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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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Opinion: Columbia Students, Please Don’t Love Our Community to Death

‘Columbia and our other local institutions need to consider the possible irreparable harm to the community if students return too soon.’

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Opinion: Lawmakers, Mayor & Governor Must End Solitary Confinement

‘Now is the time for the state legislature to pass HALT and for the governor to sign it into law. The mayor, City Council, and Board of Correction must go…

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Opinion: How Defunding the NYPD Can Help End Subway Homelessness

‘The city and state must recognize that people who have experienced homelessness are the experts and listen to them, value and validate their experiences, and create solutions with them, not…

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