Melrose friary campaigns against pre-marital sex
The Corazón Puro (Pure Heart) program encourages abstinence to reduce teen pregnancy
Mexican children find place to learn in Mott Haven
Mexicans are the fastest-growing immigrant group in New York City, and many parents who speak only Spanish face the same dilemma of how to help their children succeed in English-speaking…
Alliance is an organization born in protest
By Cristina Herrera Borquez Cristina@motthavenherald.com MASA was unofficially born in 2001, in response to the drastic changes in immigration policy after the attack on the World Trade Center and the…
Show uses Mott Haven streets to tell story of the Bronx
Performance on a bus explores a changing borough, but critics say it misses the point.
Searching for work on a Mott Haven street corner
As the economy sputters, immigrants wait in vain at ‘La Parada’ By Carla Candia carla.candia@journalism.cuny.edu Dozens of day laborers dressed in ripped jeans and worn t-shirts stood on the corner…
Blast from Mott Haven’s past recalls an artistic keystone
For a brief time Fashion Moda is reborn, uniting generations Hundreds of people pass by Third Avenue and 147th Street each day without a second glance at the storefronts that…
African Muslims sink roots in Mott Haven
“This is us: we work in car washes, factories, and drive taxis,” said Degumeh Sillah, 60, an African art dealer. A Bronx resident since 1972, Sillah expressed pride at the…
Mosque focuses on Muslim unity
In contrast to its quick early growth in the Middle East, the spread of Islam in West Africa was gradual, members of the Ebun Abass mosque point out. Merchants and…