants.
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30 October 2017
Thousands of Haitians are fearing mass deportation to Haiti as the deadline for Trump to extend their TPS status inches nearer - and activists say the dominating conversation over DACA isn't helping.
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26 October 2017
Polish-American students talk about their ties to a community at risk of assimilation.
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26 October 2017
Nationalities and traditions vary in the Harlem community known as Little Senegal, but one thing West Africans in this neighborhood share is the French language.
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25 October 2017
A little-known election rule has allowed Christopher Marte, 28, to fight on as a third-party candidate for Lower Manhattan's District One City Council seat, and he has set his campaigning sights on Margaret Chin’s electoral base in Chinatown.
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23 October 2017
For the first time, an exhibit at the Tenement Museum, Under One Roof, will show visitors scenes from the lives of Chinese workers, illuminating a history that many current residents of Manhattan’s Chinatown still remember.
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13 October 2017
Online competition and a flood of pirate stations are threatening a once-thriving Haitian radio station in Flatbush.
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22 October 2016
As Astoria rapidly gentrifies, a handful of locals have taken to social media to try to preserve memories – and just possibly slow the pace of change.
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