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Front Line Appreciation Group is Keeping Restaurants in Business & Feeding Hospital Workers
But how long can relief efforts last?
Pandemic & Protest: Former NYCLU Head Calls On De Blasio To End Free Speech Crackdown
‘Freedom of speech is a bedrock principle’ that cannot be cast aside during the COVID-19 pandemic, says Norman Siegel
Remembering Donald Paneth, Maverick Journalist
Donald Paneth’s long, winding odyssey in journalism began in 1944 when he went to work as a clerk on…
NYC Nurse: We’re Fighting COVID, Budget Cuts & ‘Murderous Racial Inequalities’
Sean Petty is a pediatric emergency room nurse at Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx and the southern regional…
Open Letter Calls for Bold Steps to Address Climate Change & COVID Devastation
Given the dire threat global warming presents to our city and its communities, in addition to the threat posed by coronavirus, we are publishing this letter to New York’s leaders, signed by 132 organizations, in full here.
How to Say Goodbye to a Stranger
For two decades I’ve lived on this short block in Downtown Brooklyn and I can remember nearly every moving…
Good Riddance to Samaritan’s Purse, the Hateful Virus that Infected Central Park
On April 5, I took part in a peaceful protest. The New York police tackled me and forced my…
As COVID Rages, Will the VA Be There for Future Generations of Veterans?
In the years after my military service in Iraq, I have walked the few blocks from my apartment to…
Day Laborers Are Being Left Behind
Undocumented day laborers in Princeton, NJ are organizing relief efforts and pressuring Gov. Phil Murphy to take action. Across…