By Mary Thang, EthnicNEWz.org Latino publishers in Massachusetts, including one that has served Spanish-reading communities for more than 30 years, are angry that the president of Phoenix Media/Communication Group called Hispanic newspapers in the area “not very good.” Cover of…
By Diego Graglia, FI2W web editor As if the global economic outlook wasn’t bleak enough already, India now has its own financial scandal to add to the bad news. What’s known as the Satyam scandal — after information technology outsourcing…
By Eduardo A. de Oliveira, EthnicNewz and FI2W reporter For millions of immigrant workers 2008 began with a sour taste in all the mouths they have to feed. Six months into 2007, Congress had drowned their highest hopes by killing…
By Diego Graglia, FI2W web editor Latino political leaders have been touting the potential power of Latino voters for years. Though we knew that demographics would end up proving them right sooner or later, their discourse was starting to sound…
By Diego Graglia, FI2W web editor For the second time in less than a month, an Ecuadorean immigrant was savagely attacked in New York by men shouting anti-Hispanic slurs. Once again, as with the death a month ago of Marcelo…
By Eduardo A. de Oliveira, EthnicNewz and FI2W reporter The talk of the town within the “Brazilian corners” of Somerville and Framingham, Massachusetts is whether the Brazilian housecleaner employed by Homeland Security official Lorraine Henderson betrayed her boss by agreeing…
If you were surprised when the first-ever Vietnamese American was elected to Congress a few days ago, you’re not alone. Many Vietnamese immigrants across the U.S. were also unaware of Republican Anh “Joseph” Cao until his victory this Saturday in…
Bill Richardson may not have been appointed secretary of state, but his remarks in Spanish after a brief and ceremonial thank you in English left no doubt that he had in mind a bigger role for himself in the Obama…
Poles going back to Poland, a trend that was first noticed two years ago, may be getting a boost from the economic crisis in the U.S. Speaking recently on WNYC’s Brian Lehrer Show, FI2W journalist Ewa Kern-Jedrychowska talked about the…
By Eduardo A. de Oliveira, EthnicNewz and FI2W reporter Jaime Viviani is treated at Congregation Beth-El, a Jewish temple in Sudbury, Massachusetts (Photo: Elizabeth Mendonca/Brazilian Times) SUDBURY, Mass. — Despite the economic crisis, the Barbosa family will have a healthy…