Chinatown Rings in the Year of the Dragon (0)
2/08/12 •
Thousands of New Yorkers celebrated the arrival of the Year of the Dragon over the past two weeks. Reporter Larry Tung was one of them, and he brings us an audio slideshow from the annual Chinese New Year parade in Manhattan’s Chinatown.
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De Leon: The ARMS Act Does Not Make Sense (3)
2/03/12 •
The Adjusted Residency for Military Service Act – the ARMS Act – is a pruned version of the DREAM Act. It gives undocumented youth a chance to legalize their status if they join the military, but there are no benefits for pursuing higher education.
The Morton Memo In Action, Deportation Reprieves Granted, But Immigrants Remain in Limbo (0)
2/02/12 •
Deportation proceedings against two New Jersey brothers have been suspended, but they face an uncertain future under the Obama administration’s policy of prosecutorial discretion.
Meet Gadadhara Pandit Dasa, Columbia University’s First Hindu Chaplain (2)
2/01/12 •
Ramaa Reddy Raghavan brings us an audio slideshow portrait of Indian American Gadadhara Pandit Dasa, who tends to the spiritual life of students at Columbia University.
In Response to AZ Ban, Students in Tucson Hold Their Own Ethnic Studies Classes (5)
1/31/12 •
Since the Mexican American Studies program was shut-down in the Tucson Unified School District, students have walked out of class in protest and held their own teach-ins.
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1/20/12 •
Podcast: The John Liu Fundraising Scandal – The Top Political Issue for Asian Americans in NY1/17/12 •
Pulling Back the Curtain – What Asian Americans Are Saying about the John Liu Fundraising Scandal12/06/11 •
Activists Say Chinatown Should Get Special Zoning11/14/11 •
Immigrants Want Redistricting to Reflect the Changing City10/12/11 •
De Leon: Reasonable State Responses to Immigration
