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.

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When Brooklyn projects go down, what will go up?

The New York City Housing Authority announced in February that after years of inaction, Prospect Plaza was now so deteriorated it needed to be torn down. It is the first time New York City is demolishing an entire high-rise public housing development. more>

NY's Native Americans outraged over Bloomberg's 'cowboys and Indians' remark

The remarks have drawn the ire of tribes in the New York State area and beyond, invoking stereotypical and offensive imagery and the use of violence against native people.

 

VIDEO :: Representatives of Native American Tribes and organizations call on Mayor Michael Bloomberg to apologize for his racially insensitive remarks.  more>

New Fujianese immigrant youths face struggles for arriving in America too young

Many Chinese teenagers are being smuggled to America. But, due to lack of life experience and limited venues for legal immigration, they are struggling and facing problems here. more>

Illegal Filipino mom spared from deportation

Thanks to a new policy by the Obama Administration, it makes it easier for the illegals who are spouses and family members of Americans serving in the military to gain legal status. more>

Mosque Perspectives

Finding a middle way: Is an Islamic center necessary at Ground Zero?

 

VIDEO :: Gwen Ifill gets three views from Rev. Welton Gaddy of Interfaith Alliance, Professor Abdullahi An-na'im, and Cynthia Mahmood a senior fellow at the University of Notre Dame on the controversy surrounding the construction of Islamic Center near Ground Zero. more>

Hispanics divided over mosque

Let freedom ring

 

VIDEO :: Interfaith leaders met at a Muslim Center in Jamaica, Queens on Friday to express support for the controversial proposed mosque near the World Trade Center site. NY1 reports. more>

editorials

A wave of anti-immigration xenophobia

Aversion to illegal immigrants is intensified by discussions on repealing constitutional provisions that guarantee citizenship to every individual born in America, although politically speaking, the chances of overthrowing the 14th Amendment are very small. more>

Hostility, classism, elitism, sexism in the treatment of Shirley Sherrod: Why it matters to all of American culture

The source of hostility comes from the larger society, but sadly, too frequently they come from within our own community. more>

Where’s the leadership?

Pakistan's greatest flood disaster offers a unique window of opportunity to the international community, particularly the U.S. and other western powers, to make good on their claim of friendship with Pakistanis. Public opinion polls released by the PEW research institute revealed that a majority of Pakistanis consider the U.S. an enemy. more>

“Conspiracy” against Alianza Dominicana and leadership silence in New York

The City of New York owes more than $2 million to Alianza Dominicana. There are 300 employees whose salaries are not being paid as a result of this debt. Not one political leader says anything? Where then is the leadership that they praise so much? more>

briefs

Adolfo Carrión: The mortgage crisis continues

 

VIDEO :: The president's HEMP plan did nothing to save the average or middle class Americans home, making the housing crisis worse. more>

Community Politics

A third party: The choice for African Americans and other marginalized groups

 

VIDEO :: Candidate Charles Barrron, City Councilman from Brooklyn, spoke with Capitol News Tonight. more>

Latino candidate pushing for healthcare reform