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NYC Mayoral Candidates Vow to End Exclusive Admissions Tests

March 17, 2021 by Sarah Unterberger

Sarah Unterberger Cooper Squared

New York City’s leading Democratic mayoral candidates are pledging to end the use of all exclusive admission screens at Thursday’s Teens Take Charge forum.  And NYC’s teens, who attend high schools among the most segregated in the nation, plan to hold them to it.  Students, experts, and advocates have worked for years to dismantle the […]

Filed Under: Politics, Social Justice

The Vaccine Race Shows Again The Deep Roots of Inequality

March 13, 2021 by Aidan Taylor

Aidan Taylor Cooper Squared

It took nearly three weeks for East New York, Brooklyn resident Jason Minnis to get his mother-in-law a vaccine appointment in their majority-black neighborhood. Many others aren’t as lucky.  Since the first vaccine rollout late last year, the widening disparity in the vaccination rates among Black communities in New York has only worsened. Part of […]

Filed Under: COVID-19 Pandemic, Politics, Social Justice

Racism in China

March 9, 2021 by Yindi (Victor) Chen

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“Racism in China” is an interview-based film about Black experiences in China.

Filed Under: Multimedia, Social Justice, Video

The Community Fridges Movement in New York City

January 22, 2021 by Camila Hernandez

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Community Fridges have been installed in the sidewalks of some neighborhoods around New York City as a revolutionary idea to address issues like food insecurity. There’s a simple rule: Take what you need, leave what you can.

Filed Under: COVID-19 Pandemic, Multimedia, Social Justice, Video

History of Filipinx Nursing Migration in the United States

December 23, 2020 by Margaret Guzman

In response to the disproportionate effects of the coronavirus on Filipinx and Filipinx-American nurses across America, Margaret Guzman traces the history of Filipinx nursing migration in the context of two health crises: the COVID-19 pandemic and the AIDS epidemic.  

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For Young, Progressive Black Women, Harris’s Race And Gender Are Not Enough

October 30, 2020 by Lola Proctor

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Young, Black women voters in America are not convinced that Kamala Harris will save them. While the California senator’s historic nomination as the first Black woman to serve as the Democratic vice presidential nominee came as a welcomed “shock” to some, not all have fully embraced her candidacy, pointing to her past record as district […]

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Moments of September BLM Protest in NYC Before Update in Breonna Taylor Case

September 23, 2020 by Natalie Rule

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Black Lives Matter protests have been scattered across Manhattan, months following the killing of George Floyd. New York City citizens have taken the streets demanding police reform and social justice. “Say her name” could be heard across avenues to express another unjust murder caused by police violence. The case of Breonna Taylor was updated shortly […]

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Constant bad news for Black America is taking a toll

September 22, 2020 by Vanessa Handy

Jaylen Evans

What is Blackness: Who owns it?  Cassi Quayson,19, a Ghanian-American writer studying “Language and Liberation” at NYU’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study muses on these questions.  She’s often caught up with innermost examinations of Black life while the rest of the world watches. In 2020’s cataclysm of the coronavirus pandemic and pervasive racial injustice, it’s […]

Filed Under: Social Justice, The Word Tagged With: bad news, black America, Black Lives Matter, mental health

Minnesota teens of color are stressed out and struggling, but find glimmers of hope

September 20, 2020 by Emma Elizabeth Shores

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The police killings of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd, have spurred protests globally and left Minnesotan teens of color stressed out and struggling. But the support from their community has renewed their hope for change. “The exhaustion comes from when everyone wants to now understand and puts the effort on the people of color, the […]

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NYU students of color struggle under the weight of racial injustice

September 18, 2020 by Addison Aloian

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NYU students of color  are struggling months after the murders of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd and having to face head on the cries of racial injustice that are sweeping the country and the backlash.  Sonali Burns, a junior,  said that the heaviness of the murders didn’t impact her at first because she […]

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