Parents who migrate here from Haiti find it difficult to balance work and their children's academic lives, due to the lack of understanding about the schools in the United States.  Most significant however, is their struggle to make ends meet. more>

Last year, Raymond's long career as an educator came to an abrupt end when Department of Education officials decided to do away with the automatic assignment of students with limited English skills to a bilingual program.

VIDEO :: Professor A. Picciano of Hunter College provides a brief history of bilingual education in America. more>

The American Haitian community listened anxiously as Hurricane Ike trudged toward areas still flooding up after Gustav, Hannah and Fay, with disasters declared in much of Artibonite Region and the Southern Haiti. So far, about 500 people are reported dead and thousands left homeless. more>

“There is a little bit of improvement [at NYPD],” said Abner Louima, who was sodomized inside a police precinct station on August 9, 1997. “Before police brutality used to be very isolated that no one talks about it. Now the media is more involved. Police will think twice before they do something.” more>

Ferdinand Zizi’s surprising departure narrows the field of the race for one Haitian candidate, Mathieu Eugene, who is now going to face a full stable of candidates vying to win the special Feb. 20 election to fill a City Council seat made vacant by the newly elected U.S. Rep. Yvette Clarke. more>

For years, Haitian members of a bus driver union have complained that Local 1181 Union management fails to reflect their growing numbers. But with the indictment of top officials, Salvatore Battaglia and Julius Bernstein, on racketeering, extorting and bribery charges, Haitians now believe that they may finally have a voice in the union. more>