Officials from the Caribbean urge Caribbean immigrants who live in the U.S to lobby for causes that would spur economic and social development along the United States' so-called third border.

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The Jewish Daily Forward editorial board noted that those on the political right and left wrongly voiced satisfaction in the wake of the mass murder on Norway's Utoya Island.  They argue that no one should use the heinous crime as an opportunity to score political points against opposing ideological views.

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In New York City, the police receive 700 domestic violence calls daily. Fourteen women lost their lives to domestic violence during just one week in April. Yet funding for domestic violence services continue to be cut by the New York State legislature.

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If Gov. Cuomo does not call for a special election to pick the candidates to run for departing congressman Anthony Weiner's seat, the decision will be left up to party leadership, robbing citizens of the right to choose their representative. more>

Our city and nation survived terrible attacks by coming together for a common goal. We most certainly must, and can, do the same to prevent the continued suffering of the underinsured and uninsured.
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In response to the ICE raids in Pottsville’s Kosher meat plant, one group of rabbis has drafted a new set of rules to ensure decent working conditions in the kosher food industry; another has dismissed the idea, arguing that ensuring workers’ safety and fair pay is the job of the government, not the rabbinate. What is the moral of this story? more>

Recent date from New Jersey and California once again confirm what researchers have found repeatedly over the past 100 years: immigrants are less likely than the native born to be in prison, and high rates of immigration are not associated with higher rates of crime. more>