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This Week's Voices That Must Be Heard
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ImmigrantR-@afsc.org
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Feb 06, 2008 14:17 PST
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This Week's Voices That Must Be Heard
By New York Community Media Alliance, a sponsored project of Fund for the City of New York
Edition 307: 7 January 2008.
NEWS ITEMS:
Many poor choose not to vote by Judith Torrea, El Diario / La Prensa, 25 January 2008. Translated from Spanish by Chris Brandt.
The inability to vote in the most powerful country in the world - because of the difficulty of access to transportation, employers' refusal of permission to leave work, and the lack of a place to leave the children - is a reality confronted by many of the country's 37 million poor when it comes to the presidential election process. MORE.
Illegal immigrants are not allowed a roof over their heads by Yan Gunko, Novoye Russkoye Slovo, 25 January 2008. Translated from Russian by Lucy Gunderson.
The City Council of Farmers Branch, a Dallas suburb, voted unanimously to adopt a new ordinance on renting houses or apartments under which future residents must present landlords with special licenses issued by city authorities. If it turns out that the applicant is an illegal immigrant, he will not be able to rent housing. MORE.
Bangladeshi immigrants mobilize to get Temporary Protected Status, Weekly Thikana, 1 February 2008. Translated from Bangla by Moinuddin Naser .
After years of community work to get TPS protection for Bangladeshis, two recent natural disasters that struck Bangladesh, which left many dead and food and water shortages, could help both documented and undocumented immigrants get the help they need. MORE.
Crimes, pollution in Chinatown tackled in community meeting by Zi-Yi Chen, World Journal, 31 January 2008. Translated from Chinese by Connie Yik Kong.
In 2007, an aggrieved Chinatown community witnessed an increase in felonies and burglaries compared to 2006. Although the incidence of homicides, rapes, and auto thefts remained relatively the same, identity theft increased noticeably. Now add noise pollution to their daily living, and the community is clamoring for change. MORE.
2008 Presidential Elections: Through the lens of ethnic press:
American-Muslim voters and Hillary Clinton's past by Wakeel Ansari, Urdu Times, 17 January 2008. Translated from Urdu by Mohammad Jehangir Khan.
Losing another election by Andrzej Dobrowloski, Nowy Dziennik / Polish Daily News, 23 January 2008. Translated from Polish by Ania Milewska.
BRIEFS:
AIDS rate rises in El Barrio by Claudia Torrens, El Diario / La Prensa, 27 January 2008. Translated from Spanish by Chris Brandt.
Imran Khan: U.S.-Pak policy is a disaster for both countries by Sujeet Rajan, Indian Express, 1 February 2008. English language.
Queens public "A" school protests against school merger by Hee-Jung Song, Korea Daily News, 28 January 2008. Translated from Korean by Ha-Neul Lee.
EDITORIALS:
The same attention for our young women by Haydee Morales, El Diario / La Prensa, 29 January 2008. Translated from Spanish by Chris Brandt.
I must admit that when it was announced that Jaimie-Lynn Spears was pregnant, I was not prepared for the amount of coverage the media gave this news. But let us remember that in the world where we live, teenage pregnancies are not new news. In New York City the rate of pregnancies and births among adolescents is higher than the state and national averages; the Bronx has the highest rate, followed by Brooklyn. MORE
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