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Mayor Eric Adams commissioned a new Staten Island Ferry boat dubbed Sandy Ground—named after New York’s first free Black community, founded on the island more than two centuries ago. In…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 1Comment

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Sep 2020

ARTS and CULTURE

How Polish Americans Marked the 40th Anniversary of Solidarity

The 1980 August Agreements were the breaking point in the contemporary history of Poland and the harbinger of what followed: the downfall of the communist system in Eastern Europe.

ByWojtek Maslanka for Nowy Dziennik 1Comment

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Aug 2020

Podcasts

The True Lessons the 1970s Fiscal Crisis Offers Pandemic NYC

The crisis is held up as a morality tale about the limits of democracy and progressive government—lessons that some would apply to our current, pandemic-driven emergency.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Aug 2020

CLARIFY

Cholera, Yellow Fever, Flu: Pandemic Lessons from NYC’s Past

Historians say there are many parallels between COVID-19 and past city pandemics, from increased xenophobia to masks campaigns. But the complexities of each outbreak are unique.

ByMia Gindis

BySamuel Hyland 0Comments

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Sep 2019

Uncategorized

Veterans Group Marks 100-Year Milestone for WWI’s Polish-American Freedom Fighters

Celebrating the centennial of the recruitment of Polish immigrants from the United States to the Polish Army in France during World War I, New York’s division of the Polish Army…

ByAleksandra Slabisz for Nowy Dziennik 1Comment

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Nov 2018

Education In Depth Investigations

Overdue Assignment: Making NYC Schools Culturally Responsive

It will take more than new language or better lessons. Who’s teaching, who’s learning and the very nature of how social studies are taught and tested are also in play.

ByGail Robinson 4Comments

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Oct 2018

ARTS and CULTURE Government

Effort to Rename Columbus Day is Stalled; Statue Still Awaits Historical Markers

Cities across the country including Los Angeles, Seattle, Minneapolis, Austin as well as the states of South Dakota and Hawaii have renamed Monday’s holiday to honor Native Americans.

ByHarry DiPrinzio 0Comments

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Jul 2018

Opinion

CityViews: Black, Female and Neglected, 19th-Century Hero Became Students’ Cause

‘Now the nation faces an issue of preserved history through the debate over the removal of Confederate statues. My class decided that we should not minimize history but instead add…

ByTiara Coleman 1Comment

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May 2018

In Depth

UrbaNerd: The History of the City’s Floating Jail

The journey of the Vernon C. Bain began in 1987 in New Orleans at a time of high crime and few options for the city. Neighbors near its current Mott…

BySneha Dey 2Comments

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Apr 2018

ARTS and CULTURE

CityReviews: A Priest Whose Fight Helped Shape the City

‘Dagger John’ Hughes built churches and a hospital, schools and a college. Most of all, he built power for the immigrant Irish in the formative years of modern New York.

ByRaymond Schroth 0Comments

Flashback Friday: Staten Island’s Sandy Ground, 1982