One year after police fatally shot Georgy Louisgene, his family and activists continue to demand justice. On the freezing night of Jan. 16, they lit candles at the place in the Vanderveer housing development where the 23-year-old was shot six times. Still grieving and angry about their loss, police brutality,Read More

Families with Korean adoptee children in upstate New York, where there are few Koreans, had a chance to learn some Korean culture at an event hosted by several Korean organizations. Six young, professional Korean couples living in Clinton, in Oneida County, (which is a five hour drive from New YorkRead More

One of the policemen involved in the 1999 killing of Amadou Diallo, an unarmed street vendor in the Bronx, decided to sue the New York Police Department to return to active service on street patrol. After shooting Diallo, Kenneth Boss, the officer in question, was restricted to serving in theRead More

Indian Americans had the biggest percentage of population increase in Queens and Long Island between 2000 and 2001, according to new census data announced Jan. 13. Between 2000 and 2001, the white population of Queens shrunk by nearly 19,000 while the number of Latinos grew by about 8,000 and African-AmericansRead More

The Ridgewood Coalition expressed its opposition to the new plan from the City Charter Commmision’ proposal to divide of Ridgewood, Queens, and add it on to Bushwick, Brooklyn. “Fix Bushwick, but do not divide Ridgewood,” said the press release. If the City Council accepts the proposal, added the coalition, aRead More

The Immigration and Naturalization Service has added five to the list of countries whose citizens in the United States require special registration—and opened up the question of when India will make the list. Speculation was further fuelled when CNN’s Larry King asked Attorney General John Ashcroft Dec. 17 about theRead More

Pete Corrigan and Casey Decker, owners of the Yellow Cab Company in Chicago contacted me to find out how to help Pakistani cab drivers who are in the United States illegally. I went to Pete’s office, and saw some people I knew who drive taxis. We started talking. An estimatedRead More

“And if men strive together, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart, and yet no harm follow, he shall be surely fined, according as the woman’s husband shall lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine. But if any harm follow, then thouRead More

Two days before the Foreign Minister of Pakistan’s arrival in the United States, Attorney General John Ashcroft said that Pakistan will not be removed from the list of dangerous countries and its nationals will have to register. He said this to the Pakistani Ambassador, who in turn said that noRead More

On the first two days of registration, few Pakistanis have showed up: forty on the first day in New York (127 in the first two days); in Chicago, 70 appeared on the first day. An estimated 600,000 Pakistanis live in the United States, 200,000 in New York State alone. MostRead More

After two days of registration, 127 Pakistanis and 100 Arabs registered. One Pakistani, Khurrum Ali, was arrested. The Pakistani Consulate has not yet verified the arrest. American authorities still claim that the registration process is not discriminatory on the grounds of ethnic, national, racial origins. If the registration law isRead More

Pakistanis residing illegally in the United States are anxiously awaiting news of the outcome of talks between Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri, visiting from Pakistan, and Bush administration officials. Almost all undocumented Pakistanis will decide whether to register from their impressions of the meeting. Since September 11th, 10,000 Pakistanis haveRead More

As of today, the New York Police Department (NYPD) can count more than 2,000 more officers. The graduating class is one of the most diverse to come out of the Police Academy. Latinos comprise 25 percent of the new officers, African Americans are 18 percent, women are 20 percent, andRead More

If you’ve gotten caught up in the salutes to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and preparing to shortly celebrate Black History Month, you must recognize that sometimes these observances can seem like just window dressing to disguise the innate and often two-faced nature of racism in this country. Like weRead More

President George Bush continued his schizophrenic behavior when he decided to re-nominate Charles Pickering for the U.S. Court of Appeals. In 2002, Pickering’s nomination was rejected by a then-Democratic-controlled Congress Pickering angered black politicians and organizations when he called the state court, on the behalf of white racists that wereRead More