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A group of Hispanic volunteer firefighters in Elmont, Long Island, charge that they, along with African Americans, have been the victims of harassment, hostility, threats and discrimination.
3 March 2011
Sharan Harper is the Multi-media Associate Editor of this issue
newsIdentity thieves target Puerto RicansKelvin Crucey was sentenced to 27 months in prison for stealing personal information of Puerto Ricans, a community that has been disproportionately affected by identity theft. more> Puerto Ricans get extension on birth certificate change
Budget could hit local homeless program hardDigna, a 42-year-old formerly homeless woman and mother of two, has called Park Avenue Thorpe home for the last 11 years. She found refuge in the six-story yellow brick building in Bathgate, where an onsite caseworker helps her balance her bank account, pay her bills and talk to the teachers at her two sons' schools, as Digna's English is somewhat shaky. more> Gay immigrant youth in New York struggle with homelessnessThe most recent survey of runaway and homeless youth in New York estimates that, each night, a minimum of 3,800 youth are homeless, more than half of whom identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. Within the overall homeless youth population, 15 percent were born outside of the U.S. mainland. more> Grandparents who parent are facing budget cutsIn New York State, unfortunately, about one in 11 children – more than 400,000 kids – live in houses headed by non-parent relatives. more> Youth voice on AZ budget cuts
Land grab: Willets Point property owners face eminent domain seizures"Many years have gone by and they have neglected our community by not cleaning the streets," said Marco Neira, 12-year shop owner of Master Express Deli and president of the Willets Point defense committee. "They want, one way or another, to remove us." more> Report says numbers of U.S. hate groups on the riseThe number of radical right groups in America – including hate groups, "Patriot" groups and nativist groups – increased in 2010 for the second year in a row, according to a report by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). more> Rise of hate groups
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MEET THE ETHNIC PRESSLooking to promote Korean-American political power here and back home, The Korea Daily Editor-in-Chief HyunSang Lee talks about the paper’s role
OP/EDThe vital role of the ethnic media in the 21st century worldInevitably, the forum brought into sharp focus the essential purpose of minority media institutions in an era of a Black President in the White House in Washington, a Black minority leader in the State Senate, more than 40 Blacks in the U.S. House of Representatives, not to mention the people of color who are leaders in corporate America, academia, civil society, law enforcement and the military. more> Attacks go beyond the undocumentedIt seems it is no longer the fashion to talk about the attacks on immigrants. Yet, the attacks continue and, unfortunately, are still very much in fashion. And just as we have become insensitive to the direct attacks on undocumented immigrants, now the target of these ferocious attacks are the U.S.-born children of immigrants. more> briefsMobile Mexican consulate comes to Shallotte
Immigration watchUS agents spying through social networking sites
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