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Dear New Yorker: As many of you may know, my office enforces state and local prevailing wage laws. That means that if you have done construction work on a New York City public work project or have been employed in a building service job through a...
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The following article, Media Prioritizes Sharpie-Gate Over Airplane Sabotage, was first published on The Black Sphere. I was having trouble sleeping last night when the hum of my TV caught my attention with two little words. Sharpie-Gate. More than o...
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[Healthcare News] NY AG James: “The Trump Administration’s repeated attempts to strip coverage away and deny access to care for millions of Americans is shameful.” Photo: Wikimedia Commons Tags:& NEW YORK ATTORNEY GENERAL LETITIA JAMESUnited States D...
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By: Terri Schlichenmeyer Everyone knows you’ll read anywhere. At work, if you can sneak a page. In the park, in your car, on a tractor between wagons, in every room of your house, in the yard. In the bathtub, on a plane, you’re never far from a book....
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(L-R) Tuskegee Airman Col. Charles McGee (in red jacket) and a young man are shown August 25 with Fort Monroe Superintendent Terry Brown and Virginia’s Governor Ralph Northam on the grounds of Fort Monroe during the 1619-2019 Commemoration of the Fir...
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NORFOLK A community forum hosted by The Urban Renewal Center (URC) at First Presbyterian Church on August 22 made for a lively discussion by panelists about the impact of urban renewal, notably in Norfolk, on displaced residents. The practice is comm...
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By Rosaland Tyler Associate Editor New Journal and Guide As Michelangelo had a habit of dragging and pushing a huge slab of marble into his studio and waiting for it to spring to life, the same seems to apply to Brian Owens, the sculptor and visual a...
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“They aren’t going to get you for using benefits. They are going to get you for being poor and black and brown,” said Amanda Lugg of African Services Committee, a multiservice human rights agency in Harlem. NASHVILLE, TN – The Department of Homeland...
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By Ruth Ferguson, NDG Editor Following Wednesday’s early morning signing of Ezekiel Elliott, all Dallas Cowboys fans are finally able to breathe a sigh of relief as their dreams of a 2020 Super Bowl regained new life. Clearly, the NDG team beli...
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The following article, Should Black Athletes Lead the Return to Segregation?, was first published on The Black Sphere. Apparently, the time has come for black athletes to leave white colleges. At least according to Jemele Hill, formerly of ESPN. Hill...
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India Basin Mixed Use Development Project artist’s rendering by Build SF by Bradley Angel, Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice San Francisco – In response to demands by Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice and Bayvie...
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First day of Fourth GradeSeptember means that back-to-school season is in full effect.I grew up in Rochester, New York where we always began the school year the Wednesday after Labor Day. Theoretically, that gave us all summer to get in lots of fun....
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by Ivan Kilgore, UBF Founder Incarcerated people experience feelings of being misunderstood and trapped and, as a result, we feel voiceless. When we cannot speak the words we truly wish to say, we turn to poor substitutes. As well, the state...
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[Criminal Justice News] Deputy Bronx Borough President Scott-McFadden: "I am here on behalf of Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. to discuss the de Blasio administration’s wrongheaded proposal to build a new jail in Mott Haven...There is an obvio...
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Warriors billboard thanks Oakland for the love and loyalty of the people who hosted them during their greatest years … so far. – Photo: Jahahara Alkebulan-Ma’at by Baba Jahahara Amen-RA Alkebulan-Ma’at 6259 AAAC/August 2019 JC-PG “Africans...
