NY and MA Forced to Join Secure Communities Despite Opposition

by Jorge Rivas on May 14 2012, 5:33PM

Despite opposition from the governors of New York and Massachusetts, federal immigration authorities are moving forward to implement Secure Communities in both states.

Topics: Immigration, /NOW Blog

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Bloomberg’s Fear of Muslims Helped Drive the NYPD’s Shameless Spying

by Seth Freed Wessler on March 15 2012, 9:28AM

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s defense of the NYPD’s spying on Muslim communities shouldn’t come as a surprise. The Mayor’s had a tense relationship with Muslim and Arab communities for nearly a decade.

Topics: Criminal Justice, NYPD Spying, National Security

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How Are Racial Justice Activists Making Occupy Work For Everyone? [Video]

by David Zlutnick on March 13 2012, 10:26AM

As spring comes, the world prepares for the Occupy movement to once again fill the headlines. Colorlines.com talks with Occupy Wall Street organizers who have sought to keep race in the movement’s conversation.

Topics: #Occupy, Economy

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Utica, NY Cops’ Dash Camera Caught Them Allegedly Planting Evidence in Driver’s Car

by Jorge Rivas on January 3 2012, 2:32PM

Video of a Utica police officer allegedly planting evidence in a black driver’s car has sparked a number of similar reports from the city’s black residents.

Topics: Criminal Justice, /NOW Blog

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Nearly All Student Arrests in NYC Public Schools Target Black and Latino Males

by Jorge Rivas on November 30 2011, 11:27AM

During the summer and fall, police officers in New York City public schools made 63 arrests. All but four of them were of black or Latino students.

Topics: Schools & Youth

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Black and Latino Parents Lose Child Custody Over Marijuana Charges

by Jorge Rivas on August 18 2011, 1:05PM

The New York Times reports on a startling trend that’s seeing black and Latino parents lose their children because of minor drug possession, even though whites use drugs more often.

Topics: Criminal Justice

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New York Suspends Participation in Embattled Secure Communities

by Seth Freed Wessler on June 2 2011, 9:00AM

The move comes after months of pressure from advocates to get the governor to terminate the program.

Topics: Immigration

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The Nuclear Industry’s Astroturf Movement in Communities of Color

by Brian Palmer on May 26 2011, 9:13AM

Entergy, the nation’s second largest nuclear power generator, is pitting black and brown people against New York’s green movement.

Topics: Environment

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Gov. Paterson’s Mixed Messages on New York Deportations

by Seth Freed Wessler on December 8 2010, 11:41AM

His symbolic pardons point to the deportation dragnet’s problems, but at the same time he’s welcomed its expansion in his state.

Topics: Immigration

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Report: New York’s Truancy Policies That Punish Parents Don’t Work

by Julianne Hing on November 30 2010, 1:02PM

Schools should spend their resources on better data collection and proactively supportive, instead of punitive, outreach.

Topics: Schools & Youth

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The Rent is Too Damn High! Really, Though, Jimmy’s Got a Point

by Kai Wright, Hatty Lee on October 20 2010, 10:12AM

Here are the numbers to back up Jimmy McMillan’s now-famous rant.

Topics: 2010 Elections

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Sean Bell’s Widow May Run for Queens City Council

by Naima Ramos-Chapman on September 2 2010, 1:50PM

Nicole Paultre-Bell’s reportedly got most of the borough in her corner.

Topics: Politics

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Miss USA Rima Fakih Thinks Cordoba House Should Move

by Julianne Hing on August 20 2010, 3:35PM

Says tragedy trumps religion.

Topics: Arts & Culture

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Tempers Explode Over Ground Zero Islamic Center

by Michelle Chen on July 15 2010, 11:01AM

How did an otherwise mundane hearing of the Landmarks Preservation Commission disintegrate into a Muslim-bashing fest?

Topics: Mosque Mania

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There’s an App For That: A Look at Income Demographics, Rents and the Lack of Affordable Housing in New York City

by Jorge Rivas on December 7 2009, 12:07PM

The Envisioning Development Toolkit provides beautiful infographics of the not-so-beautiful lack of affordable housing in New York City. The Toolkit is a set of teaching tools designed to help experts and community folks communicate. Advocates, policy wonks (not us!), community…

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New York’s Elections Mostly Blah, with a Little Chutzpah

by Michelle Chen on November 4 2009, 11:43PM

The reaction of many New Yorkers to Tuesday’s election results was probably something along the lines of, “eh.” Billionaire Michael Bloomberg predictably snared a third term as Mayor—hardly surprising, following his astronomical spending blitz and an unpopular (some say…

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