Voices Stories from Feet in 2 Worlds
Podcast: Free conference call ‘radio’ for African immigrants
Listen to Abdulai Bah, a Liberian-born New Yorker, talk about free conference call 'radio' in the Fi2W podcast. African immigrants are using innovative ways to disseminate information to their communities, using free conference call services to host debates, share news stories, educate and engage the members of their community.
Hidden costs of calling cards weigh heavily on immigrant consumers
Prepaid phone cards, used largely by immigrant communities, are a multi-billion dollar industry in U.S. However, recent reports found that these prepaid cards come with undisclosed fees, higher-than-advertised rates, charges for calls that never went through, and poor or non-existent customer service, causing many to complain to government agencies.
Same-sex marriage coverage in Spanish language media
In this podcast, Fi2W executive producer John Rudolph interviews freelance reporter Monika Fabian and LGBT Latino blogger Andrés Duque of Blabbeando. more>
AudioA new push to build a mosque near Ground Zero
Mr. El-Gamal, the chairman and CEO of Soho Properties, a real estate development company, has launched a campaign to raise $7 million to support a new mosque project, despite the controversy that erupted last year.
Irish teacher brings her immigrant experience to NYC public schools
Pauline O'Brien. (Photo: Peter McDermott)
Sometimes a book can change a life. One did for Pauline O'Brien. more>
Should immigrant kids whose second language is English have extra time to finish high school?
Winnie, a student at Manhattan International high school in New York City. (Photo: Ramaa Reddy Raghavan)
Like many other New York high schools, Manhattan International is under pressure to graduate students in four years. But the school faces a huge challenge since its student body is made up entirely of recent immigrants representing 60 countries and speaking 41 different languages.
Where immigration laws are made today – state capitols and federal courts
A 2007 anti-immigration rally in Georgia. (Photo: Mike Schnikel)
With the federal government uninterested in entering the political quagmire of immigration legislation, states have been enacting their own tough immigration laws, which are invariably curtailed by federal courts.
Gay immigrant youth in New York struggle with homelessness
The 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>
Survival strategy: Newspaper serving Haitian immigrants embraces old and new media
"The Internet is not the enemy," declared Haitian Times editor, publisher and founder Garry Pierre-Pierre, in a measured, soft-spoken voice trying to rise above the cafeteria patter at the City University of New York (CUNY). more>
