A Bronx Tale: How Racism Created Poverty, and Still Perpetuates It

by Kai Wright on December 16 2011, 10:20AM

The poverty in which millions of people of color live is not accidental. It’s the result of decades of political choices that first created ghettos and then left them prey to a growing industry that profits from their existence. The Bronx offers a uniquely clear example.

Topics: Dispatches, Economy

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Jimmy ‘Rent-Too-Damn-High’ McMillan Is Getting Evicted

by Jorge Rivas on August 5 2011, 11:16AM

The man who shook up the New York gubernatorial campaign with his catch slogan is getting the boot because his “rent is too damn low.” Still, he was right about everybody else’s rent.

Topics: Economy

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Remnants of an African-American Past Found Beneath Central Park

by Jamilah King on July 29 2011, 11:12AM

Researchers are working to reconstruct the lives of black residents who were pushed out by developers in the mid-19th century.

Topics: History

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New York Street Art Mecca Set For Demolition

by Thoai Lu on March 14 2011, 11:20AM

The legendary Five Pointz is about to become residential towers and shops.

Topics: Arts & Culture

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Ground Zero’s Slave Graves

by Jamilah King on August 27 2010, 3:38PM

The bones of some 20,000 African slaves are buried 25 feet below Lower Manhattan.

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Advocates: Stabbing Victim’s Blood on Hands of Demagogue Pols

by Jamilah King on August 26 2010, 4:00PM

Enright’s drinking problem doesn’t overshadow sweeping national anti-Muslim sentiments.

Topics: Mosque Mania

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Bloomberg: Anti-Muslim Slashing “Counter to Everything NYers Believe”

by Kai Wright on August 25 2010, 1:20PM

Attacker allegedly asked taxi driver if he was Muslim before slashing his face.

Topics: Kai Wright, Mosque Mania

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Sensitive Bigotry and the “Ground Zero Mosque” Meme

by Michelle Chen on August 18 2010, 9:30AM

CNN’s Don Lemon inadvertently reveals the prejudice lurking behind objections to a Muslim cultural center near the World Trade Center site.

Topics: Mosque Mania

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Muslim Community Center Rumbles Ground Zero in NYC

by Michelle Chen on May 25 2010, 8:50AM

Nearly nine years after the Twin Towers collapsed, Ground Zero in Lower Manhattan is still smoldering. The public response to a proposal to build an Islamic center near the site has reignited the embers of anti-Muslim animosity. The right-wing blogosphere…

Topics: Mosque Mania

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Does the American Dream Have an Expiration Date?

by Michelle Chen on November 21 2009, 7:26AM

When making the case for immigration’s contribution to society, activists reflexively highlight the economic resilience of immigrant families, particularly their seemingly ceaseless drive to work their way up from poverty. While the tired “American Dream” mythology seems perilously naive…

Topics: Immigration

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