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
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
Straight talk about curls and corporate culture
Posted on 01 November 2015.
Long, thick, curly hair can hold back Dominican women in offices where “professional” means straight hair.
Posted in Business, Communities, Dominican, Featured, Issues0 Comments
In a changing Harlem, West African vendors struggled to preserve business
Posted on 08 October 2015.
In Harlem, some longtime West African vendors are threatened as construction encroaches on their locations.
Posted in Boroughs, Business, Communities, Featured, Immigration, Issues, Manhattan, West African0 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
NYC taxi drivers protest against Uber
Posted on 07 October 2015.
Medallion taxi owners and drivers speak out about Uber, Lyft and other ride-hailing apps.
Posted in Boroughs, Business, Featured, Issues, News0 Comments
The Renegade Boy Scouts of Washington Heights
Posted on 18 November 2014.
Boy Scout Troop 729 thrives in Washington Heights.
Posted in Dominican, Featured, Issues, Manhattan0 Comments
Unable to Work, Indian Immigrant Women Feel Trapped by H4 Visas
Posted on 26 October 2014.
Legal Indian immigrant women, and holders of the H4 visa, speak out about the visa restrictions they’re facing, starting from their ineligibility to apply for jobs to obtaining a driver’s license. Many are eagerly awaiting Obama’s delayed immigration policies.
Big Sense of Stigmatization in Little Liberia
Posted on 21 October 2014.
The growing fear over the deadly Ebola virus has translated to an increased sense of stigmatization among Liberians living in Staten Island’s Little Liberia community
Posted in Featured, Issues, News, Staten Island, West African0 Comments
Shabbos App: Jewish World Debates Smartphone Application
Posted on 17 October 2014.
A software developer is planning an app that would allow observant Jews to use their smartphones during the Sabbath. But the very concept has been met with skepticism and concern how it would get around religious prohibitions on using electricity.
Posted in Business, Communities, Issues, Religion0 Comments
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