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This Week's Voices That Must Be Heard
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ImmigrantR-@afsc.org
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Feb 13, 2008 14:32 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 308: 14 February 2008.
NEWS ITEMS:
NYC lawmakers see indigenous financial institutions as answer to foreclosures by Tony Best, Carib News, 12 February 2008. English language.
In an effort to stem the tide of home foreclosures in their communities, elected officials and local community leaders in Brooklyn are looking to establish a local bank. MORE.
Korean grocers' associations see threat in new green cart bill by Joo-chan Kim, Korea Times New York, 24 January 2008. Translated from Korean by Sun- yong Reinish.
The Green Cart bill, put forward by New York City Council and supported by a number of council members, is aimed at economically weaker neighborhoods to bring fresh produce to local residents by making it available on the streets. MORE.
N.Y. Department of Education sued over alleged quota system by Ela Dutt, Desi Talk, 25 January 2008. English language.
The 'topsy-turvy quota system" (as CIR calls it) began with a 1974 desegregation lawsuit, Hart v. Community School of Brooklyn. However, with demographic changes in the borough, the measure put in place to increase minority enrollment has ironically become one that limits their entry. MORE.
Divide and Conquer: Clintons exploit Black-Latino tensions by Al Giordano, The Indypendent, 4 February 2008. English language.
A generation or two ago, Irish, Italians and Jews were bunched by those in power into the same congressional, legislative and city council districts to compete for the same scraps of political representation, while White Anglo-Saxon Protestants took the rest of the pie. The same has occurred in recent years as Blacks and Latinos - the two most solid Democratic Party voting demographic groups - have been shoehorned into increasing conflict. MORE.
2008 Presidential Elections: Through the lens of ethnic press:
Will we trust Senator Clinton? by Alexandra Moreta and Freddy Pérez, El Diario / La Prensa, 5 February 2008. Translated from Spanish by Chris Brandt.
Obama and the race for the White House by Dr. Carlos E. Russell, Carib News, 12 February 2008. English language.
Korean Americans, let's show our voting power! by Jin-Soo Lee, Korea Times New York, 27 January 2008. Translated from Korean by Sun-yong Reinish.
Chinese senior citizens get transportation assistance to vote by Yi-Ming Zhun, Sing Tao Daily, 6 February 2008. Translated from Chinese by Connie Yik Kong.
Candidates should promote voter participation by Virginia Alvarado, El Diario de México, 7 February 2008. Translated from Spanish by Marissa Billowitz.
BRIEFS:
Crisis of immigrant workers looms as immigration reform hangs in midair, Weekly Thikana, 8 February 2008. Translated from Bangla by Moinuddin Naser.
Poles leaving Brooklyn, on to Queens by Ewa Kern-Jedrychowska and Marcin Pozna, Nowy Dziennik / Polish Daily News, 8 February 2008. Translated from Polish by Aleksandra Sabisz.
Escaping asphyxiation at the workplace, a woman fights for co-workers by Manuel E. Avendaño, El Diario / La Prensa, 2 February 2008. Translated from Spanish by Chris Brandt.
EDITORIALS:
Hopes rise for immigration reform by April Drew, Irish Voice, 12 February 2008. English language.
With Senator John McCain, leading in the Republican race, and Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, neck and neck on the Democratic side, the omens are good, says Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform Executive Director Kelly Fincham. MORE.
Filipino exposé, Filipino Express, 3 February 2008. English language.
Tales about Filipinos tearing down one another are not rare in this side of town. It is in fact as common as help wanted ads asking for Filipino domestics. Though most of these tales are petty, some manage to grow and become headlines. MORE.
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