One Family Faces the Immigration Debate
Leave your thoughtsWith comprehensive immigration reform on hold in Congress, Nancy Paredo’s family is waiting on a promise from President Obama to…
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Nassau faulted on language services
Leave your thoughtsMajor Nassau County departments still aren’t providing non-English-speaking residents with interpreters or translated documents as promised by executive orders signed…
Lost in Translation: Report Card on Nassau County Agencies Compliance with Language Access Executive Orders
Leave your thoughtsCompiled by: Long Island Language Advocates Coalition, Long Island Civic Engagement Table, Make the Road New York, New York Civil…
[Audio] Wage Theft New York City’s restaurant: Two Latina New Yorkers fighting to get the money they are owed
Leave your thoughtsWage theft can mean many different things. There are cases where employers garnish their workers’ wages…take a little off the…
Familias urgen a Obama a firmar orden ejecutiva
Leave your thoughtsForo en Brooklyn para exigir medidas para proteger a las familias que no tienen documentos Cientos de personas se reunieron…
Disaster Sociologists Study How Hurricane Sandy Changed Life in New York
Leave your thoughtsHurricane Sandy has ushered in big changes all over the New York metropolitan region, from seawalls to city ordinances. It…
[Video] Migrantes indocumentados comparten su miedo a ser deportados
Leave your thoughtsDecenas migrantes se reunieron para compartir sus experiencias y pedir que no los deporten. Miembros y associados de Se Hace…
NYPD’s ‘Broken Windows’ Policing Is the Same Old Stop-and-Frisk
Leave your thoughtsWhen a federal court found the New York Police Department’s controversial stop-and-frisk policy unconstitutional in August 2013, New Yorkers concerned…
A Healing That Wasnt: Liberal Activists and the Police Assail City Hall
Leave your thoughtsConfronting the first civil rights test of his administration, Mayor Bill de Blasio is struggling to take command of a…
Jóvenes latinos promueven importancia del voto
Leave your thoughtsUnos 45 jóvenes de comunidades minoritarias, latinos y afroamericanos, estarán recorriendo los vecindarios de Long Island esta semana, promoviendo la…