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The median hourly wage for day laborers is $10, according to a study by the University of California, Los Angeles, University of Illinois at Chicago, and New School University. Several of these undocumented workers say they're following the legislative debate over how to stem the flow of illegal immigrants, and they say heightened attention to the issue is making them nervous. (USA Today -- Money)
The Straight Talk Express Turns Right Apr 11, 2006
And in a hat trick designed to show both his political courage and wide appeal, he announced last week that he would make commencement speeches at Jerry Falwells Liberty University, Bob Kerrey's New School University in Manhattan and Ohio State University, in the center of the political universe. This weekend, he was back in New Hampshire and his partner at a town meeting in Keene, Rep. (CBS News)
Laborers can combat cheaters with Santa Cruz hotline Mar 8, 2006
In late January, researchers from UCLA, the University of Illinois and New School University in New York released the results of an 18-month groundbreaking study that found that day laborers regularly encounter abuse, dangerous workplaces and theft of wages. Researchers interviewed 2,660 workers at 264 hiring sites in 20 states and Washington, D.C., including 14 worker sites in San Jose, one in Mountain View and several in San Francisco, Oakland and Berkeley. (San Jose Mercury News)
Didactic farce skewers Bush (Jayne Blanchard) Mar 6, 2006
"The God of Hell" was staged in November 2004 at New York's New School University, and although it did not sway the vote, it is still relevant to those taking a scathing view of the present administration. Whether from a red state or a blue state, there is plenty to warm up to in Didactic's production, directed with malicious high energy by H. Lee Gable. (Washington Times)
How to Turn an Internship Into a Job Mar 3, 2006
Like many interns, Fedorko, then a senior at New York City's New School University, hoped the professional contacts made on the internship would help pay the bills after graduation. What he got was a hard lesson on the often transient nature of the New York media business and seeds for a book idea. (ABC News -- Business)
The day Khrushchev buried Stalin Feb 19, 2006
By Nina L. Khrushcheva, Nina L. Khrushcheva teaches international affairs at New School University in New York. Her latest book, "Visiting Nabokov," is forthcoming from Yale University Press. (LA Times, CA)
Study Gives Snapshot of Day Laborers Jan 24, 2006
The others were from the University of California, Los Angeles, and New York's New School University. Standing outside a Home Depot store in suburban Burbank on Sunday, 33-year-old Raul Sanchez said that when he's not working, or waiting for work, he's involved in a church and tried to start a soccer league for fellow day laborers. (PhillyBurbs.com)
Findings From National Day Labor Survey Jan 23, 2006
Source: "On The Corner: Day Labor in the United States," by professors from the University of Illinois at Chicago, the University of California, Los Angeles and New York's New School University. January 22, 2006 5:13 PM. (PhillyBurbs.com)
Survey Reveals Widespread Abuse of Day Laborers Jan 23, 2006
"It's disturbing, " said UCLA associate professor Abel Valenzuela Jr., who co-wrote the study with researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago and New School University in New York. "Employers use all kinds of unscrupulous tactics so they can get away with these unfair labor practices.". (LA Times, CA -- California)
Laboring for a stable life (Peter Prengaman) Jan 23, 2006
The others were from the University of California at Los Angeles and New York's New School University. Standing outside a Home Depot store in suburban Burbank, Calif. (Washington Times)
In Castro's GulagLibrarians Jan 2, 2006
" In our libraries, anyone can borrow George Orwell's 1984 or a copy of the Universal Declaration of Human Rightsbut these and many other "subversive" titles are banned in Cuba's state-run-and-controlled libraries. However, until Castro's April crackdown on Cuba's dissenters for the crime of advocating freedom of thought, the independent librarians, from their homes, did make these proscribed publications available. The refusal of the American Library Association to join the demand to release... (Village Voice)
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