Video: Here, I Am the Real Me
For Colombian musician Gregorio Uribe, leading his own big band in NYC is the realization of his American Dream. Watch Uribe in an original Fi2W story.
New York
Immigrants in New York City
Homesick: Dominican Poet Francis Mateo on Washington Heights, Nostalgia, and Identity
“My American Dream is creating … as an actor, as an artist as a poet.”
Podcast: Among Dark-Skinned Immigrants Some See Skin Bleaching as a Path to Success
Christina Berthaud explores the practice of skin-bleaching among Caribbean immigrants in the U.S.
Bolivian Immigrants Celebrate ‘Alasitas’ Festival By Making Big Dreams Small
An indigenous festival where participants collect miniature versions of the objects they covet with the hopes of getting the real thing.
Queens Immigrant Resource Center Fights to Stay Open
Cristina Pastor reports on the challenges faced by the Bayanihan Filipino Community Center for The FilAm.
Podcast: How African Immigrants are Reshaping the Bronx
The Bronx has more African immigrants than any of NYC’s boroughs.
Podcast: Kaya Natin! (We Can Do It) Raises Funds and Spirits for Typhoon Haiyan Relief
Listen to stories, poetry, and music from a recent fundraiser for disaster relief at the Asian American Writers’ Workshop.
I Won’t be Home for Christmas: Facing the Holidays as an Immigrant
Many who can’t go home recreate holiday traditions in the U.S.
Growing up Lesbian and Trinidadian in Crown Heights
Natoya Nicholas has been harassed and discriminated against since she came out as a lesbian, especially by other Caribbean natives.
‘What I Carried’ Volume Six: A Jamaican Bible and a Nepali Calendar
The latest installment of our ‘What I Carried’ collaboration with Cowbird, using sound, photography and text to tell stories about immigrants.