Iranian Americans count. Check #9 and write in "Iranian-American" more>

2010 census means everyone will be counted. Some worry it will reshape political districts while others say it means more money from and more representation in Washington. From Texas, Vicente Arenas of KHOU 11 news reports. more>

In an effort to achieve an accurate count of Afro-Latinos in the United States Census, the nonprofit afrolatin@ forum has produced a series of public service videos that call on Latinos of African descent to identify as both Hispanic and Black on the 2010 form.

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Four biracial children, ages 4 to 9, shared their feelings on being biracial. more>

Hon. James David Manning, pastor of the ATLAH World Missionary Church in Harlem, explains why he believes Congressman Charles Rangel stepped down from the Way and Means committee. more>

From Fora.TV, Harvard economics professor Caroline Hoxby discusses several differences between charter and public schools. more>

Last Week, NYC Public Advocate Bill Di'Blasio with a coalition of City Council members, called for a change in police and court procedures in domestic violence cases. more>

In spite of the high poverty levels, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico only receives 0.13% of Federal Medical funds. With reform on the horizon, will Puerto Rico get funding parity for healthcare? more>

A documentary on the South Asian community in New York, with a focus on the Jackson Heights locality. more>

Immigrant students encourage support for the Dream Act. more>

At least two state lawmakers are pushing a plan to change how the state's 60,000 prisoners are counted by the Census Bureau when it comes to drawing state and local legislative districts. more>

Ray Suarez of PBS News Hour reports that Haiti's leaders are turning toward rebuilding its shattered government as earthquake recovery continues. more>

This is and excerpt of "Soldiers Without Swords", the first documentary to chronicle the history of the Black press, including its central role in the construction of modern African American identity. more>

An excerpt of the proceedings at Community Board 15 in Brooklyn on the plans to build a mosque in Sheepshead Bay. (part 2) more>

The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles presents its views on immigration reform. more>

City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn announced on February 4th the introduction of legislation to improve services provided to young immigrants who are eligible for Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS). more>

According to a USA Today/Gallup poll, the majority of American people don't think the US should increase the number of Haitian immigrants it accepts. more>

A member of Saint Lucias Health team, Dr. Gemma Cherry, said the world has to move fast to avoid a medical disaster in Haiti. more>

The new airport security measures introduced by the US government are already coming under fire. Full-body pat downs, extra luggage scrutiny as well as mandatory body scanning, have all been proposed. Rhiz Khan of AlJazeera English hosts the discussion. more>

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. more>

Reverend Al Sharpton, Dr. Marc Lamont Hill, and Jeff Johnson appear on Larry King Live to discuss President Obama's policies and their effect on the African American community. more>

RT reports that the Obama Administration is using torture tactics on terror suspects held in U.S. prisons. more>

As Congress began debate on school lunch legislation in November, Senator Gillibrand discussed proposals to expand access to school meals, and improve the quality and safety of food served at schools. more>

Research from University of Minnesota Law School professor Myron Orfield shows that minorities face greater challenges from the mortgage scandals that have been so prevalent in the last six years. more>

Savetheinternet.com provides this video on net neutrality. more>

Yeshiva University High School girls talk about their study experience in Israel. more>

The Andersons' Experiment is grounded in John and Maggie Anderson's public pledge to try to exclusively support Black businesses and professionals and buy Black-made products. more>

In September, Carlos Moreno, attorney for Victor Toro, presented this brief summary of his case. more>

A September 2009 video from SequenceNews.com highlights the increased hunger and food insufficiency in Queens, NY in 2008. more>

In December, the U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation that would label certain Middle Eastern satellite providers as terrorist organizations to prevent radical anti-American propaganda from hitting the airwaves. more>

December 15 rally, held at Victor Steinbrueck Park, Seattle, Washington, to celebrate comprehensive immigration reform bill introduced by Representative Gutierrez. more>

On December 2, 2009 Congressional Black Caucus press conference led by Congresswoman Maxine Waters, explained their opposition to legislation that does little to help minority communities during this economic recession. more>

Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) provided this statement at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings for the Uniting American Families Act (UAFA) last June. more>

FIOS 1 News from Long Island reports on the Oyster Bay ordinance targeting Latinos. more>

From Brave New Films, messages to President Obama about the troop escalation. more>

On December 15th Representative Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) introduced a new immigration reform bill in the House. more>

