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SubPrime Mike: How Mayor Bloomberg Fought Efforts To Protect Black Homeowners From Predatory Lenders
Stop-and-Frisk wasn’t the only Bloomberg-era policy that harmed the black community.
After ICE Shooting, New Yorkers Question Whether New York is a ‘Sanctuary City’ Afterall
A group of about 100 demonstrators gathered outside of Maimonides Medical Center on Friday afternoon in Borough Park, Brooklyn,…
These Brooklynites Are Getting Out the Vote for Bernie Sanders One Phone Call at a Time
We donate to Bernie Sanders whenever we can. But when the Iowa Caucus was approaching we were trying to…
Sanders’ Prospects After Iowa Continue to Rest on Multiracial Working Class
The Iowa caucus ended more or less in a tie. There are four metrics to measure the results—first round,…
Nine Years After Arab Spring, Repression in Egypt Continues to Mount
As Egypt rounds out nine years since the revolution that forced out former President Hosni Mubarak it has moved…
Angry Over the Iowa Caucus Debacle? Action is the Remedy to Despair
I’ve been so numb. The strategic release of results. All our work in Iowa. All the snowy days knocking…
Where to Begin in this Age of Climate Destruction?
Hey there, Rev, So those dire apocalyptic prophecies of yours are coming to fruition. Australia is on fire. It’s…
In 1970, Janice Johnson, a Black single mother in Philadelphia, was facing eviction from an old apartment building condemned…
After A Month Of Knocking On Doors In Iowa, A Race To The Finish
As the Sanders campaign surges and the elite media freaks out, here’s what I’m seeing and hearing on the ground in a frantic final week before tonight’s caucuses.
Backlash Continues to Grow After India’s Trump Passes New Citizenship Laws
MUMBAI, India — I follow the low hum of voices to the historic Gateway of India, a massive archway…
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