Arts, Culture & Media
PRI's The World
October 10, 2013
Brooklyn-based Kenyan artist Wangechi Mutu is a rising star in the international art world, but she's been unable to travel outside the US, while waiting a decade for the green card she now has. Her experience is part of her art in a new exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum.
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Arts, Culture & Media
Meet the harmonium king of Queens, New York
PRI's The World
April 01, 2015
Mindra Sahadeo, an Indo-Guyanese musician who now lives in New York, has found a niche bringing the city’s harmoniums back to life. It's a way to connect to his Indian heritage and fill his shared apartment with music.
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Arts, Culture & Media
Some immigrants in New York prefer to slaughter animals themselves. There's a farm that wants to help.
PRI's The World
September 01, 2016
There are only so many New Yorkers who want to undertake the messy business of butchering their own dinners. For everybody else, Leach Farms provides a unique service.
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Conflict & Justice
'When I vote next week, I will be saying loud and clear, this is also my country.'
PRI's The World
November 02, 2016
More than ever before, Luis Mancheno feels the heavy burdens of the color of his skin and his national origin. Come November 8, he’s looking for some relief.
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Arts, Culture & Media
In New York's Lunar New Year parade, women are breaking barriers as lion dancers
PRI's The World
January 27, 2017
Back in the 1960s, there were fewer than 10 lion dancer troupes participating in the Lunar New Year parade in New York's China. Today it’s more like 40 or 50.
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Arts, Culture & Media
When New Yorker Rose Monintja speaks her native tongue, the memories flood back
PRI's The World
October 10, 2013
If you want to revive vanishing languages, don't just document them. Get people to speak them on stage-- and then videotape it.
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Arts, Culture & Media
A Russian pirate-theme restaurant in Brighton Beach gives solace to Cold War nostalgia seekers
PRI's The World
February 27, 2014
Frequent contributor Alina Simone was born in a Russian-speaking part of Ukraine. Sometimes when she's feeling nostalgic, she goes to a Russian pirate-themed restaurant in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn -- a bastion of Russian-speaking immigrants.
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Conflict & Justice
These undocumented workers aren’t in the shadows, they’re out on the catwalk
PRI's The World
August 12, 2016
Whether Melania Trump modeled in the US without work authorization, the fashion industry is a prime place to find undocumented workers, say these models who have been there.
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Development & Education
Nepali immigrants who came to the US after the 2015 earthquake can stay a little longer
PRI's The World
October 28, 2016
Immigrants who came to the US after Nepal's earthquake will have temporary status to live and work for another 18 months, as their country continues to rebuild.
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Arts, Culture & Media
Kenyan artist Wangechi Mutu takes us on a 'Fantastic Journey'
PRI's The World
October 10, 2013
Brooklyn-based Kenyan artist Wangechi Mutu is a rising star in the international art world, but she's been unable to travel outside the US, while waiting a decade for the green card she now has. Her experience is part of her art in a new exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum.
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Health & Medicine
Dominicans in New York are planning summer visits home. That means Zika planning.
PRI's The World
July 28, 2016
New York health clinics are urging Dominicans in New Yorker who are going home for the summer to take precautions against the Zika virus.