Haitian earthquake refugees in New York City are now facing another emergency: getting their children into school. more>

As many as 107 immigrants from around the world, including men and women from the Caribbean, Africa and Latin American have died in privately run U.S. government immigration jails since October 2003.

VIDEO :: Democracy Now reports on a scathing report in the New York Times that revealed federal officials have used their role as overseers to prevent media from reporting deaths and abuses inside the nation's immigration prisons.

According to figures from national research sources, GM spent only 2.4 percent of its $1.17 billion advertising expenditures on advertisements in Black-oriented media in 2008, who serve an important market for their cars. more>

New York City's prosecu­tors and judges are failing to inform non-cit­izens of the implications of guilty plea agreements, which often result in deportation. more>

“Many of you know someone whose parents came and invested their money from their hard-earned seat after coming from Barbados,” Congresswoman Yvette Clarke told representatives of Barbadian organizations in the City. “Now, the grandchildren can’t manage the properties. Barbadians were some of the first landowners in some of the communities that we reside in today, and the children are in foreclosure.” more>

If the Democrats win the upcoming Congressional elections, they are sure to fulfill their pledges to the immigrant community, including the promise of an increase in the minimum wage and citizenship for millions of undeserving undocumented immigrants. more>

The issue in the 11th District is not about a white candidate in the race. It is his attempt to use financial superiority to stampede his way to the U.S. House of Representatives via a Voting Rights District, which was established under philosophical ideal of racial equality and equitable representation in government. more>

“While it is clear the election of Preval was free and fair, it is not altogether clear that the opposition forces accept that and wouldn’t seek to mount some kind of challenge on the spurious grounds that Preval was given the presidency by the international community.” said Ricot Dupuy, manger of Radio Soleil, a Creole radio station in Brooklyn. more>

Caribbean immigrants turn to the Inter-American Human Rights Commission in increasing numbers for relief from U.S. immigration authorities, who are determined to send them back to their homelands because they are considered criminal aliens. more>

"Instead of artistic pursuits that characterized the revival decades ago, what’s being recorded in Harlem today is more about economic development and enfranchisement for the new generation of Harlemites.” more>

“We are talking about people with an ability to think, who have and continue to take control of their lives, have tremendous buying power, and have a point of view, which is not being ventilated in the mainstream media.” more>

Christopher Rose, 15, was stabbed to death by a group of teenagers who wanted to steal his iPod. A week later, the East Flatbush community launched a mobilization campaign to prevent such tragedies from happening again in the future. more>

Graduates with MBAs are common place in the evangelical churches, bringing skills in marketing, management and financial planning to church administrative affairs. more>

Mayor Bloomberg told Caribbean and African leaders that undocumented immigrants already in New York should be allowed to remain and that he supports federal immigration proposals such the McCain-Kennedy bill, which would give them a way to legalize their status. more>

With heightened security awareness among New Yorkers following 9/11, there is one group of workers who seem to have been overlooked in the burgeoning security enhancement business. These are the security guards assigned to some 600 high-end office buildings in New York. more>

The new Housing Help Program tackles homelessness with a new approach to eviction cases. In addition to a specially trained judge and a court team to handle cases from start to finish, the program will also coordinate supportive services such as job training, family counseling, and substance abuse programs. more>

Stories of predawn arrests and random ID checks have flooded the Haitian community, transmitted across the airwaves of Creole radio. Protesters allege ICE is profiling Haitians, despite ongoing strife and political unrest back home. more>

In a major story a few days ago, the Times quoted several prominent native-born Blacks as supporting the use of the term African-American, instead of “Black” to define themselves, because they wanted to distinguish themselves from Blacks who are recent immigrants. Many see this as a divisive campaign designed to split Blacks in the United States into separate camps. more>

The headlines tell a tale of “anarchy” and “rebel uprisings” in Haiti. It’s a tragedy by any standard, but Washington’s backing for Aristide’s opponents is standing in the way of a compromise. more>

The involvement of the labor movement in this new civil rights frontier has enormous political ramifications. It dramatizes the interest of working class people. It supports the notion that the further democratizing of American society is important. more>

Poor countries walk away from U.S. Europe and Japan more>

The sons and daughters of influential conservative commentators who argued for the war with ethnocentric pronouncements and misinformation are not in any danger. more>