Podcast: DREAM Act Advocates – Young, Undocumented and on Facebook
Young activists are revealing their undocumented status online and at public events in a state-by-state campaign for immigrant rights.
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Podcast: The Story Behind NY’s Suspension of Secure Communities
What led Governor Andrew Cuomo to pull NY out of the controversial immigration enforcement program? What does New York’s decision mean for the Obama administration’s immigration policies?
Podcast: Gay Immigrant Couples and the Defense of Marriage Act
In February, President Obama declared the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional. But the administration’s DOMA policy is still evolving, and one of the key testing grounds involves cases of same-sex immigrant couples where one of the partners faces deportation.
A Growing Asian Immigrant Presence in Organized Labor
The rank and file membership of American labor unions is increasingly made up of immigrants. In this podcast Fi2W’s Cristina Pastor talks about the influence of Asians on organized labor.
Immigrant Journalists Urged to Humanize the Digital Divide for their Audience
Learning how to put a human face on complex media policy issues for ethnic and community audiences will be critical to closing the digital divide between media haves and have-nots.
Fi2W Podcast – Bin Laden’s Killing Poses Unique Challenges for Pakistani Immigrants in the U.S.
The new Fi2W podcast makes its debut with an examination of the hopes and fears of Pakistani immigrants following the death of Osama bin Laden and rising tensions between the U.S. and Pakistan.
A New Name for Immigrant Journalism – Ethnic Media is now ‘d-Media’
A new name will help re-frame journalism by and for immigrants. Fi2W executive producer John Rudolph explains why diaspora media or ‘d-Media’ makes sense.
Hispanics Lead Population Growth in South and West, Leading to Congressional Seats
The first round of data from the 2010 Census has been released, and it shows that immigrants, particularly Hispanics, were responsible for much of the population growth over the last decade.
Taking the Measure of Immigrant Electoral Power
As new generations of immigrants emerge, is NY’s political character changing? A recent forum focused on how immigrant communities gain influence in government.
Haitian Americans Edge Toward First U.S. Congress Seat
Four out of nine candidates in the Democratic Primary in Florida’s 17th district are Haitian American. Community leaders fear they will split the vote and miss an opportunity to send the first Haitian American to Congress.