In the age of the Internet and an era of shrinking government budgets, are public libraries worth taxpayers’ dollars. A conservative policy analyst—and former library worker—says “yes.”
Even as speculation mounts that Democrats will retrench in the face of historic Republican gains in the House, some immigrant youth plan to continue demanding greater rights.
The economic crisis that dominates campaign 2010 began in the housing market. So what are the gubernatorial candidates—especially frontrunner Andrew Cuomo—saying to owners, tenants and landlords?
The national poverty rate jumped to over 14 percent. But there’s evidence that the economic downturn hasn’t increased poverty as much as comparable recessions.
Despite the coalescence of an anti-Espada movement around Rivera, Rivera says the race is not just about dislodging Espada. He says it’s about bringing to the community much needed resources…
About 100 education activists gathered Tuesday afternoon to rally behind a city bill designed to increase the transparency and accountability of disciplinary practices in New York City schools.
