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Broccoli, cucumber, bell peppers, collard greens. Strawberries, blueberries, grapes and tomatoes; runner beans and basil, four big beds of jalapeno peppers. Worms and compost. Hip hop and capoiera. A cheeseburger…

ByHelen Zelon 0Comments

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Apr 2010

Government

Espada Sued For Raiding Nonprofit

Pedro Espada, the Bronx senator at the center of last year’s leadership battle in Albany, has been sued for allegedly looting a nonprofit he helped run. Read the attorney general’s…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Apr 2010

ARTS and CULTURE Economy

Now What?

In the lobby of STRIVE, an employment-training program in East Harlem, the messages are clear, stated in a bold, black font on posters that greet the overwhelmingly black and Latino…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Apr 2010

ARTS and CULTURE Economy

In This Recession Pain Has A Color

The day that Barack Obama became President, Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Plaza outside the state office building on 125th Street and Seventh Avenue was alive with expectant joy. The crowd…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Mar 2010

ARTS and CULTURE Economy Government

A Tough Gang To Follow

As Harlem’s older generation of leaders fades, black officials define new paths toward prominence.

ByCurtis Stephen 0Comments

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Feb 2010

ARTS and CULTURE Education

Kids Who Can't Get Enough of School

One low-income HCZ parent describes how the program has changed her family.

ByHelen Zelon 0Comments

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Nov 2009

ARTS and CULTURE In Depth

Becoming a Deejay, Leaving the P-J's

Life is tough in the projects and on the streets, but leavened with music and friendship in this crop of new city books.

ByCurtis Stephen 0Comments

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Jan 2009

ARTS and CULTURE

It Takes 'Elan' To Make Hot-Button Issues Cool

From a little office in Brooklyn, a new magazine reaches around the world to explore the lives and lifestyles of Muslim cosmopolites.

ByCurtis Stephen 0Comments

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Dec 2008

ARTS and CULTURE Economy

One Idealist's Progress In Fighting Poverty Online

Darryl Penrice has been needy himself. Now that he’s stumbled across a potential way to reduce want for everyone, he’s determined to make it work.

ByCurtis Stephen 0Comments

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Dec 2008

ARTS and CULTURE Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

Pit Bull Ad Blitz: Spay Now or Pay Later

Citing high rates of euthanasia for the breed, anti-cruelty activists are making it easier for lower-income pit bull owners to get their friends fixed.

ByJessica Firger 0Comments

Growing Grown-Ups In Harlem

Espada Sued For Raiding Nonprofit

Now What?

In This Recession Pain Has A Color

A Tough Gang To Follow

Kids Who Can't Get Enough of School

Becoming a Deejay, Leaving the P-J's

It Takes 'Elan' To Make Hot-Button Issues Cool

One Idealist's Progress In Fighting Poverty Online

Pit Bull Ad Blitz: Spay Now or Pay Later

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