Voices That Must Be Heard

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Edition 425 27 May 2010

Tomasz Deptula, Editor of Nowy Dziennik/Polish Daily News, is the guest editor and Sharan Harper is the Multi-media Associate Editor of this issue.

NEWS

Muslim community sees approval of Islamic Center at Ground Zero as triumph for American values

By Mohsin Zaheer, thepakistaninewspaper.com, 26 May 2010. Translated from Urdu by Shagufta Khan.

The $100 million lower Manhattan project is the brainchild of the American Society for Muslim Advancement (ASMA), a New York-based nonprofit dedicated to strengthening an authentic expression of Islam based on cultural and religious harmony, through interfaith collaboration, youth and women's empowerment, and arts and cultural exchange.

Banks redline minority communities again

By Eileen Markey, City Limits, 14 May 2010.

According to a new report, "In communities of color, where the foreclosure crisis has taken an especially severe toll, access to prime, conventional mortgage loans have declined precipitously."

City: No Kosher litmus test for Meals On Wheels

By Adam Dickter, Jewish Week, 18 May 2010.

The commissioner of the city's Department for the Aging has disputed a report that elderly recipients of Meals On Wheels have been asked to prove they are Orthodox to qualify for the more expensive kosher food.

High unemployment in US to affect J-1 visa holders

By Yevgeny Novitsky, Russian Bazaar, 25 May 2010. Translated from Russian by Yana Wasilevski.

According to the prognosis of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, it will be difficult for foreign students to find a seasonal job. "J-1 visa holders will have to compete with many unemployed Americans and undocumented immigrants for work in diners and hotels," said Greg Chinarski.

More day laborers are homeless

By Camille Bautista, Queens Courier, 14 May 2010.

"Most laborers are afraid shelters won't take them. They fear incarceration and deportation, so they hide the fact that they are homeless," said Edwin Melendez, director of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies and Urban Affairs and Planning at Hunter College.

VIDEO :: News 12 Westchester reported last year on an encampment of homeless day laborers in Brewster, New York.MORE>

While the world worries about the oil spill in the Mexican Gulf, Brooklyn's Greenpoint sits on an eco-bomb

By OP, Super Express, 18 May 2010. Translated from Polish by Aleksandra Slabisz.

This Polish neighborhood in Brooklyn sits on 55 acres of land polluted with close to 30 million gallons of oil and other chemicals.

Border troops dismay Latinos

Via Minority News Report, 26 May 2010.

"The fact is that the enforcement benchmarks that conservatives insisted on in 2007 have been met, unauthorized border crossings are down, violent crime is down, and the number of undocumented immigrants in the United States has declined," stated Brent Wilkes, LULAC national executive director.

EDITORIALS

Who's the boss in Washington?

Via El Diario La Prensa, 25 May 2010.

Instead of showing leadership and setting a tone for our nation with the facts on immigrants, the president and Democratic leaders are dawdling. This leads us to ask, who is the boss in Washington - the anti-immigrant lobby or Democrats?

The students must be supported

By Dolores Prida, EDLP, 20 May 2010. Translated from Spanish by Chris Brandt.

Thousands of students have unplugged themselves from their iPods and cell phones and PlayStations and started to talk, to listen and to participate in the reality that surrounds them. It's about time.

An immigration bill is needed

Via Irish Voice, 19 May 2010.

The furor over the Arizona immigration law, which gives greatly enhanced powers to police departments there, actually represents an opportunity for overall comprehensive legislation.

VIDEO :: The AP reported that President Barack Obama has reaffirmed his commitment to comprehensive immigration reform and denounced a harsh immigration law in Arizona at a joint news conference with Mexican President Felipe Calderon.

Video

The rise of Turkish Americans

By Ali H. Aslan, Zaman, 25 May 2010.

Although the number of Turks is still relatively small and their influence is relatively weak in the United States compared to some other diasporas, their level of engagement in the American political system and society has improved visibly recently.

BRIEFS

The Korean community shocked by North Korean attack

By No-yol Kim, NY Korea Times, 19 May 2010. Translated from Korean by Sun-Yong Reinish.

Brutal beating of Ecuadorian immigrant is eighth in New York in past 15 months

By Cristina Loboguerrero, EDLP, 20 May 2010. Translated from Spanish by Chris Brandt.

VIDEO :: An Ecuadorian man, Julio Serrano, 39, is currently fighting for his life after he was beaten by at least four people in an incident that Peekskill police are investigating as a possible bias attack.

New York Jamaicans: Prime Minister Bruce Golding should go

By Tony Best, Carib News, 25 May 2010.

Hungarian Gypsies: An issue for Europe

By MTI/OMP, Nepszava Szabadsag, 21 May 2010. Translated from Hungarian by Szilvia Balazs-McCord.

VIDEO :: France 24 TV highlights the plight and difficulties of one of Europe's biggest minorities.

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