Prime Target: Amazon’s NYC Power Play
Concerns grow as the trillion-dollar company looks set to place its HQ2 In Queens.
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How To Help Progressive Candidates Ahead of the Midterms
This is the final weekend before Tuesday’s midterm elections and many organizations, hoping to edge out Republican incumbents and…
East Harlemites Rally for Migrant Children Who Will Spend Halloween Without Their Parents
On the eve of Halloween, President Donald Trump, clad in a black and white striped jumpsuit, was handcuffed and…
The Small Business Jobs Protection Act Received a Hearing, What Next?
There was something very odd about sitting in the public hearing for the Small Business Jobs Survival Act (SBJSA)…
Required Reading: ‘Book Bloc’ Defends Trans Rights
Hundreds of people rallied in Midtown on Monday in response to a planned rollback of transgender rights on the…
#CountMeIn Movement Marks One Year
“New York City is a union town,” they chanted — thousands of voices reverberating off of office buildings and…
Ticket to Jail (For Some): Study Finds Massive Racial Disparities in Fare Evasion Arrests
People of color comprised nearly 94 percent of those jailed for turnstile hopping, according to an examination of recent NYPD data. Meanwhile, the police department is breaking the law by failing to provide its complete demographic records.
Upcoming Small Business Jobs Survival Act Hearing Decried as Sham
Members of New York’s beleaguered small business community and their supporters have spent more than three decades pushing for…
Shut It Down or Keep It Open? Immigrant Advocates Debate Fate of NJ Detention Center
Hudson County, N.J. hosted a four and a half hour public meeting last Thursday to determine whether it should…
SCAR Act Could Provide Answers to Parents Separated From Children at US Border
Even after reunification, advocates say, the psychological wounds of President Trump’s “zero tolerance” immigration policy will be long-lasting for detained kids.