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Two exhibits at the Bronx Museum of the Arts explore the civil rights movement — one though iconic and obscure documentary photos, the other through contemporary multi-media produced by artists…

ByLauren Raheja 8 minRead time

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Jul 2010

News Uncategorized

The Future Of Puerto Rico's Independence Movement

Opinions are mixed about whether pro-independence political prisoner Carlos Alberto Torres should receive a hero’s welcome when he was released from prison Monday.

ByLauren Raheja 2 minRead time

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Jul 2010

Health

New Bill Would Change HIV Testing Across State

Gov. Paterson is expected to sign a bill that would mandate that physicians routinely offer their patients HIV testing, a move that experts say would reduce the rate of infection.

ByLauren Raheja 5 minRead time

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Jul 2010

ARTS and CULTURE

Bed-Stuy Sounds Off At Town Hall Meeting, Paterson Signs Bill

About 150 residents gathered Wednesday evening to vent their frustrations with the police, in the aftermath of the stop-and-frisk scandal that recently surfaced in their precinct. Gov. Paterson signed into…

ByLauren Raheja 6 minRead time

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Jul 2010

Economy

13 Tenant Activists Arrested During Protest

Thirteen housing activists were arrested Monday afternoon at a sit-in outside the office building of the New York City Housing Authority at 250 Broadway in lower Manhattan.

ByLauren Raheja 4 minRead time

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Jul 2010

News Uncategorized