JHISN adds our voice to the humanitarian calls for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza. At home, our mayor scapegoats displaced migrants as the reason for cutting city services and our libraries are threatened by budget cuts despite providing critical community services including their Winter Coat Drive. Read More
This week’s newsletter offers an update on a tentative agreement that would allow immigrant vendors to return to Corona Plaza. We then take a deeper look at the digital divide that excludes too many migrants from full participation in online worlds. Read More
You might have missed the news that Mayor Adams is trying to overturn the city’s decades-old Right to Shelter law. We also give an update on the recent work of Adhikaar, a Queens-based immigrant justice organization—the first in the US to represent Nepali-speaking communities. Read More
We debated whether to bring this week’s story to you. Would we be amplifying Curtis Sliwa’s vicious, cynical politics by reporting on them? Should readers who have never heard of Sliwa be introduced to him here? Read More
As the seasons turn, we turn again to addressing one of the most pressing issues of immigrant justice here in New York City: the arrival of over 100,000 recent migrants looking for housing, employment, and a livable future. Read More
In this newsletter, we report on how the Biden administration and corporate capitalism are undermining New Jersey activists’ attempt to shut down privately contracted immigrant detention centers. Plus, offer an introduction to a new neighbor—The World’s Borough Bookshop. Read More
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