[Reader-list] Voices 75

[Rehan Ansari]

This Week's Voices That Must Be Heard
By IPA-New York, a sponsored project of the Independent Press Association 
Edition 75: 24 July 2003. 
Advisory Editor: Kendra Hurley, editor Represent, an IPA member publication 

NEWS ITEMS:
Police claim that Zhang Qua was a special case by Yik-wei Zhang, Sing Tao Daily, 15 July 2003. Translated from Chinese by Connie Kong. 
Zhang Qua, undocumented but not a suspect in any crime, was handed over to Homeland Security by the police. Fingerpointing at Bloomberg Executive Order by Chinatown community. MORE.

Looking for work through a street job market in Williamsburg by Marek Tomaszewski, Nowy Dziennik / Polish Daily News, 17 July 2003. Translated from Polish by Anna Milewska . 
With a majority of potential employers gone for the summer the job market is very hard. The lucky women offered one are usually hired for only four to five hours. That means earning $40 per day. MORE.

Tidying up domestic workers' rights by Juana Ponce de León, Siempre, 24 July 2003. Translated from Spanish by Juana Ponce de León. 
Carmen, a native of Tehuacan, Puebla in Mexico, traveled more than an hour from her home in the Bronx to stand at this corner in Williamsburg, hoping one of the many Hassidic Jewish men or women who seek domestic workers will give her work. "Generally, the white women are hired first. After they are gone, then we get jobs," she explained. MORE.

Fight is joined on Bush cuts by James D. Besser, Jewish Week, 27 June 2003. English language. 
In a dramatic reversal, a leading Jewish group took the first step towards outright opposition to Bush administration tax and budget policies that are forcing sweeping cuts in health and human service programs. MORE.

Caribbean Casserole by Jean-Francois Macollvie, Haitian Times, 22 July 2003. English language. 
Immigrants learn to mix with each other in U.S. melting pot. MORE.

BRIEFS:
FBI probes gruesome murder of Pakistani students as hate crime by Kausar Javed, Pakistan Post, 23 July 2003. Translated from Urdu by Rehan Ansari. 

Sunset Park's internet café a den of ill repute, say neighbors by Jin-san Yu, World Journal, 15 July 2003. Translated from Chinese by Connie Kong. 

Haitians meet with Councilman Stewart in aftermath of distressing statement by Macollvie Jean-Francois, Haitian Times, 22 July 2003. English language. 

Why Korean students do not attend school by Chong-hoon Kim, Korea Daily News, 20 July 2003. Translated from Korean by Sun-yong Reinish. 

Fewer Immigrants after September 11, Nowy Dziennik / Polish Daily News, 16 July 2003. Translated from Polish by Anna Milewska . 

Peace making in the parking wars between cab companies of Flushing by Yu-Guan Cheng, Sing Tao Daily, 15 July 2003. Translated from Chinese by Connie Kong. 

EDITORIALS:
The jewels of Bayridge.com by Antoine Faisal, Aramica, 25 July 2003. English language. 
"I think Arabs pollute our city... they have a certain resentment toward freedom and diversity," is an example of a message on a community message board in Bayridge. MORE.

Africa beware! by Badia Jacobs, Caribbean Life, 15 July 2003. English language. 
Africans weary of Americans bearing gifts MORE.

Mute Congress by Marcin Wlosek, Nowy Dziennik / Polish Daily News, 17 July 2003. Translated from Polish by Anna Milewska . 
The parliament is an imperfect institution, just as democracy itself, but the U.S. Congress has added new dimensions to the meaning of imperfection. MORE. 
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