Marianne McCune

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There’s been much talk of racism this election season - and not only white racism. The Latino vote may be a deciding factor in some states and throughout this election many Hispanics have spoken of prejudice in their own communities against African-Americans.

But polls are increasingly ...

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Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama’s detractors have sometimes accused the Illinois Senator of being Muslim and Arab –- as if those were dirty words or smears. That's been disturbing to many Arab and Muslim Americans – even though they say they're used to it, as ...

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The presidential candidates held their last debate last night in Long Island and neither one had many surprises for the viewing public. One group of mostly second generation Dominicans and Puerto Rican 20-somethings gathered around the TV on the northwestern edge of the Bronx, hoping ...

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The right for immigrants to appeal a deportation order because of their attorney's mistakes or incompetence is under review, and immigrant advocates fear it’s in jeopardy. WNYC Marianne McCune has more.

REPORTER: There are some great immigration attorneys, and some bad ones. Even some con artists. ...

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Analysts predict that 2008 will be the first year in a decade that immigrants will send less wealth back to South America and the Caribbean. WNYC's Marianne McCune reports.

REPORTER: Ever since 2000, analysts at the Inter-American Development Bank have seen double digit increases in remittances ...

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Debate begins this week among world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly. And many arguments will overflow into the streets of New York. Foreign dignitaries will address audiences across the city, and New Yorkers will come out to make their own voices heard as ...

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World leaders are filling up the city's hotel rooms for this week's opening of the United Nations General Assembly. Topping the agenda are the Millennium Development Goals. WNYC's Marianne McCune has more.

REPORTER: There are 8 Millennium Development Goals: just little things, like eradicating poverty and ...

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New York City school’s are back in session. Adapting to a new school is always a challenge, but it can be especially hard for the sons and daughters of refugees and asylum seekers -- people who were forced from their homes because of violent conflict ...

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New Yorkers of Georgian and Russian descent have been on the phone and the Internet trying to make sense of the recent fighting in the breakaway Georgian province of South Ossetia. South Ossetia is recognized by the U.S. and international community as part of Georgia, ...

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Yesterday, we brought you a story about the strained political discourse among Colombian immigrants from the left and right.

Colombians Debate Politics With Difficulty

This morning, we talk with a young man who manages to denounce violence in Colombia without getting caught up ...

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Colombian immigrants in the Jackson Heights neighborhood of Queens have been lauding their government and President Alvaro Uribe for recent efforts to combat violence in Colombia, particularly by the FARC rebel group. Residents of New York's Little Colombia overwhelmingly support President Uribe. In recent years ...

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A Brooklyn jury found the former leader of a violent Haitian paramilitary group guilty of mortgage fraud.

REPORTER: Toto Constant could face up to 15 years in prison for a scheme that cheated lenders out of $1.7 million. The case was followed closely by Haitians and ...

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America will no longer ban HIV positive foreigners from visiting or immigrating to the U.S. Yesterday the Senate voted overwhelmingly to reverse the 20-year-old policy.

The ban has kept many people from visiting family members in New York, and made it nearly impossible to hold international ...

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Members of Zimbabwe's opposition party are boycotting the run-off election scheduled for today. And here in New York, a newly formed branch of the party is trying to send aid to activists and family members who've been tortured or run out of their homes. WNYC's ...

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It’s been a glee-filled week for Obama supporters, especially along a stretch of Fulton Street in Brooklyn. The African immigrants who live and work in the neighborhood tell WNYC’s Marianne McCune they’ve been celebrating since Tuesday.

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Urban Rustic Grocery -- across from McCarren Park in Williamsburg – is a label reader's paradise. Its focus is local, traceable and sustainable. The owners milled their own wood for the floorboards; the café’s to-go forks and spoons are made of potato starch; and the ...

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Sa'ad Al-Izzi has lived all his life in Baghdad, where he reports for the Washington Post. He recently took his first trip to the U.S. He met with his editors and spent a week as a tourist in New York. He shared some observations about ...

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If you went to see the South Street Seaport exhibit about human bodies and regretted it, you can get a refund for the price of the tickets.

That's the result of a settlement with New York's Attorney General, who's been investigating allegations that the cadavers used ...

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Two separate studies released this week cast New York City as a place where immigrants assimilate quickly. WNYC's Marianne McCune reports.

The first study uses a century of national census data to look at how quickly generations of immigrants have matched their native born peers in ...

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There's a presidential election in the Dominican Republic today, and Dominicans are heading to the polls here in the States, as well.

In New York and New Jersey combined, about 77,000 Dominicans are registered to vote in today's election. The two main candidates both opened ...