NewsA green card for half a million bucksThe U.S. investment visa program offers foreign entrepreneurs a green card and the right to become a U.S. citizen in return for their investment in the creation of new jobs in the United States. more> Shantytown, USAEven though they are in walking distance of a Salvation Army Center and a Department of Human Resources Job Center, on Third Avenue between 125th and 126th Streets, Jessie Agusto and James Powell are living on the streets in conditions people might only imagine in a so-called developing country. more> Immigrants without hospitalsPrieto explained that the operation her son needed “was a simple one, and they canceled a day before it was scheduled, because we couldn't get Medicare since my son was making more than the cut off: $10,000 a year at a fast food restaurant.” more> DHS lays down strong policy against racial profilingWhen the Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund (SALDEF) recently bestowed its Public Service Award to Daniel W. Sutherland, officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), it was recognition of the department’s concerted efforts to ensure the civil rights of ethnic communities are not compromised in the name of national security. more> |
EditorialsFrom schoolyard to prison yardMillions of Black and Latino children from poor families with no or few stimulating pre-kindergarten opportunities never make it onto the college track. With multiple strikes against them – low birth weight, poor single parents, absent fathers, perhaps substance abuse – many begin life already on the prison track. more> Musharraf’s uniform, U.S. aid and electionsFormer Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhary, in a telephone conference with Rawalpindi Bar Association last week, said that the government feared that the 11-member Supreme Court would rule against Musharraf’s eligibility to hold the office of President, leaving the government no option but to impose the emergency. 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.
