Immigrants Tune in to Sounds From Home Using Cell Phones
Voices of New York reports on ZenoRadio, which provides access to more than 2,000 radio stations from around the world.
Category: Audio
Natural Hair Gaining Popularity Among African-American & Black Immigrant Women, Except at Work
Black women say they continue to struggle when it comes to having natural hairstyles accepted in the corporate workplace.
Fi2W on the Radio: Having an Accent – Burden or Opportunity for Hispanic Actresses?
Fi2W’s Sara Loscos reports on PRI’s The World.
Could Voters in a Heavily Hispanic District Elect the First Arab-American to the New York City Council?
Zead Ramadan could make history, but is considered an underdog in the race in upper Manhattan.
Audio postcard: An Irish Pub in the Heart of Brooklyn’s 8th Avenue Chinatown
Listen to the sounds of Brooklyn’s Soccer Tavern, an 84-year-old bar with deep immigrant roots.
Podcast: Mexican Youth in New York Drop Out in Record Numbers
High poverty rates, language barriers, immigration status, and trouble accessing financial aid for college are among the contributing factors.
French-Vietnamese DJ Works to Expand Jamaican Sound System Culture in New York
DJ Quoc Pham has built a tower of sound that will shake you to your core.
Filipino Domestic Workers Flee War in Syria, Return Home to No Work
Aurora Almendral reports for PRI’s The World on the challenges faced by Filipino domestic workers in Syria.
Podcast: New York’s Fashion Industry Runs on Immigrant Labor and Creativity
Immigrants are making waves in the American fashion industry.
Podcast: How To Wear Your Hair? A Potent Question For African & Caribbean Immigrant Women
Beauty, self-confidence and “fitting in” to American culture are factors for black women immigrants when they choose their hair style.