Gejdenson v. Trump
by | Aug 20, 2015 5:37 pm | Comments (0)
In an appearance this week on Fox News’ Bill O’ Reilly Show, Donald Trump declared the 14th Amendment, which grants citizenship to those born or naturalized in the U.S., unconstitutional.
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The Science Of Tikkaway
by | Aug 18, 2015 3:30 pm | Comments (0)
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Gopi Nair grew up in Kerala, India. He came to the U.S. in 2001, pursuing a career as a chef. Two years ago he opened Tikkaway Grill, a healthful fast-casual Indian restaurant on Orange Street. Offering economically priced, “fast, fresh, healthy Indian food” to order with gluten-free and vegan options, the outlet (which is halal) became a big hit. Nair has since opened a second branch at 2 Howe St. Customers build their own dishes from a menu of choices. He lives with his wife, Deepa, and children Arjun, 7, and Diya, 4.
Pestle In Hand, El Fogon Mashes Flavors
by | Aug 18, 2015 10:24 am | Comments (2)
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Juan Diaz, a onetime radio and TV journalist in Santo Domingo, brought a sense of performance to the kitchen as he fried green plantain to make mofongo.
A Song To Break Borders
by | Aug 12, 2015 12:07 pm | Comments (0)
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Third in a series.
Tetlanohcan, Mexico—Like the many New Haven immigrant families she helps reunite, Tlayolotzin Embarcadero is a patient woman.
From Relative To Friend, A City Finds A 2nd Home
by | Aug 10, 2015 7:46 am | Comments (0)
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Second in a series.
San Francisco Tetlanohcan—When Francisca Morales Rosette visited New Haven, she kept running into long-gone neighbors, friends, and relatives who had moved from their humble agricultural town, San Francisco Tetlanohcan, in the tiny state of Tlaxcala.
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Families Pay A Price In New Haven’s Sister City
by | Aug 3, 2015 5:11 pm | Comments (2)
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First in a series.
San Francisco Tetlanohcan, Mexico — New Haven’s sister city south of the border shares about 10 to 15 percent of its population with us, and little else.
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Francophile New Haveners Have Their Day
by | Jul 15, 2015 1:30 pm | Comments (0)
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Bidney-Singewald, left, with New Haven Sister Cities President Shaundolyn Slaughter.
The cheese oozing out from that classic French pastry, those savory gougeres, was warm and plentiful. Tricolor flags flew from an 18-inch replica of the Eiffel Tower that towered over a fish bowl where people dropped their business cards. And “La Marseillaise” was on the people’s lips, along with traces of the fromage.
Downtown Projects Hit With Labor Violations
by | Jun 22, 2015 3:34 pm | Comments (17)
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Workers examining the stop-work orders on Howe Street Monday.
The developer of a soon-to-open apartment-retail building at Chapel and Howe streets vowed to make “right” a slew of alleged labor violations — which he said the state might have cited in error.
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Goodfellas Accused Of Wage Theft, Harassment
by | May 1, 2015 4:05 pm | Comments (4)
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Demonstrators outside the restaurant Friday evening.
State Street’s mobster-themed Goodfellas Restaurant was hit Friday with a federal lawsuit by five former employees who accused them of continued wage theft and harassment.
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Hindu Rites Help Murdered Clerk To Moksha
by | Apr 17, 2015 2:10 pm | Comments (3)
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Bhavana Chavada wore flowing red garments to her husband’s funeral instead of a traditional white sari, not yet ready to let him pass to the afterlife.
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Murdered Clerk’s Widow Expecting 1st Child
by | Apr 7, 2015 4:03 pm | Comments (18)
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Chavada, at right, with friend Desai.
Sanjay Patel.
A year after she survived a fire, Bhavana Chavada once again has found herself surrounded by friends — this time as a survivor of homicide.
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Workers Press New G-Heav Owner
by | Mar 16, 2015 4:59 pm | Comments (27)
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A rally against wage theft at the former Gourmet Heaven deli turned into a heated confrontation when a Yale representative showed up to vouch for the store’s new owner.
IRIS Moves Up Nicoll Street
by | Mar 11, 2015 10:44 am | Comments (1)
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IRIS’ current offices at 235 Nicoll St.
New Haven’s refugee resettlement not-for-profit is moving a block up Nicoll Street and getting twice the amount of space — and the use of an elevator.
