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Opinion: As NYC Reopens, There’s a Chance to Reimagine Life in the City

‘Not since New Yorkers like Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr debated our best interests have we had the opportunity to truly revisit the merits of the codified laws and established…

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Opinion: A Side Effect of COVID-19 Could be Weaker Civil Liberties

‘Those in power are willing to be extremely broad in their use of COVID-19 as a justification for bending certain legal protections.’

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Opinion: How Defunding Can Solve Police Violence

‘Ultimately, defunding the police and reinvesting in needs like public health, stable housing, and youth development is both our best hope for reducing aggressive, racialized policing and a step toward…

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Opinion: Dismantle ICE and Reimagine an Inclusive Immigration System

‘We joined in a collective exhale when the Supreme Court temporarily stopped Trump’s rescinding of DACA. But the celebration didn’t last very long.’

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Opinion: The Crisis in Immigrant Health is Far from Over

‘This unprecedented public health crisis has further illuminated existing discrimination and inequities in access to medical care, especially for one community disproportionately impacted by COVID-19: immigrants

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Opinion: Time to Fire NYC’s Bad Cops

‘The City of New York has constructed an elaborate procedure, from investigations to Board votes to trials, to obscure the disturbing fact that only the NYPD itself holds any disciplinary…

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Opinion: The Press is Stoking Fears of a Phantom Child-Abuse Crisis

‘There is an assumption in our culture that underlies all of this coverage—that without constant surveillance, Black parents are a danger to their own children. These articles are not based…

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Opinion: Mayor de Blasio, Protect Funding for Victims of Domestic Violence

‘You needed us when COVID hit and we have been there. Stand with us and demand adequate funding for our essential workers.’

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Opinion: Ageism and Racism are Twin Evils That NYers Must Defeat

‘Older adults are at the end of the food chain of a racist world.’

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Opinion: Local Control of the MTA is About Equity and Efficiency

‘New Yorkers have a few options: They can either choose to live in the status quo, which will spell eventual disaster for the MTA; lobby for bailout and then an…

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