With Rallies and Protests, Many Overseas Chinese Back the Olympics
May 12, 2008
Bing Yuan is a strong supporter of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. It is not hard to know that because he is wearing his support on his head - a
Reversing the Tide Against Protest
Apr 17, 2008
Photo (cc) Brendan ThemesThe proposed First Amendment Assembly Act would be a reversal of some of NYPD's 2003 RNC-related restrictions. New York has long prided itself as a place of
Document Jam Could Keep Immigrants from Voting
Apr 10, 2008
Photo (cc) Jay Davis for the Korean Resource Center To many immigrants, the right to vote in the United States represents the full realization of their American dreams and a
Taking a New Look at Discrimination in New York
Mar 29, 2008
Gotham Gazette image by Ya-Hsuan Huang Last month, New York City paid $21 million to settle a class action lawsuit for race-based employment practices in the city Department of Parks and
Ending Another Form of Discrimination
Mar 26, 2008
Photo (cc) Freddo Halopino The City Council voted on March 26 to add another category of people to those already protected from discrimination in housing. Now, the Administrative Code will
Same-Sex Marriages, Death and Taxes
Mar 14, 2008
"In this world, nothing is certain but death and taxes," Benjamin Franklin famously said. But for committed same-sex couples in New York, these are two areas of law, along with
New Year's Show Sparks Controversy
Mar 10, 2008
Photo courtesy of Best Chinese Shows. A Chinese New Year show at the Radio City Music Hall has stirred up some controversies after the New York Times ran a critical review
Trouble on the "Immigrant Express"
Feb 05, 2008
After three weekends of disrupted service between Woodside and Flushing because of installation of new signaling and track switches, the 7 train resumed local service in February, to the huge
Race Matters in New York
Jan 11, 2008
Most New Yorkers think of racism as yesterday's news. They prefer to think we have moved beyond not just the city's dependence on slavery, its attempts to remain neutral in
What Three Million Immigrants Do
Dec 03, 2007
A college graduate from Beijing who studies hotel management and culinary art, Zhen Zhang moved to New York in 1993 with dreams of opening his own hotel. Although that idea never materialized, |