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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

Justice

Homage For A Working Class Hero

Mervyn E. Simon was not a politician, nor was he ever an officially recognized activist, but he showed that one person can impact a community-at-large, by helping others one at…

ByCurtis Stephen 2Comments

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Apr 2010

Economy

Stimulus Seen Failing Jobless Blacks

As City Limits Magazine looks at the crisis of black unemployment, this web exclusive examines how the federal stimulus bill has—and hasn’t—helped.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Apr 2010

Uncategorized

A Young Gun For Labor

A 28-year-old union president is trying to get his members a new contract and, some say, reflecting a new wave of labor activism.

ByDanielle Douglas 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

Economy

Like A Canyon

Just north of 125th Street, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture displays a timeline of black political activism. The familiar faces— Garvey, DuBois, King, Malcolm X, Jackson— are…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Apr 2010

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