New York City Comptroller William C. Thompson, Jr. releases a new audit finding that the Department of Homeless Services has been delaying and denying homeless families housing at a news conference on Thursday, October 15, 2009. more>

On Bronx Net's Open, Being Latino Founder Lance Rios spoke about why he created Being Latino and why it is important for him. more>

From Storm 300 TV, an appeal to stop gun violence in the Bronx in the wake of recent killing of Issy Ariel Dominguez and other young people in that borough. more>

This video is aimed at Latino teens and attempts to de-stigmatize and prevent suicide. Provides information on the national suicide hotline, Lifeline, and resources for community health services. more>

In August, Al Jazeera English reported that the Hispanic population in the US has high hopes that a currently debated healthcare strategy will increase its access to affordable care. Today, one in every three Latino residents has no health insurance at all. more>

Movie Trailer: TONY & JANINA'S AMERICAN WEDDING, is a feature length documentary that gets to the heart of the broken U.S. immigration system, when after 19 years in America, a Chicago family is torn apart, as Janina Wasilewski is deported back to Poland. more>

From California to Illinois to Georgia, protests against gun and youth violence, spear-headed by Reverend Al Sharpton's National Action Network. more>

Florence Kong, President of Kwan Wo Iron Works, Inc. and President of the Asian American Contractors Association speaks with Sachi Koto in the National Council of Asian American Business Association's. more>

In its new podcast, Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations (AAPCHO) presented a discussion on health care reform with Michele Lew. more>

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano answers questions after a talk at the Center for American Progress on November 13, 2009. more>

Maria Celeste Arraras of Telemundo presented a report about Latinas and breast cancer on NBC's Today Show. more>

Steve Barrison, Esq. spoke at NY City Hall Rally on Small Business Survival Act on June 29, 2009. more>

Last Year, Joshua Breitbart of People's Production House discusses empowering people with media literacy and the potential benefits of opening up the TV white spaces, to Americans in urban areas. more>

Mr. Ayaz Ahmed, Director of Health Services with the South Asian Council for Social Services spoke at a press briefing on November 17, 2009 about pushing for the strongest possible health care reform bill and educating their communities about whats at stake for immigrants and all Americans in this national debate. more>

Michael Ferschke, Jr. served honorably in the Marines and gave his life for our country. His widow, Hota, now faces a new battle to live in the U.S. even though she is trying to honor Michael's wish to raise their son in his hometown. Unfortunately, Army Spc. Jack Barrios returned home still coping with emotional trauma from Iraq to discover that his wife, Francis, is facing deportation. more>

News 12 Brooklyn reported on Masbia kosher soup kitchen in Borough Park Brooklyn. more>

A year after the collapse of Lehman Brothers, the financial industry is still reeling from the credit crisis. Hundreds of thousands of financial jobs have been lost, and for those graduating from business school the employment outlook is bleak. Some Asian Americans and U.S.- educated Asians are considering opportunities outside the U.S. in China, India, and beyond. Nathan King of Voice of America reported from New York. more>

As of September 11, 2009, eight years after the attack on the World Trade Center, ground zero workers are still getting sick at a rate of 200 per month. more>

A month ago, Representative Luis Gutierrez' (D-IL) spoke in Washington, D.C. about why we will not wait for immigration reform. more>

In the wake of the recent terror raids in Flushing, members of a Muslim community are concerned over what they call racial profiling by law enforcement. more>

Russia Today's Karan Singh has been following the growing campaign the release of Vikram Buddhi, a former doctoral student at Purdue University, who has been languishing in a US prison for the last 31 months. more>

In July, Speaker Christine C. Quinn announced a $20 million commitment to fund a pilot program that will turn unsold condominiums, market-rate rental buildings and stalled construction sites into affordable housing opportunities for moderate and middle-income families. more>

Democracy Now reported on October 23rd that Raquel Rolnik, the UN Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing will open an investigation into the U.S. housing crisis including issues of public housing, homelessness and foreclosures. more>

From Democrats.senate.gov, doctors and nurses speak out about the country's broken health care system. more>

Former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani speaks about his fear of the City going back to the way it used to be before 1993. He spoke in in Borough Park, Brooklyn on Sunday, October 18, 2009. more>

A growing part of the Mexican population in New York City are indigenous immigrants, mainly from the Mixteca ethnic group. Here's one woman's story. more>

