Students Call For An End To Stop And Frisk
Leave your thoughtsStudent activists spoke out against the NYPD’s Stop and Frisk policy in front of Westinghouse High School in Downtown Brooklyn…
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Healthy Workers, Healthy Businesses: A Small Business Analysis of Earned Paid Sick Time in New York City
Leave your thoughtsAcross the country, cities and states are considering proposals to establish minimum standards for earned paid sick time. One such…
¿Qué me espera después de secundaria?
Leave your thoughtsManhattan – La mayoría llegó a la ciudad directo a la secundaria, aunque sin hablar pizca de inglés. Cuando falta…
El Centro Para La Democracia Popular Hace Fiesta De Lanzamiento
Leave your thoughts“Creemos en una política más participativa, de base, por una sociedad más igual y que beneficie a la comunidad”, dijo…
NY Senate Feels Some
Leave your thoughtsNEW YORK – With the unofficial start of summer, some local advocates for workers are turning up the heat on…
Bronx Car Wash Workers File Lawsuits Against Employer
Leave your thoughtsImmigrant workers at a Bronx car wash are suing their employer for unpaid wages and overtime. The federal lawsuit is…
Car Wash Politics
Leave your thoughtsOrganizers have been ramping up their efforts to change the way car washes treat their workers in New York City,…
Kellys Outrageous Stop-and-Frisk Myths
Leave your thoughtsIn 2001, then-former Police Commissioner Ray Kelly told Time magazine that when his successor claimed responsibility for falling crime rates,…
Lanza oficialmente el Centro para la Democracia Popular
Leave your thoughtsCon el lema de crear una sociedad caracterizada por la igualdad y oportunidades para todos se lanzó oficialmente el Centro…
Advocates: ’12 Budget Dance Has Heavier Beat
Leave your thoughtsOnce again, they’re rallying in Brooklyn (and elsewhere) against budget reductions. But after years of austerity, advocates say the annual…