Back on April 1st, the Bureau of Prisons announced that it was initiating a 14-day lockdown of all 172,000 inmates who are currently being housed in its 122 facilities. At…
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Rosemary Rivera: July 12, 2020Updated: July 12, 2020 9:49 p.m. As a Puerto Rican growing up in New York City during the late 70s and early 80s, my community was Black…
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14 charts show how deep the economic gap is and how little it has changed in decades. The covid-19 recession is also hitting black families and business owners far harder…
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March 25, 2020 By David LeonhardtOpinion Columnist Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York has received high marks for his handling of the coronavirus. He has remained calm and clear while issuing urgent warnings…
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Last February, there were numerous media reports about the fact that the 1,700 prisoners being housed in Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) were being forced to live in freezing conditions…
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