By Ewa Kern-Jedrychowska, Polish Daily News and FI2W reporter [* Editor’s note: This article was amended to correct election results in the last paragraph.] John C. Liu’s victory in the race for New York City comptroller on Tuesday marks the…
By Ewa Kern-Jedrychowska, Polish Daily News and FI2W reporter Bloomberg promised to talk more to the city’s ethnic media if he’s reelected. (Photos: Aleksandra Slabisz) With less than a month to go before the election that will decide whether he…
When the Obama administration recently announced its decision to scrap the Bush-era plan for an anti-missile shield based in Poland and the Czech Republic many Poles were not surprised. It simply confirmed what they had been expecting. Last fall then-President-elect…
By Ewa Kern-Jedrychowska, Polish Daily News and FI2W reporter Polish immigrants have historically shown more interest in elections in their home country than in U.S. politics. But now the tables may have turned. At two polling sites in New York…
Census representatives made a plea to New York ethnic journalists to help them spread the message that every New Yorker will benefit from the 2010 Census, even undocumented immigrants. City officials and immigrant organizations supported the initiative, during a press…
Rep. Mike Quigley (D.-Ill.), a newly elected congressman from Chicago, has wasted no time in addressing a key concern of the Polish community in Illinois’ 5th district. Last Friday, Quigley called on President Barack Obama to support Poland’s plea for…
In recent years, the Polish government stood by the U.S., strongly supporting President Bush’s war on terror by sending troops to Iraq and Afghanistan, and agreeing to install parts of an American missile defense system in its territory. As a…
By Ewa Kern-Jedrychowska, Polish Daily News and FI2W reporter He didn’t win. But Dr. Victor Forys considers his bid to replace Rahm Emanuel in Illinois’ 5th Congressional District a huge success. Fory’s, a Polish immigrant, finished fourth out of a…
By Ewa Kern-Jedrychowska, Polish Daily News and FI2W reporter Rod Blagojevich, the Illinois governor under investigation, may have had the power to pick a replacement to fill President Barack Obama’s vacated Senate seat. But the governor does not get to…
By Ewa Kern-Jedrychowska, Polish Daily News and FI2W reporter This year ends with an unpleasant intervention by Poland’s diplomatic staff at the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Embassy in Warsaw. At issue are recent cases of Poles who…