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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Haitians fight to extend their temporary legal status among larger DACA talk
Posted on 30 October 2017.
Posted in Brooklyn, Featured, Haitian, Immigration, Issues, News, Politics0 Comments
Amid financial uncertainty, Haitian radio staple fights on in Brooklyn
Posted on 13 October 2017.
Online competition and a flood of pirate stations are threatening a once-thriving Haitian radio station in Flatbush.
Posted in Brooklyn, Featured, Haitian, News0 Comments
Bangladeshis split on the lines of free speech
Posted on 07 November 2015.
Despite the continuous spate of blogger killings in Bangladesh, free speech activists in New York find themselves battling an apathetic ethnic media
Posted in Bangladeshi, Bronx, Brooklyn, Crime, Featured, Issues, Manhattan, News, Queens, Religion0 Comments
Haitian-Americans climb up the greasy pole of politics in New York
Posted on 02 November 2015.
A year after Rodneyse Bichotte became the first Haitian-American woman elected in New York state, she’s learned the sometimes delicate balancing act that’s needed to represent a diverse constituency.
Posted in Brooklyn, Featured, Haitian0 Comments
Embracing English in a Russian haven
Posted on 19 October 2015.
Once a week, several Brighton Beach residents gather to practice a neighborhood rarity: English.
Posted in Boroughs, Bronx, Brooklyn, Communities, Education, Featured, Russian0 Comments
Haitian diaspora prepares for presidential election
Posted on 17 October 2015.
Haitians in the diaspora think that only their increased involvement in the country’s politics will produce progress. But they don’t have the right to vote in the country’s Oct. 25 election, and few expect that to change any time soon.
Posted in Brooklyn, Featured, Haitian, Politics0 Comments
Jubilation as New York schools close on Muslim holiday. But what next?
Posted on 08 October 2015.
The two most sacred Muslim holy days are now New York City school holidays, but activists say it is just a modest step toward further inclusion of a community facing continued suspicion in America.
Posted in Brooklyn, Communities, Education, Featured, Issues, Muslim, Religion0 Comments
Not all Russians are from Russia
Posted on 07 October 2015.
Brighton Beach is considered the Russian capital of the United States, but not every Russian is from Russia. Even so, Ukrainians, Azerbaijanis and other immigrants from the former Soviet Union embrace the Russian label.
Posted in Boroughs, Brooklyn, Communities, Featured, Immigration, Russian0 Comments
One City, Many Cultures
Posted on 13 December 2014.
Global City NYC reporters explore religious, culinary and cultural traditions in the city’s ethnic neighborhoods.
Posted in Arts and Culture, Bangladeshi, Boroughs, Bronx, Brooklyn, Dominican, Featured, Haitian, Immigration, Indian, Jamaican, Manhattan, Mexican, Nepali, Polish, Queens, Religion, Russian, West African0 Comments
White Russian Nostalgia for Their Ancestors’ Homeland
Posted on 13 December 2014.
New York is home to White Russians, many of whom are deeply nostalgic for a country they have never seen — the Russian homeland of their ancestors.
Posted in Brooklyn, Featured, Immigration, Russian, Uncategorized0 Comments
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