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Rachel L. Swarns


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August 2003: Journalist.

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Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) New York Times Source Sep 16, 2008

Articles and Resources

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Sep 16, 2008 Capitol Strives to Define ‘Homeless’

ABSTRACT: With unemployment and foreclosures rising and growing numbers of families struggling to find affordable housing, lawmakers in Congress are debating who should be considered homeless... with too few shelter beds and services available to help the homeless who are already living on the streets, the debate over whether to expand significantly the pool of people eligible for such limited aid has sharply divided advocates for the homeless and upended political alliances.

 New York Times
Sep 02, 2008 A New Twist in the Debate on Mothers

QUOTE: as mothers across the country supervise the season’s final water fights and pack book bags, some have voiced the kind of doubts that few male pundits have dared raise on television. With five children, including an infant with Down syndrome and, as the country learned Monday, a pregnant 17-year-old, Ms. Palin has set off a fierce argument among women about whether there are enough hours in the day for her to take on the vice presidency, and whether she is right to try.

 New York Times
Aug 07, 2006 Critics Say Politics Driving Immigration Hearings

QUOTE: When House leaders announced their plan to hold 21 immigration hearings in 13 states during the August recess, they said it demonstrated a commitment to battling illegal immigration and securing the border. But some Democratic and Republican lawmakers said the schedule of the hearings had only heightened their concerns that the Republican leadership was using immigration as a weapon in the battle over fiercely contested House and Senate seats around the country.

 New York Times
Jul 31, 2006 Study Finds Disparities in Judges' Asylum Rulings

QUOTE: An examination of thousands of immigration cases has found wide disparities in the rate at which judges grant asylum to people seeking haven in the United States...

 New York Times
Dec 15, 2005 Suit Challenges California's Tuition Rule for Illegal Immigrants

QUOTE: About three dozen students filed a lawsuit against the University of California on Wednesday, charging that it had violated federal law by allowing illegal immigrants to pay in-state tuition rates at its campuses while maintaining higher rates for out-of-state students.

 New York Times
Aug 29, 2004 'African-American' Becomes a Term for Debate

QUOTE: ...the growing number of foreign-born blacks in this Washington suburb and elsewhere inspires a quiet debate over who can claim the term "African-American," which has rapidly replaced "black" in much of the nation's political and cultural discourse.

 New York Times
Aug 13, 2004 Report Cites Harassment of Immigrants Who Sought Asylum at American Airports

QUOTE: A confidential report conducted by the United Nations in cooperation with the Department of Homeland Security has found that airport inspectors with the power to summarily deport illegal immigrants have sometimes intimidated and handcuffed travelers fleeing persecution, discouraged some from seeking political asylum and often lacked an understanding of asylum law.

 New York Times
Aug 25, 2003 Old ID Card Gives New Status to Mexicans in U.S.

QUOTE: This summer, Indianapolis and seven other Midwestern cities started accepting an identity card issued by the Mexican government, offering Mexicans who are here illegally a startlingly new sense of legitimacy.

New York Times
Apr 25, 2003 Illegal Aliens Can Be Held Indefinitely, Ashcroft Says

QUOTE: Attorney General John Ashcroft has ruled that illegal immigrants who have no known links to terrorist groups can be detained indefinitely to address national security concerns.

 New York Times
Apr 14, 2003 Coalition Says It Will Fight Local Pursuit of Immigrants

QUOTE: A coalition of immigration advocacy groups is challenging the Justice Department's decision to allow state and local police departments to pursue illegal immigrants as part of the war on terror.

 New York Times
Feb 08, 2003 Free AIDS Drugs in Africa Offer Dose of Life

QUOTE: The vast majority of AIDS patients die here because they cannot afford the lifesaving medicines common in the West.

 New York Times
Nov 13, 2002 Rarity of Black-Run Businesses Worries South Africa's Leaders

QUOTE: Eight years after the end of apartheid brought black politicians to power and black-controlled companies to the stock exchange, South Africa is faltering in its struggle to build a successful class of corporate titans from its fledgling black elite.

 New York Times
Aug 17, 2002 Zimbabwe Starts Arresting White Farmers Defying Eviction

QUOTE: After a week of tough talk and stern warnings, the government of Zimbabwe has begun to crack down on the hundreds of white farmers who have defied an official eviction order...

 New York Times
Nov 16, 2001 Unthinkable Attack Jolts a Crime-weary Country

ABSTRACT: But analysts believe that more than half of the country's rapes are never reported to the police.

 New York Times
Aug 16, 2001 Zimbabwe Jails 4 Over Newspaper's Reporting

QUOTE: The authorities...arrested three senior editors and one reporter today from the nation's only independent daily newspaper.

 New York Times
Jul 12, 2001 South Africa Confronts Landless Poor, and a Court Sends Them Packing

QUOTE: South Africa won a court order allowing it to forcibly evict [squatters]...

 New York Times
May 20, 2001 In South Africa, It's Press Vs. the President, Black Executives Say

QUOTE: ...11 black professionals -- from some of the nation's largest black companies -- bought a full-page advertisement in The Sunday Times to attack what they described as "a coalition of right-wing forces" trying to undermine South Africa's black leadership.

New York Times