Ellie moved with her family from Donetsk, Ukraine, to Sheepshead Bay in South Brooklyn when she was just two years old. This vibrant New York neighborhood is well-known for its large Russian-speaking immigrant community, composed predominantly of individuals and families […]

In Alexa’s home, immigrant rights have been an ongoing conversation, and early on she learned about her family’s precarious legal status. Her parents came to the U.S. from Mexico in the 1990s seeking a better life and Alexa was born […]

Italo Villanueva, a senior at City College, commutes to campus from Brooklyn. He now has new concerns when it comes to his budget as the threat of another spike in subway prices looms.  “I used to not worry about the […]