In New York State, many labor laws don’t apply to farmworkers who often work 60 to 80 hours a week. FI2W contributor Aurora Almendral went upstate for our radio partner WNYC to investigate.
Michaelle Solages, from Nassau County’s 22nd district, has become the first person of Haitian descent elected to the New York State Assembly. Her first order of business is to get the power back on.
Immigrant workers stayed on the job during Hurricane Sandy. Many because they wanted to, some because they had to.
You can hear four different Fi2W stories across the country today on public radio. We link to them inside.
Listen to Maria Hinojosa, host of NPR’s Latino USA and co-anchor of Need to Know on PBS, speak with Brian Lehrer this morning on WNYC talking about the presidential campaign and plugging our event tonight at the New School.
We will be livestreaming the panel discussion moderated by María Hinojosa starting at 6 pm EDT on October 18th. Watch it here.
Demand for yogurt has been a boon to New York dairies, but some say immigration enforcement is limiting the number of dairy workers.
Two women, inspired by their immigrant roots, undertake a project to document people’s family recipes using unorthodox methods.
A program at New York’s Tenement Museum introduces recent immigrants to immigrant lives from the past.
Many of the Muslim vendors of New York’s ubiquitous food carts spent the last month fasting for Ramadan, even while serving others.