Immigrant advocates are urging retailers to pull a Halloween costume depicting a space creature in orange prison garb emblazoned with the words "illegal alien." more>

Gay kids become homeless and have even fewer places to turn than their heterosexual counterparts. This is a major issue in New York City. NYU students Lauryn Siegel and James West investigate further. more>

Only a few years after its inception, Ebru TV has won three mid-Atlantic Emmy awards and is able compete toe-to-toe with major TV networks in the United States. more>

Radio talk show host, Thom Hartmann talks with Frontline correspondent Martin Smith about the war in Afghanistan and examines the question of whether or not this has become Obama's war. more>

Sen. David Vitter offers an amendment to the Commerce, Science and Justice Appropriations bill that would require questions about illegal aliens to be included in U.S. census data. more>

In the wake of the Southern Poverty Law Center report, there is a call to stop hate crimes on Long Island. more>

Ten months ago, a Mexican government survey showed a sharp drop in Mexican emigration. more>

As the economy knocks men out of the work force, the women are keeping the money flowing. Henni Espinosa of the Filipino Channel reports. more>

According to the New York Coalition for Asian American Mental Health, Asian women commit suicide at a far greater rate than any other women in their age group. more>

MSNBC's Keith Olbermann talks about Republican racism. more>

Black patients with in-hospital cardiac arrest were significantly less likely to survive to discharge than white patients. Much of the racial difference was associated with the hospital center in which black patients received care. more>

This is a montage of Lou Dobbs reports provided by DropDobbs.com. more>

A reflection of the impact of the economic downturn on Latino immigrants. more>

Scott Bittle, Director of Public Issues Analysis for Public Agenda talks about recent immigration trends. more>

Oregon's Parents for Paid Leave present the story of Theresa whose family could have benefited from paid maternity and paternity leave. more>

The American Nurses Association (ANA) says that quality health care is a basic human right. Their principles on health care reform -- guaranteed, affordable, high quality health care for all. more>

A 2007 documentary focusing on harsh immigration laws for Dominicans. more>

President Obama reiterated in August that undocumented immigrants are not eligible for health care benefits under the proposed health care bills and indicates that a "basic standard of decency" is why they are treated in hospital emergency rooms. more>

Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-California) spoke in opposition to Representative Mark Souder's (R-Indiana) amendment to the FY2010 Labor Health and Human Services appropriations bill, which would reinstate a ban on a federal needle exchange program. more>

Last week, Republican Representative Peter King said that Rudy Giuliani is more likely than ever to run for New York Governor. This is coverage from CNN, CBS-TV and PIX11. more>

Al Jazeera English reports on the life of Senator Ted Kennedy following his death. more>

Kai D. Patterson, President & CEO discusses the benefits of the Amber Ready program in finding missing and abducted children. more>

Legislation is being considered in New York that would allow mothers-to-be who are behind bars to have the right not to be handcuffed and shackled while they give birth. (Aug. 25) more>

During World War II, over 250,000 Filipino soldiers fought side by side with American soldiers in an effort to end the war. In return, they were promised full benefits and equal veteran status just like their American counterparts. more>

On July 15, 2009, Congressman Engel spoke on the House floor about the Stella D'oro threat to close their plant in the Bronx following their National Labor Relations Board defeat. more>

On July 29, 2009. when President Obama's Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano arrived in midtown Manhattan to deliver a speech at the Council on Foreign Relations, she was greeted by dozens of picketers who carried placards questioning why the Obama administration is embracing and even expanding ineffective Bush-era immigration enforcement policies. more>

Michael Wotorson, Executive Director of the Campaign for High School Equity, testified at a hearing regarding America's competitiveness through high school reform on May 12, 2009. more>

This public services announcement is a dramatization to increase awareness of HIV/AIDS risks for black youth. more>

Ray and the panelists discuss healthcare disparities in Puerto Rico as the discussion gets heated over a misunderstanding about Puerto Ricans and legal status. Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens. more>

Candidate Richard Aborn talks about treatment for mentally ill and drug offenders. more>

Earlier this year, Brooklyn D.A. Charles Joe Hynes and New York Senator Chuck Schumer held a press conference to announce the formation of a task force to tackle mortgage fraud. more>

Some fear that Mexico's easing of visa restrictions for Chinese tourists will increase illegal border crossing into the US. more>

