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Emma Whitford

NEWS & POLITICS ARCHIVES

How Julia Salazar Is Trying to Become the Next Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

She’s young, she’s Latina, and she’s socialist. Now she just needs to win the Democratic primary.

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Transit

Foamland Security: Ferry Riders Say de Blasio’s Subsidies Spare Them Subway Trauma

The mayor is spending another $300 million on ferries over five years, but who benefits?

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NEWS & POLITICS ARCHIVES

March and Vigil Recalls Saheed Vassell as Caring Neighbor

Brooklyn residents say despite reforms, police still target people of color: “How we look is the weapon”

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Protest Archives

‘The Adults Failed Us’

More than 100,000 youth, parents, teachers, and Beatles march in New York to end gun violence

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6 MONTHS LATER ARCHIVES

From One Crisis to Another

FEMA aid is running out for families fleeing the devastation left by Hurricane Maria

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Immigration

ICE Won’t Let This Cancer Patient See His Doctor

Mohammed Monir Hassan was detained days after his diagnosis, likely thanks to a single 12-year-old arrest

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Working

Twerking Class Heroes

Strippers, sex workers, and allies march against workplace discrimination

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Healthcare

Trump’s Medicaid Work Rules Are Latest Attempt to Demonize Poor

Look no further than New York’s legacy of workfare

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NEWS & POLITICS ARCHIVES

Hundreds in Harlem Mourn ‘Uncompromising’ Erica Garner

Funeral for civil rights activist who died at 27 in December of an asthma-related heart attack draws vows to keep up the fight

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NEWS & POLITICS ARCHIVES

Can Anyone Care About Hunger After Thanksgiving?

As Trump threatens $193 billion in food aid cuts, advocates try to hold people’s attention beyond the holiday charity season

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