There is a bit more support for the sorrow. Greater assistance is being provided by the city to aid families in need who are grappling with the loss of loved ones in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis. The…
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Adriana Gallardo and Ariel Goodman penned an absolute must-read piece in ProPublica that looks at the hardworking and marginalized people that keep this city and this society up and running. The searing article does a deep dive to uncover…
If you missed this week’s episode of ¡Uptown Palante! With Mino Lora, don’t worry we got you. This week’s special guest is Maria Lizardo of the mighty NMIC. Also, our founder and EIC interviews Uptown treasure, Veronica Liu, of…
A Word From Word Up Books Help us remain closed and healthy as an organization, until we can safely and responsibly reopen for our community! In June 2020, Word Up Community Bookshop/Librería Comunitaria will celebrate its ninth birthday. Since…
By Gregg McQueen and Debralee Santos Overlooking Highbridge Park, the building is an unassuming structure tucked into a quiet, leafy intersection on Edgecombe Avenue. It once served as the 100-bed Mother Cabrini Memorial Hospital, one of the numerous facilities…
Twice as terrible. A new study details stark differences in coronavirus-related hospitalization and death rates throughout New York City boroughs – with the Bronx especially ravaged. Published on Wednesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), the…
One of the most incredible things throughout this pandemic has been the support. From everyone, everywhere. The team @coed_studios produced this amazing video by combining images of a NYC transformed with my narration of the thread below. Watch until…
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) It does not get more Washington Heights than Coogan’s. More than just a bar, Coogan’s was a haven for this diverse, vibrant and hardworking community for over 35 years. It was an Irish bar…
Do you suffer from the Trump Coronavirus Blues? Well, here comes The People’s Theatre Project (PTP) to the rescue. Starting next Thursday, April 30 at 2 pm tune in to PTP’s FB Live for the inaugural episode of ¡Uptown…
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Uptown Collective (@uptowncollectiv) on Nov 4, 2018 at 7:19am PST Do you watch the daily briefings of Tyrant Trump with an odd mixture of sheer horror and fascination? It is…