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Video: Music and Protest in the Trump Era
Jarrett Murphy |
A top hip-hop concert promoter, a veteran entertainment lawyer and a music journalist talk about the past and present of protest music, especially its hip-hop variety.
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Video: Does Art Matter to a Community Under Threat?
Melissa Rose Cooper |
East New York has long faced problems like poverty, disinvestment and crime. Now its worries concern gentrification and displacement. In a neighborhood confronting so many different risks, what role can community artists play?
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From Protests to 5K Runs, Activists Vent Outrage in NYC Over Mexican Kidnappings
Arturo Conde |
Home to a growing Mexican population, key diplomats and economic interests vital to the government in Mexico City, New York is a theatre for the protest movement over the 2014 abduction of 43 students.
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Acting Out Their Demands, Advocates Take the Stage to Influence NYC Policy
Jarrett Lyons |
Advocates using Theater of the Oppressed techniques are turning an empowerment tool developed in South America in the 1970s to homeless policy issues, with HUD and City Councilmembers in the audience.
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Jay Small, Organizer and Agitator: 1945-2016
Tom Robbins |
From student protests to the People’s Firehouse to the picket lines and strategy sessions of tenant activism, Jay Small was a garrulous and upbeat presence in the movement to make New York more just.
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Who Exactly is the New York City Parents Union?
Ruth Ford |
The organization is involved in major lawsuits and lights up tabloid op-ed pages with criticisms of unions, elected officials, Chancellor Fariña and others. But their funding and membership are fuzzy.
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An Organizer Speaks: Why We’re Calling Up a Tenants’ Army
Debra Medina |
A veteran Williamsburg organizer explains the reasoning behind a new organization being formed to resist displacement and, she says, defend renters of all stripes.
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Survey Asks: How do you Impact New York City?
Jarrett Murphy |
We ask not what your city does for you, but what you do for your city.
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Check Out NYC’s Shareholder Activism
Jarrett Murphy |
As steward of the city’s massive pension funds, Comptroller Scott Stringer has launched a campaign to give all shareholders a role in nominating corporate directors. Learn more about other fights the city has taken on as an investor.
