Gotham laments closure of popular Meatpacking District eatery

LINK TO FULL STORYhere's an excerpt from my story at EDGE NEW YORK...On the Wednesday evening before Gay Pride weekend in the city, the Meatpacking District was alive with activity. Finely dressed pedestrians made their way along cobblestone streets while window shoppers...

Meatpacking Now Slightly More Hideous

HUNDREDS TURN OUT TO PROTEST HOTEL GANSEVOORT'S 8-STORY HIGH BILLBOARDS *Owners Dig in their Heels on $1 Mil./Yr. Sign *Strategy Meeting to Plan Next Steps this Wednesday at 5 pm Billboard Protest: About 200...

Should Illegal Workers Be Unionized?

"A walkout of meatpacking workers in North Carolina could provide another opening for unions seeking to organize immigrant workers. Julio Vargas sits quietly in a small gray house in Red Springs, North Carolina, making notes in his native Spanish before another day of working...

Unauthorized Migrants -- Numbers and Characteristics

Pew Hispanic Center  [report in PDF]

Border Battles -- The U.S. Immigration Debates

"...the positions taken by advocates and the policies proposed by politicians have recently become more contentious and extreme..."

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