Immigrants Rally to Demand Fair Treatment
Leave your thoughtsSeven hundred New Yorkers – most of them immigrants – gathered in Flushing on Saturday to send a powerful message:…
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Reportback from Make the Road New Yorks Community Forum
Leave your thoughtsOn Saturday Feb. 23 Make the Road New York/ Se Hace Camino Nuevo York, formerly Make the Road by Walking,…
Eighth-Grader Social Promotion Proposal Is Facing Opposition
Leave your thoughtsA coalition including the city teachers union, the principals union, and parent activists** is lining up to oppose Mayor Bloomberg’s…
Low-Income New Yorkers Pose Policy Reforms To Elected Officials
Leave your thoughtsSome low-income New Yorkers got a chance to speak out about the issues that affect them at a community assembly…
Inmigrantes se hacen escuchar de políticos
Leave your thoughtsEntre gritos de "¡Sí se puede!" y el ritmo de maracas y tambores, unos 200 hispanos pidieron ayer a líderes…
1st Annual Community Assembly Puts Members' Voices First
Leave your thoughtsThis month, over 600 community members from all over New York City will join elected officials, union and grassroots leaders…
Protesters Hit City Hall to Decry Education Cuts
Leave your thoughtsDemonstrators chanting "keep the promise" gathered at City Hall last week to urge Mayor Michael Bloomberg to restore millions of…
Close to One Thousand Low-Income New Yorkers, Mostly Immigrants from Latin America, to Hold Massive Community Assembly in Queens
Leave your thoughtsFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 19th, 2008 More than 15 elected officials, including most major candidates for Mayor, and representatives of…
Ashoka Honors North Americas Top Social Entrepreneurs with Lifetime Election to Global Fellowship
Leave your thoughtsArlington, VA Twenty-one leading social entrepreneurs from the United States, Canada, Mexico and Central America have been elected Ashoka…
Retail Workers Celebrate Million-Dollar Victory
Leave your thoughtsFrigid weather didn’t stop employees of the Soho retail clothing store Yellow Rat Bastard from celebrating the $1.4 million in…