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Hundreds of protesters marched across the Brooklyn Bridge towards Manhattan on Thursday, July 29 in protest against Arizona's SB 1070 Bill, NYCMA interns Maria Karagianni and Stacey E. Williams report.
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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.
newsMore than a hundred immigrant deaths in U.S. detention jails across the countryAs many as 107 immigrants from around the world, including men and women from the Caribbean, Africa and Latin American have died in privately run U.S. government immigration jails since October 2003. VIDEO :: Democracy Now reports on a scathing report in the New York Times that revealed federal officials have used their role as overseers to prevent media from reporting deaths and abuses inside the nation's immigration prisons. more>The price of asylumAccording to immigration activists, tens of thousands of applicants for political asylum receive residence permits fraudulently, by telling fictional stories of harassment and discrimination in their home countries. more> When immigration reform is about a better life, and a better deathDolores C., a Filipino caregiver, undocumented immigrant, lives in a shoe-box apartment with freight boxes loaded with things she wants to take home in case she gets picked up. Among her packages: her husband's ashes. more> Alzheimer's disease a silent killer among BlacksLast week, when President Barack Obama invited Dr. Goldie S. Byrd to the White House, he inadvertently drew attention to a surging disease among African Americans – Alzheimer's. more> No public restrooms for cabbiesAccording to numerous doctors, the many hours spent behind the wheel are causing cabbies health problems. The 45 000 cab drivers can't even pause to use a public restroom. more> Why Pakistan is demanding drone technologyPresident of the Middle East Institute Wendy Chamberlin has said that the United States is carrying out drone attacks in Pakistan's tribal regions bordering Afghanistan with the quiet approval of Islamabad. According to her, drone attacks could not be blamed for the agitated public mood in Pakistan – a situation which is far more complex. more> editorialsA job – that’s what countsThere is fear that in 2010 unemployment will only minimally decrease, with many consequences to follow. more> On MLK Day and inaugural anniversary: Has Obama kept his promises to Blacks?Some say that Obama, who enjoys studying past presidents for their wisdom and leadership styles, especially Abraham Lincoln, should learn lessons from some – especially Lyndon B. Johnson. VIDEO :: Reverend Al Sharpton, Dr. Marc Lamont Hill, and Jeff Johnson appear on Larry King Live to discuss President Obama's policies and their effect on the African American community. more> Dodd surprises IrishSenator Dodd's (D-CT) retirement means the Irish lobby has now lost its two most prominent leaders. more> |
Haiti UpdatebriefsFacing 70 years in prison for clothing
VIDEO :: RT reports that the Obama Administration is using torture tactics on terror suspects held in U.S. prisons. more> Hispanic firefighters sue for discrimination
VIDEO :: A federal Judge ruled last week that the city's fire department has intentionally discriminated against minorities in its hiring practices for decades. NY1 reports. more> |
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NYCMA Announcements
NYCMA holds training workshop for ethnic media journalists on Elections 2010
New York: New York Community Media Alliance hosted the first of two workshops -- Elections 101: NYC, Albany and the Elections 2010 -- on Thursday, July 15 at CUNY's Graduate School of Journalism.
Student Internship
NYCMA Launches Summer 2010 Ethnic Media Internship Program!
Interns and director of Baruch College H.S. journalism program Katina Paron at their orientation meeting. - Photo by Jehangir Khattak.
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.
NYCMA holds first Net Neutrality Conference for ethnic media, Announces Writing Challenge
Helen Brunner, Director of the Media Democracy Fund addressing the inaugural session of NYCMA Forum on Communications Policy and its Possible Effects on Ethnic Media and Their Communities. – Photo by Zooey Salazar
New York Community Media Alliance hosted its first conference on Communications Policy and its Possible Effects on Ethnic Media and Their Communities, Tuesday, June 8 at CUNY's Graduate School of Journalism. In attendance were journalists from a range of publications as well as many communications justice activists – all who sought to expose the connections between communications policy and the everyday life of community members. The conference also focused on wireless services and how their policies affect communities.
Schools Chancellor Joel Klein addressing NYCMA Fellows
Chancellor Klein explained the challenges the DOE faces in the current environment of budgetary cuts and answered journalists' questions as part of NYCMA's eight-month long Ethnic and Community Press Fellowship -- Developing an Education Beet-II on April 8. – Photo by A. Sherpa
FPI releases data about unemployment rates for New York City residents
Fiscal Policy Institute has released a fuller set of data, with detail on immigrant unemployment by gender, and comparing recent immigrants with those who have been here more than 10 years. This is a data release from the Fiscal Policy Institute that is not connected with a full report. For information to explain how to read this data and comment on what it means, please contact David Dyssegaard Kallick (212-721-7164, ddkallick@fiscalpolicy.org), or James Parrott (212-721-5624, parrott@fiscalpolicy.org)