Women Protest Street Harassment
By REBECA IBARRA Twenty-year-old Tahira Huff was walking to her Bedford-Stuyvesant home late one night when a man tried to chat her up. “What up …[read more]
Month: August 2013
Three Mexican Women Transition into America
BY ELIZABETH ELIZALDE Growing up, I was forced to lie about my identity my ethnicity, my culture…everything that has helped to make me the woman …[read more]
Latin at Midwood: “It’s So Noble, Refined and Exquisite”
BY STEPHANIE RAMSARUP At 7:59 A.M the bell rings at Midwood High School. The halls are filled with silence, except for the sound of Pachelbel’s …[read more]
Local Rockaway Store Comes Back
BY GINA MARIE GREENWALD It has been eight months since Hurricane Sandy hurdled through the Rockaway peninsula, leaving many people in the area picking up …[read more]
Community Schools Model Serves Students and Families
BY LAUREN KEATING Many schools offer more than just academics. But at a “community school,” like the Salomé Ureña de Henríquez campus schools in Washington …[read more]