Latino
The Talking Cure
Matthew Schuerman |
As the health care industry pleads poverty, one hospital finds success speaks many languages.
Latino
GMAD AS HELL
K. Woodward |
Gay Men of African Descent, the nation’s oldest organization for black and Latino gay men reeling after loss of two major federal grants.
Latino
BLOCK STILL LOCKED
K. Woodward |
New York’s parolees and incarcerated felons suffer setback in appeals court: still no right to vote.
Bronx
SICK AND TIRED OF LOW PAY: HEALTH AIDES VOTE TO STRIKE
Elizabeth Slovic |
The city’s home health aides take care of thousands of elderly and ailing New Yorkers. But who’s looking out for them?
Staten Island
Race Wars
Debbie Nathan |
After 9/11, many New Yorkers feared hate crimes were a new epidemic. But what’s happening on the streets may be more familiar stories: fights over girlfriends, mugging easy marks and rumbles between revved-up teenagers.
Latino
GLOBAL NETWORKING FOR THE 2012 OLYMPICS
Rong Xiaoqing |
New York Olympic committee offers local nonprofits technical assistance in the hopes of currying favor abroad.
Latino
City Lit: Working our Nerves
Debbie Nathan |
The Puerto Rican Syndrome, by Patricia Gherovici.
Latino
NO (WHITE) CHILD LEFT BEHIND
E. Cady Brown |
According to a new study, only half of all black, Hispanic and Native American teenagers in the United States will graduate from high school.
Latino
Show Me the Money (and Some Creative ID)
Amy Zimmer and Xiaoqing Rong |
Homeland Security officials say they want better banking security, but financial institutions are paying no mind: Hungry to make money off of undocumented workers, banks are deciding for themselves who their customers are.
Latino
Police Line–Do Cross
Bob Roberts |
One Police Plaza brass don’t track the neighborhood drug trade. Anti-terror efforts are taking detectives off local cases. In the Bronx’s 52nd Precinct, it all adds up to one conclusion: Cops and the community have to find some way to work together.