Obama’s Immigration Adviser: Get Ready For DAPA
by | Mar 10, 2015 1:04 pm | Comments (0)
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The architect of President Obama’s immigration policy told a Fair Haven audience to prepare for changes to take effect despite a Texas judge’s decision that has stalled an order to protect millions of undocumented immigrants.
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Lawmakers Take Up Domestic Workers’ Cause
by | Mar 2, 2015 1:35 pm | Comments (5)
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A group of domestic workers visited City Hall not to clean, but to ask lawmakers to help clean up a mess: the abuse and exploitation many of them face from employers.
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Domestic Workers Sue Over Bias, Wage Theft
by | Feb 26, 2015 4:05 pm | Comments (27)
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Elvira Gutierrez Vargas said her bosses robbed her of the Christmas tips she received after spending more than 50 hours each week cleaning houses throughout New Haven for minimum wage.
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Blumenthal Blasts Judge’s Immigration Ruling
by | Feb 17, 2015 3:36 pm | Comments (5)
U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal visited New Haven’s subterranean Emergency Operations Center bunker to “sound the alarm” over a looming shutdown of the federal Department of Homeland Security — and to urge the Obama administration to rush to court to overturn a Texas judge’s ruling against its immigration policy.
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“Snowball” Heats Up Fair Haven
by | Feb 9, 2015 9:30 am | Comments (2)
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The Southern Connecticut State University Fighting Owl T‑shirts hung big on the shoulders of (in the front row) little Samia Virga, Alberto Cosme, and Melanie Peralta.
That was precisely the point: To grow into them.
Raid Reveals Alleged Counterfeit Shipping Center
by | Feb 5, 2015 7:25 pm | Comments (5)
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Fire Chief Wright inspects secret living area.
A raid of alleged illegal apartments inside a former Dixwell factory Thursday unearthed a trove of headsets from China repackaged into Dr. Dre “Beats” and “Lg Tone+” headsets.
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At 16, Lalibela Spills Its Secrets
by | Jan 26, 2015 12:12 pm | Comments (2)
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“What would you like?” Shilmat Tessema asked as she lifted a warm container of food over her Lalibela truck’s countertop.
Thomas Breen stepped up to the chrome-and-yellow food truck that has become a beloved staple at Ingalls Rink, eyeing the steaming, thick portions of turmeric-kissed cabbage, gleaming, wilted green beans, spice-rubbed carrots, and clay-red lentils that he had been thinking of all week.
Local Immigrants Thrive; Majority Here Legally
by | Jan 21, 2015 5:08 pm | Comments (5)
A new report shares little-known facts about New Haven’s immigrants: They are more likely than native-born citizens to be employed; an increasingly large number come from Asia; and only a small percentage is undocumented.
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Sophie Fled. Abram Followed
by | Jan 21, 2015 1:05 pm | Comments (0)
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Step into the Slifka Center and you’ll find a building buzzing with people who have come to socialize, study, worship, debate, and eat. From now until Feb. 22, winding around the building, you’ll also find No One Remembers Alone: Memory, Migration and the Making of an American Family, a sprawling, engrossing exhibit that follows the diverging paths of members of a Jewish family from Czarist Russia to new lives on three different continents.
Mexican-Food Truck Keeps Home Cooking
by | Jan 9, 2015 2:17 pm | Comments (0)
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As Domingo Lopez Juarez shoveled a spatula-full of carne enchilada onto the grill in his new food truck, a smoky haze of jalapeno shot up his customers’ noses and into their lungs.
“Spicy,” Juarez said to a chorus of coughs, “is good for your health.”
“Theirs Is An Immigrant Story”
by | Jan 7, 2015 11:41 am | Comments (0)
New Haven State Senator Martin Looney told an immigrant success story — his family’s immigrant success story — to urge the state legislature to renew and redefine its commitment to expanding the American dream.
Afghan Refugees: IRIS Misuses Resettlement $$
by | Dec 29, 2014 1:40 pm | Comments (22)
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From left to right: Shahnan, Ahmad, Akbari, Samad, Noori.
Reza Noori risked his life working as a translator for the U.S. Army in Afghanistan. Now a refugee living in New Haven, he faces a different battle — one he said he fights with little help.
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