Arvenetta Henry, who wouldn't give her exact age, but admits she is over 50, spent most of her adult life as a Bronx teacher. She is no longer in the traditional classroom setting, but through a nonprofit homeless advocacy organization operated by the very homeless population it serves, Henry continues to teach.  more>

"We are all excluded here," said Cira Angeles, owner of LA Riverside Car Service, who spoke on behalf of a broad coalition of livery cab bases and drivers. "This plan has been designed around the yellow cab industry, not us. We have not been taken into account."  more>

In a recent survey of correctional facilities across the nation, the federal Bureau of Justice Statistics found that three New York State prisons ranked among the top 11 participating facilities in the rate of inmate reports of staff sexual abuse. more>

'Time Bomb': High youth unemployment is a major factor in the current wave of protests and revolts across the world. more>

Is Hillary Clinton too sexy? Apparently that is what some haredi newspapers in Brooklyn thought recently when they removed an image of the Secretary of State from the iconic photo from the White House Situation Room taken on the night of the military operation to kill Osama bin Laden. The obliteration of Hillary – once by Photoshop and once by cropping – stirred a debate in media and religious circles about the practice of fervently Orthodox newspapers not to run pictures of women in their publications. more>

Despite the rising tide of anti-union legislation across the country, union membership is increasing among one group—immigrants. The majority of these new union members come from Latin America, and increasingly, from Asia. In this podcast episode, Fi2W executive producer John Rudolph speaks with reporter Cristina Pastor about the impact that Asians are having on organized labor in New York and across the country.  more>