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.
newsMoratorium on deportations is studiedPlan B for Congress for immigration reform: stop deportations for undocumented students under the Dream Act and for farm workers under the AgJOBS program.
VIDEO :: Congress is currently debating the DREAM Act, a powerful piece of legislation that would create a pathway to legal citizenship for these students, who have spent a majority of their life in the United States. more> AIDS activists threaten lawsuit against CityAt issue is a $4.2 million reduction to the HASA budget for caseworkers. more> Charter school cap raised by NY Senate now waiting in the AssemblyA contentious debate on charter schools is opening up again after the New York State Senate quickly voted on a bill to raise the cap on charter schools from 200 to 460 in hopes of winning up to $700 million in federal Race to the Top grant money that the state missed out on in the first round of the competition.
VIDEO :: Education advocates debate the pros and cons of charter schools on NY1's Inside City Hall. more> Financial reform bill will benefit Blacks"We want to encourage African Americans to become regular bankers," Rouse, a member of the President's Council of Economic Advisers, said. "We also want to keep people in their homes and to save their neighborhoods." more> briefsCommunities weigh in on Arizona's anti-immigrant law |
Unheard Voices From The Gulf Coast Oil Spill
editorialsRespecting rightsTerrorism represents a real threat for Americans, as demonstrated by the failed car bombing in New York. Security is essential, just as the basic protections for individuals should be in a democratic society. One is not at odds with the other. VIDEO :: Attorney General Eric Holder talks about the possibility of easing Miranda rules on ABC News' This Week. more> Legislation would be devastating to the Virgin IslandsThe author alleges that the bill introduced by NJ Senator Menendez, which seeks to overturn the Virgin Islands' public-private partnerships with two rum makers, Diageo and Fortune Brands, represents a cash grab by Puerto Rico. more> Kagan’s hood: Liberal, precocious, very JewishLeft-wing politics were not foreign to the Upper West Side milieu in which Kagan was reared. Bella Abzug, a feminist and an outspoken opponent of the Vietnam War, represented the neighborhood in Congress during the 1970s. Residents saw themselves as members of a social and political vanguard. more> South Asians speak out on Times SquareTerror in Times Square: Pakistani Americans’ collective sigh of despair
AUDIO :: The arrest of Faisal Shahzad in connection with the attempted bombing in Times Square and subsequent arrests has placed the city's Pakistani community in an uncomfortable position. WNYC's Arun Venugopal reports. 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.
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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