By Gregg McQueen View this post on Instagram A post shared by Bronx Free Press (@bxfreepress) Call a convention. Advocates gathered for a virtual rally on March 22 to voice support for recently proposed federal legislation that could empower…
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Once you defend a crooked, divisive, foul-mouthed, racist, sexist, xenophobic liar like Donald Trump, you have no standing to be outraged about anything anyone else says or does. Ever. — Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) March 3, 2020 We invite you…
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Step up to STEM. The City College of New York (CCNY) STEM Institute will offer a free, all-day program to high schoolers this summer. Aimed at students interested in pursuing careers in the STEM fields, the program is also…
View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) The American Rescue Plan to the rescue. Congress, correction, the Democratic Party just passed one of the largest economic stimulus packages in U.S. history. Click below…
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Mark D. Levine (@marklevinenyc) Join Councilmen Mark Levine for a live-streamed Q&A with Dr. Craig Spencer – a nationally renowned expert in global pandemics. They will take questions on the…
The system is “rigged.” That is the claim made in a new lawsuit filed by a group of New York City high school students against the city and state to stop Gifted and Talented programs and admissions tests for…
By Emily Nadal View this post on Instagram A post shared by Manhattan Times (@manhattantimes) Lenin Sánchez has lived in Washington Heights his whole life. Except for the two years he spent at boarding school in Georgia as a…
If $15 an hour sounds like too much, please ruminate on the fact that Jeff Bezos makes $2,489 every second. — Robert Reich (@RBReich) March 4, 2021 We invite you to subscribe to the weekly Uptown Love newsletter, like our Facebook page and…
In this new original documentary from theGrio, senior correspondent Natasha S. Alford (@natashasalford), traveled to Loiza, Puerto Rico during the 2019 summer of political unrest, where protesters ousted their governor. Through interviews with locals residents, scholars, and historians, Alford…