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.
newsLost in health care translation: education reformWords of celebration and denunciation littered the American political and social landscape after President Barack Obama signed the bill bringing health care reform to the 21st century. Not much attention has been given to the bill which will be delivering $1 billion in mandatory funding to Black, Asian, Tribal, Alaskan and Hawaiian-controlled colleges over the next two years.
VIDEO :: U.S. President Barack Obama has signed into law legislation to extend health insurance coverage to millions of Americans who currently are without it. As VOA's Kent Klein reports from the White House, the signing follows a contentious year-long debate, with more to come. more> Left behind, catching up to the future: Creating a legacy of achievement for African-American malesMore than any group, Black males suffer from poverty and unemployment, disease, violence, addiction and incarceration. Apart from a few high profile examples of success, the average Invisible Black Male is victimized by racism, few opportunities and his own low self-esteem. more> The Mixteca people: abandonedDry soil and arid land have propelled massive migration from Mixteca to the United States for generations. Today, the area is "dollarized" – family income is now measured in remittances received from abroad – and devoid of young people. Mixtecos here and back home are trying to revitalize the area. more> India tells U.S. to ease visa rules for professionalsIndia has discussed with the Obama Administration the difficulties faced by its companies and American Multinationals in getting a U.S. visa for Indian professionals and asked to make sure the issue does not hinder the fast growing trade and commerce ties between the two countries. more> |
editorialsWhy republicans will lose in NovemberBeating up on Democrats and in particular President Obama has been their new brand of in-your- face politics. It is the antics of a party out of touch with today's political reality and the absent-minded nostalgia of its fossilized white male-dominated club. more> Reauthorize Child Nutrition ActIn New York City alone, 1.3 million New Yorkers, including 417,000 children, suffer from hunger, according to the New York Coalition Against Hunger. more> Wandering too longWhat is the Exodus story, anyhow, but a tale of immigration whose path to citizenship lasted 40 years? Some illegal immigrants in America have been waiting almost as long.
VIDEO :: The Center for American Progress says that comprehensive immigration reform will help lay the foundation for robust, just, and widespread economic growth. more> Now what?After signing into law what is touted as the most wide-ranging social legislation in years, President Obama now needs to sell his pet health care reform to a skeptical public. more> Witnesses to war: Afghan students speak outSpeaking in Istanbul last month, U.S. and NATO Commander of forces in Afghanistan, Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, declared: "This is not a physical war in terms of how many people we kill or how much ground you capture…" This would come as a shocking surprise to my students at Istanbul Technical University. more> briefsCold shoulder from health care reform
AUDIO :: All Things Considered Host, Melissa Block, spoke with Linda Blumberg of the Urban Institute about who will be left out in the new health care reform legislation. more> Woman ‘victimized’ by Hague Convention child rules
VIDEO :: The Texas RioGrande Legal Aid Bi-National Project reviews the importance of the Hague Convention for international child abduction. more> |
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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.
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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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