Small examples of religious tolerance exist despite the ongoing national and often international turmoil dominating the airwaves. Astoria, Queens, is home to 23rd Avenue, a stretch of road on which both a mosque and a church reside within a block of each other.

Pakistanis in America urge officials to grant undocumented Pakistanis with Temporary Protected Status following massive floods in Pakistan

As a reaction to significant, federal budget cuts to SNAP, for one work-week, Council Member Rodriguez limited his diet to what was provided by the federal food stamp program.

With the younger generation of Tibet drifting away from Buddhism, monks like Pema Dorjee and others voice concern.

In a community so hardly hit by recession, people are often forced to look for additional jobs or work overnight, so when they come home, they don’t really care what they eat, they simply want to feed their family fast.

While NYPD statistics show that crime is rising in East Harlem, locals feel safer than ever.

Among the crowds, African-American policewomen wearing Muslim headscarves mingled with Indonesian teenagers in traditional batik printed shirts. From schoolteachers to city officials and homemakers, “unity” was the word on everyone’s lips.