Quinn Struggles as Mayoral Candidates Court City’s Biggest Teacher’s Union
The school year is almost over, but New York’s mayoral candidates are gearing up for a long summer courting the city’s teachers
Read more21-Year-Old Student Found Dead in Columbia University Dorm
A 21-year-old student was found dead Sunday morning in a Columbia University dormitory, according to police and reports…
Read moreWarm-Water Fish Invade New York City’s Waters
Fishers in Long Island Sound are seeing species that normally swim far to the south. Dramatically warmer waters are challenging both the fishing industry and the regulatory system that governs it
Read moreNY community papers struggle post-Sandy
Small papers were washed away when their readers most needed them, and they’re still recovering
Read moreFood Banks Left Reeling After Sandy
Early on the morning of Oct. 29, a handful of families huddled outside a West Harlem food pantry as wind and spitting rain swirled around them in advance of Hurricane Sandy’s arrival
Read moreNew bus line a boost for Hunts Point business
Ed Taylor usually finds himself in his car outside a subway station in the middle of the night, waiting to shuttle his employees to work deep inside the Hunts Point peninsula because there is no public transportation. The 3 a.m. runs will end for Taylor, however, as the MTA announced it would introduce a new bus line through western Hunts Point next year
Read moreHas the mainstream media been misrepresenting the student strike?
Quebec was under the media spotlight this spring as students took to the streets in a showdown with the Charest government over tuition hikes. Now, with protests dwindling and summer setting in, media attention has waned, leaving the door open for public scrutiny of mainstream media’s treatment of the events of Quebec’s student movement
Read more‘Political vendetta’ against Native Friendship Centre of Montreal
The Native Friendship Centre of Montreal (NFCM) is battling a “political vendetta,” according to Brett Pineau, the Centre’s executive director
Read more2nd night of protest under Bill 78: More than 300 arrests, flooding, injuries
Two days after legislation aimed at pacifying student protests went into effect, protesters and police clashed violently once again on Sunday night, culminating in mass arrests and at least two people hospitalized
Read moreAir pollution may be ‘health timebomb’ for London’s deprived children
On-going study of children in east London finds air pollution a factor in lung impairment – but political deadlock and lack of public awareness are holding up solutions
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