In a city where grown men shoot little boys eating ice cream cones and where meanness is the norm - Ron Clark was a kind and honorable man and that made him special. Clark died in May 2019, and our city is the poorer for it.
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This pandemic calls for us to challenge our militarized notion of security. There is ample evidence that a militarized response will further criminalize marginalized communities of color who are often targets of over-policing and imprisonment.
Sending students, professors, and workers back to campus, amid a pandemic, because colleges and universities need the cash, is a statement of bankruptcy more profound than any balance sheet could ever tally.
I’m a New York City subway conductor who had Covid-19. Now I’m going back to work.
Ahmaud Arbery, 25, was on his regular run through Brunswick, Georgia, when he encountered an armed white father and son.
"If you're looking for a bold new idea for New York public schools," wrote congressional candidate Jamaal Bowman, "how about you just try fully funding them for once?"
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The right-wing vendetta against the Postal Service long predates the pandemic, but gutting it now has the potential to undermine the integrity of the November election. Yet establishment media seem remarkably uninterested in connecting the dots.
“We cannot take any of their threats lightly,” said senior Venezuelan politician Diosdado Cabello. “What happened today,” he said, “is an example of the desperation” of the United States and its allies.
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