News10 years later, police brutality survivor looks back at tragedy that changed NYPD“There is a little bit of improvement [at NYPD],” said Abner Louima, who was sodomized inside a police precinct station on August 9, 1997. “Before police brutality used to be very isolated that no one talks about it. Now the media is more involved. Police will think twice before they do something.” more> NY restaurant deliverymen speak out against abusesRush-hour traffic, careless pedestrians and speedy cab drivers are some risks food deliveryman Fernando Lopez faces while rushing around the city on his bike. As he has come to learn working at Flor de Mayo, a Chinese-Peruvian restaurant, being overworked, underpaid and mistreated are other hazards. more> Labor leaders urge Spitzer to fix public housingDuring his campaign for governor, Eliot Spitzer promised to address New York State’s decade-long failure to fund public housing. While he has yet to follow through on this promise, labor leaders believed that he now has the opportunity to do so by signing the shelter allowance bill, which would put $90 million and alleviate NYCHA’s budget deficit. more> Arab-American drivers accuse FedEx supervisors of discriminationIn a complaint filed in July 2006 with Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, Loay el-Dagany, from Kuwait, said his supervisor, David Goyette, repeatedly called him a terrorist and threw packages at him. more> Immigrant entrepreneurs overdriveA Duke University report shows that immigrants from India, the United Kingdom, China, Taiwan, Japan and Germany are better educated than native U.S. citizens. But that trend could be reversed as large numbers of skilled immigrants are returning home, because it takes 10 years for their green cards to arrive. more> Special FocusImmigration reform goes local |
EditorialsAnother year, another clampdownImmigration, according to the author, has never been easy in both human and legal terms. It’s even harder if you’re Irish without a direct family connection to one of the 50 states. And it looks like getting harder again by virtue of a new package of rules being proposed by the Bush administration. more> Briefs |
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CUNY new home for Voices and Ippies Awards
The CUNY Graduate School of Journalism is proud to be the new home for Voices That Must Be Heard. Over the next few months, we will be reaching out to community and ethnic journalists to get their feedback on Voices, as we develop our plans for expanding the publication's content and audience. Stay tuned!
ReportNYCMA releases Education Fellowship 2010 anthology
NYCMANYCMA Ethnic Media Student Internship Program
Interns and director of Baruch College H.S. journalism program Katina Paron at their orientation meeting. - Photo by Jehangir Khattak.
Check out student interns' stories
NYCMA is thrilled to announce the start of our summer internship program. We are able to place high school seniors with a passion for journalism in the real world of pad and pen. Students are given a rare insight and understanding into the power and function of New York's community media and the ability to hone writing skills in preparation for a career in journalism. This program is made possible by a generous grant from an anonymous donor.
