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Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism (CUNY) alum.
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Min Khant Zaw, a Rohingya and Kaman activist and asylum seeker, had his life upended after spending seven weeks inside an ICE detention facility in Louisiana.
The theme for this year's Southern Decadence parade was "Phoenix Rising."
What's the difference between ICE and Border Patrol, or a refugee and an asylum seeker? The terminology around the topic of immigration in the United States can be confusing. Our glossary can help.
With the heat index approaching 110 degrees on Tuesday, eight of the city's 13 rec centers, which double as cooling stations during the summer, were closed for maintenance.
The rallies commemorated Lorenzo Salgado Araujo and Joan Sebastián Durán Guerrero, who were killed by federal immigration officers in Texas and Maine.
New Orleans' Haitian community is in the crosshairs after a U.S. Supreme Court decision terminated its temporary protected status and allowed the government to initiate deportations.
Short-term rentals like these place an overwhelming burden on small coastal towns in Puerto Rico, but Culebra is an outlier. The island municipality, with a population of about 1,700, has between 300 and 400 active Airbnb listings depending on the month, according to data from AirROI, which tracks Airbnb listings.
Federal funding cuts from the Trump administration have significantly affected Puerto Rican nonprofits. Rural community organizations that already have difficulties accessing private funds are especially vulnerable. Puerto Rican nonprofits say the cuts have limited their ability to respond to crises and community needs.
An NYCity News Service analysis of more than 1,000 government inspections, police reports and lawsuits across the nation since 2019 found at least 481 victims harmed by their fellow nursing home residents — including beatings, sexual aggression, rape and even killings.
By building a politics of community and remaining focused on issues of affordability, the mayor-elect won the support of a diverse population increasingly dismissed as too conservative.
Nearly three thousand New Yorkers have contributed to multiple left-leaning candidates in a nod to ranked-choice voting.
The former governor is beating the state lawmaker 55 to 45 in the final round of voting, Marist found.
While murders and shootings have fallen dramatically, overall crime has risen steadily during the New York City mayor's tenure.
Mayor Eric Adams and border czar Tom Homan showcased their alliance with the indictment of 27 migrants allegedly tied to Tren de Aragua.
TORRES' IMMIGRATION SHIFT: In 2021, Democratic Rep. Ritchie Torres led an effort to eliminate funding for a controversial Immigration and Customs Enforcement's program that facilitated collaboration between local law and federal authorities. Just four years later - as he eyes a run for New York governor - his views couldn't be more different.
This story is published in partnership with the Queer News Network, a collaboration among 11 LGBTQ+ newsrooms to cover down ballot elections across 10 states. Read more about us here. This story is also done in partnership with The Buckeye Flame, an LGBTQ+ non-profit news outlet based in Ohio.
Referendum would further criminalize migration; opponents describe it as a new version of infamous SB 1070
Tucson's Alvaro Enciso says he's creating tributes with 'Donde mueren los sueños,' isn't an activist as he only marks 'where dreams die'
Technicolor lights placed in the corners of a large studio bounced from a mirror wall onto the dancers’ bodies. Judges sat behind a table draped in shiny black fabric and topped with tiny golden trophies and inflatable pool accessories for the winners of each category. Tonight, the theme was pool party, a pratice for a future ball in Denver.
"SIN AGUA," what artist SofÃa Córdova calls an “anti-documentary trilogy," deftly recognizes this parallel and explores the relation between time, colonialism and water — its absence, significance and excess — in Arizona and in her home, Puerto Rico, after the impact of 2017's Hurricane MarÃa.