NY City Council Calls For 9/11 Education Curriculum
BY EMILY NIXON The New York City Council on Sept. 9 unanimously passed a resolution to call on the State Legislature to create a …[read more]
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A Department on Life Support: Why Puerto Rican Studies At CUNY is Still Fighting for Survival
BY KAILA MACEIRA New York has the highest concentration of Puerto Ricans in the world outside Puerto Rico, but Puerto Rican Studies across City University …[read more]
Bensonhurst Officials Salute Local Veterans At Annual Celebration
BY LUIS ANGEL PEREZ MARTINEZ Patriotic feeling was in the air at a Veterans Day event at the Federation of Italian Organizations of Brooklyn (FIAO) …[read more]
Abandoned Lot Takes Shape in Laurelton, Queens
BY T’NEIL GOODEN The Eastern Queens Alliance (EQA), a coalition that addresses conflicts around community sustainability, partnered with Con Edison over the summer to make …[read more]
Asking the Nuclear Question: A Book Talk On the Legality of Nuclear War
BY: KELLY MCGRATH “Mutually Assured Destruction,” the guiding principle that many people suppose has kept the world free from nuclear war for the past 80 …[read more]
Community Garden Commemorates 9/11 With Free Fashion Show
By KELLY MCGRATHLocal New York fashion designer, Zahq Goode, collaborated with the Rodale Pleasant Park Community Garden on Wednesday Sept. 11 to bring fashion and …[read more]
Brooklyn Shows Its West Indian and Caribbean Pride with Annual Carnival
By KELLY MCGRATH Monday, September 2, 2024 marked the annual celebration of the J’Ouvert and West Indian American Day Carnival. A Brooklyn tradition rooted in …[read more]
Gloria Steinem Speaks to Crowd at The Cooper Union During Women’s History Month
BY ANDRE RICKMAN To celebrate Women’s History Month, The Cooper Union collaborated with author and speaker Gloria Steinem On March 18 for their Great Women …[read more]
Brooklyn remembers Rosa Parks and honors Black History Month
BY WILLIAM HERNANDEZ In celebration of Black History Month, the Brooklyn Public Library partnered with the Center for Brooklyn History (CBH) to host a Zoom …[read more]
Anti-Semitic Crime Spike Prompts Community Leaders to Highlight Holocaust Education
By ANISHA BERMEJO Anti-Semitic attacks in New York City increased by 275% this year according to recent New York Police Department crime statistics. With this …[read more]