Tomasz Deptula, Editor of Nowy Dziennik/Polish Daily News, is the guest editor and Sharan Harper is the Multi-media Associate Editor of this issue
newsSection 287 (g) may harm immigrantsThe new regulation does not curb abuses by the police. It allows officers to go after immigrants and charge them with the pettiest law violations. more> The human toll of NYC’s horrendous unemployment rateUnemployment among Black New Yorkers has risen four times faster than among other ethnic groups, pushing their unemployment rate to 14.7% in the first quarter of 2009, compared to 13.6% nationally.
VIDEO :: Earlier this month, NYC Comptroller William Thompson held a new conference on future of NYC jobs and unemployment. Future of hundreds of Bangladeshi students uncertainThe academic life of hundreds of Bangladeshi students has become uncertain as they failed to appear at the recent Regents Test. more> Discovery of abusive practices during roundupsIntrusive home searches without a warrant, complaints of physical abuse, threats, and unjustified detentions are just some of the abusive practices committed by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), agents during roundups. more> What stands between a child and a lasting familyFoster care is meant to be a transitory status in a child's life. But for too many New York City youth, foster care stretches on and on, depriving children of the "forever family" that child welfare professionals say is their birthright.
VIDEO :: Foster Care—A child's point of view. more> NY Irish shocked over suicidesNew York City's Irish community is saddened by a spate of suicides within the community in the last six weeks and is eager to put preventative measures in place for the future. more> |
editorialsHate crimes bill, long overdueIt's time to stop the legislative game-playing and reject the claims of those who insist that fighting violent bias crimes would somehow abridge their religious freedom.
AUDIO :: WBAI's Esther Armah talks with Michael MacLeod-Ball, interim director of the ACLU Washington Legislative Office about the death penalty provision of the new Hate Crimes Bill. Tragic killing of a man by an undercover police officerA thorough inquiry is needed in the case of Shem Walker, a Caribbean immigrant, who was shot and killed, allegedly by an under-cover cop in the Fort Greene section of Brooklyn. 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.
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