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Cash for Good Parenting Examined

January 02, 2009

It's still too early to tell whether a program that pays poor parents cash for taking their kids to school or to the doctor for check ups is working. But as WNYC's Cindy Rodriguez reports, so far, f....


The Virgin of Guadalupe

December 12, 2008

It is a holiday popular mostly with Mexican immigrants: the day of the Virgin of Guadalupe. Since Thursday night pilgrims have been congregating at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Manhattan where t....


Mumbai: A Jewish Indian Reflects

The Brian Lehrer Show

December 15, 2008

As the first Indian to head a U.S. synagogue, Romiel Daniel, president of the Rego Park Jewish Center, will talk about the tragedy in Mumbai, his hometown.


Brooklyn Hate Crime

December 11, 2008

Council speaker Christine Quinn helped hand out flyers this morning at a subway station in Bushwick, Brooklyn. The flyer shows a picture of a young African-American male. The suspect along with seve....


Day in Court

December 10, 2008

The case of a Pakistani immigrant who was held in solitary confinement in a Brooklyn prison after the September 11th attacks reached the Supreme Court. His lawyers and the government will argue over....


NYC Professor Translates during Mumbai Attacks

December 10, 2008

When a Brooklyn Rabbi and his wife were taken hostage during the Mumbai terrorist attacks 2 weeks ago, Rabbis with Chabad here in the United States went urgently looking for someone who could speak Ur....


Brooklyn Hate Crime Denounced

December 08, 2008

Bronx Assemblywoman Carmen Arroyo is urging the public to help police find the attackers. ARROYO: This crime is not against one individual. It's a crime against a community of people that are workin....


Crown Heights Mourns Loss of Brooklyn Rabbi

November 28, 2008

An Orthodox Jewish community in Crown Heights is mourning the deaths of a young Brooklyn rabbi and his wife in the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India, saying it's a big loss. Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsk....


Home for the Holidays and Beyond?

The Brian Lehrer Show

November 26, 2008

Ewa Kern-Jedrychowska, reporter for Feet in 2 Worlds and for the Polish Daily News, talks about immigrants returning to Poland because of the economic downturn.


Behind "The Cost of Doing Business"

November 19, 2008

Twenty-seven construction workers have died on the job this year, and a slowing economy may not do a whole lot to solve this problem. REPORTER: For the past nine months, WNYC reporters Cindy Rodrigu....


MacDowell Colonoy

Writing at the MacDowell Colony

Selected Shorts

November 16, 2008

”I left Milly’s party and walked along old narrow streets, feeling a peculiar tenderness as I passed by quaint eighteenth-century homes with their soft-lighted windows. Inside, I imagined lit candles, roses in glass vases, gleaming mirrors, and bowls of potpourri smelling of cinnamon and pears."
--Frances Hwang, “The Modern Age”


Two rich tales reflect aspects of the immigrant experience, both experienced and inherited, in stories by MacDowell Colony writers.


Immigration Crackdown Leads to More Deportations in Metro Area

November 08, 2008

Federal immigration officials say a crackdown on illegal immigrants is leading to more arrests and deportations in New York and New Jersey. WNYC's Cindy Rodriguez reports. REPORTER: In New Jersey, U....


Feet to the Fire

The Brian Lehrer Show

November 07, 2008

The left is lining up to make sure the Obama administration follows through on its more progressive promises. Elise Gould, health economist at the Economic Policy Institute, Ted Lewis, human rights director for Global Exchange, and Melissa Harris-Lacewell, Professor of politics and African-American studies at Princeton University discuss what they expect from Obama's first term.


PA's Latino Voters on Obama

November 03, 2008

There’s been much talk of racism this election season, and not only white racism. The Latino vote may be a deciding factor in some states, and over the past year, many Hispanics have spoken of pre....


Local Immigrant Groups Get Out the Vote

October 27, 2008

Local immigrant rights groups say they're making an unprecedented effort to turn out record numbers of New York's immigrant voters on Election Day. Linda Sarsour of the Arab-American Association of ....


Delivery Workers Vindicated with $4 Million in Damages

October 22, 2008

Dozens of delivery workers celebrated their recent court victory and award of more than $4 million outside the upper west side restaurant - Saigon Grill yesterday. WNYC's Kathleen Horan has more: ....


Debating in the Bronx

Debating in the Bronx

October 16, 2008

The presidential candidates held their last debate last night in Long Island and neither one had many surprises for the viewing public. One group of mostly second generation Dominicans and Puerto Ri....


Advocacy Group Wants an Immigration Debate

October 15, 2008

Immigration policy hasn't come up in any of the presidential debates so far. Some are hoping that will change tonight when Barack Obama and John McCain square off for the last time at Hofstra Univer....


Rutgers Takes Pulse of Asian American Voters

October 14, 2008

Asian Americans are one of the fastest growing segments of the national electorate and have a significant political presence in the New York-New Jersey area, according to a new Rutgers study. The re....


Bats Out of Brooklyn

October 09, 2008

Okay, here's a question. What mammal in New York City is among the most important to the balance and health of our environment? Sally Herships discovered the answer on a trip to Prospect Park. ....


Review of Immigrants Legal Assistance Spurs Worry

October 06, 2008

The right for immigrants to appeal a deportation order because of their attorney's mistakes or incompetence is under review, and immigrant advocates fear it’s in jeopardy. WNYC Marianne McCune has....


Economic Downturn and Weak Dollar Slow Remittances

October 03, 2008

Analysts predict that 2008 will be the first year in a decade that immigrants will send less wealth back to South America and the Caribbean. WNYC's Marianne McCune reports. REPORTER: Ever since 2000....


30 Issues: Immigration

The Brian Lehrer Show

October 03, 2008

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Julia Preston, New York Times immigration correspondent, compares the candidates' positions on immigration policy.

Then
Marshall Fitz, director of advocacy with the American Immigration Lawyers Association, discusses how changes to immigration law would affect immigration attorneys and their clients.


Feet In Two Worlds

The Brian Lehrer Show

September 25, 2008

Aswini Anburajan, a reporter and an editor for Feet in Two Worlds, a project of the Center for New York City Affairs at the New School, discusses the campaign and the Latino vote with Pilar Marrero, a reporter and columnist for the La Opinión, a Spanish-language daily newspaper in Los Angeles.

Anburajan and Marrero will also participate at a town hall meeting today that will discuss what the top issues and priorities for today’s immigrant voters are right now.


Escape from Cambodia

The Leonard Lopate Show

September 17, 2008

As a young man, Sichan Siv made a harrowing escape from Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge. Hear how he went on to become the U.S. ambassador the United Nations, and what it was like for him when he eventually returned to the Cambodian killing fields. His new book about his journey is Golden Bones.