A Brazilian mother stood in Newark’s Peter Francisco Park with tears running down her cheeks at a rally for immigration reform in September.
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African Braid Shops Bring Competition to Bed-Stuy Neighborhood
Over the last 10 years, the rise in immigrant-run African hair braid shops has been stirring up fierce competition on Fulton Street. Not only are the African hair braiding shops—chiefly owned by immigrants from Senegal, Guinea and Ivory Coast—competing to win over customers, but because there are at least 20 hair businesses huddled along Fulton Street, owners are slashing prices to attract customers. Tammy Mutasa reports.
Read the rest of this entry »Get Paid to Eat Healthy
In a neighborhood where bodegas reign supreme with unhealthy food options, as many as one in five people do not eat fresh produce at all. Carmen Perez reports on a program that allows residents to purchase food from local farmer’s markets with food stamps.
Read the rest of this entry »Tough Love, Without Tough Laws
After three years of patrolling the streets of Lower Manhattan, including tourist hotbeds like Canal Street and Battery Park, one undercover cop has learned that cooperating with the illegal vendors works better than antagonizing them. Leslie Picker reports.
Read the rest of this entry »Can Swine Flu Virus Be Tamed By Yin and Yang?
Some Flushing residents say yes. Ann Chang reports.
Read the rest of this entry »A Taste of Mexico in East Harlem
A Piraguas cart is a fixture in this mostly Puerto-Rican neighborhood. Carmen Perez reports.
Read the rest of this entry »An American experience defined by words
Rising college senior Jun Li’s life has been overwhelmed by vocabulary words – hundreds of them.
Read the rest of this entry »A Look Back at Christopher Street Pier
Three friends remember the Christopher Street Pier.
Read the rest of this entry »La Marqueta of East Harlem
Visit a market that comes alive every weekend.
Read the rest of this entry »New York’s Real Little Italy
Taste of Little Italy in the Bronx
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