An anthropology professor at UC Berkeley, Nancy Scheper-Hughes, reacts to the arrest of Brooklyn Rabbi Levy Rosenbaum for trafficking human organs. Seven years ago, she informed the FBI about his alleged dealings. more>

Conservative Law Professor Kris W. Kobach speaks with Glen Beck about illegal immigration. more>

Earlier this month, NYC Comptroller William Thompson held a new conference on future of NYC jobs and unemployment. more>

Foster Care—A child's point of view. more>

Kevin Kim candidate for New York City Council District 19 thanked his supporters for helping meet his July filing goals. more>

Congressman Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Chairman of the Immigration Reform Caucus in the House of Representatives, explains the Birthright Citizenship Act and how it clarifies the issue of citizenship. more>

In the first of a two-part video press conference, Melissa Roxas tells the story of her abduction and torture. more>

Link TV takes a look at how the riots in Xinjiang Province were carried by different news outlets around the world. more>

The consequences of the 9/11 attacks will undoubtedly be felt for years to come. And the tragedy has continued to affect ordinary Muslim Americans to this day. more>

CNN Series "Black in America" focuses on the Black Press. more>

State of the Dream 2009: Report Finds People of Color in US Endure Silent Economic Depression. more>

HIV testing made easy through APICHA. more>

This video provides a look into conditions at a Texas facility run by the Department of Homeland Security. more>

Crossing the Bering Strait overland is a grueling endeavor.  However, an international team attempts the journey. more>

Campaign video--Bill Thompson for Mayor more>

As the U.S. economy declines, more Mexican immigrants are returning home. more>

New York State Senator Carl Kruger debates the Russian language bill on Senate Floor. more>

Rapper T.I. presents his K.I.N.G. Foundation at Anti-Gun Rally in Harlem, with Rev. Al Sharpton. more>

Rep. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) Speaks in support of H.R. 760, the Filipino Veterans Equity Act. more>

Striking Stella D'Oro workers face the bakeries owners at the National Labor Relations Board on May 13, 2009. more>

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

NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn along with Council Members Gail Brewer, Robert Jackson, Dan Garodnick and Miguel Martinez joined together with tenants and various associations spoke out. more>

Because of the falling U.S. economy, Mexican immigrants are finding it increasingly difficult to make it here. more>

Last June, City Council President Christine Quinn spoke at POTS about the situation with food stamps. more>

Last year, Felicia Persaud, founder of CARIBID2010 made a personal appeal to the Members of the U.S. Congress for legislation which will place Caribbean nationals as an identity group on the 2010 Census form. more>

Art Fennell Reports examines how Asian Americans are treated in this country and the high rate of incidence of suicide among the race. more>

KABC's Doug McIntyre conducts a hostile interview with the Rev. Miguel Rivera of the National Coalition of Latino Clergy and Christian Leaders on 2010 census. more>

Michael Paone, community organizer and anti-hunger activist, and Joel Berg, executive director of New York City Coalition Against Hunger talk with Brian Lehrer about the increase of food stamp enrollment in the midst of the economic crisis, and answer questions about the program. more>

Professor David Brotherton, of the Sociology at John Jay College in New York City, talks about his research on deportation back to the Dominican Republic. more>

Keith Olbermann addresses the campaign to scapegoat Mexicans for the spread of swine flu. more>

Ron Pollack, Executive Director for FamiliesUSA, a non-profit advocacy group for consumers of family health care, testifies at a hearing investigating ways to reduce the cost of health insurance for employers, employees and their families. more>

In a climate of economic downturn, Yeshiva University Freezes this year's tuition and offers a fifth year scholarship to undergraduate students. more>

"All Alone: When Youth Age Out" is a look into what it means when a youth ages out of the foster care system in the US. more>

The East African Women's Center in Minneapolis provides training and services to empower women in their new country. more>

United Nations Development Program helps women in rural Nigeria create their own businesses and empower themselves. more>

Underground undergrads talk about support for higher education for undocumented students. more>

A short personal documentary of a Filipino's journey in search of the American dream and the sacrifices to attain it. more>

Immigration Attorney Michael Feldenkrais discusses immigration reform, President Obama, and the upcoming May 1st marches. more>

Mexican relatives back home talk about the importance of money coming from the United States. more>

A brief look at the importance of immigrants' remittances to family members back home. more>