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New York community worries about impact of new Amazon distribution center

Jenika McCrayer
an Asian man with an undercut and a short ponytail and a Black man whose body is obscured check Amazon cardboard boxes on a c

Ban the Box policies reduce job barriers for formerly incarcerated people

Tamar Sarai
A Latino man with a mustache wearing a bright yellow firefighter's uniform holds a hose over his shoulder and looks to the le

As students head back to school, monkeypox anxiety rises

Alicia Gajraj
As students head back to school, monkeypox anxiety rises

Deed theft in Brooklyn targets the most vulnerable

Mikhal Weiner
Deed theft in Brooklyn targets the most vulnerable

Bronx literacy organization serves BIPOC students affected by book-access disparities

Alicia Gajraj
Bronx literacy organization serves BIPOC students affected by book-access disparities

For parents with substance use disorder, advocates call for resource and support instead of family separation

Pamela Appea
Frustrated young annoyed Black woman sits on beige leather couch in a living room, tired from noisy playing children, who run

Abolitionists push back against New York City’s proposed plan for a ‘feminist jail’

Tamar Sarai
Abolitionists push back against New York City’s proposed plan for a ‘feminist jail’

Cities are spending COVID-19 relief funds on police, vanity projects  

Natasha Ishak
Cities are spending COVID-19 relief funds on police, vanity projects  

I resigned from Trader Joe’s after watching the company fail its workers, but I’m still advocating for change from the outside

Noella Williams
I resigned from Trader Joe’s after watching the company fail its workers, but I’m still advocating for change from the outside

How would stricter gun control laws impact communities of color?

Katherine Demby
students hold signs protesting gun violence

Abortion bans will harm people who miscarry, too

Allison Torres Burtka
Abortion bans will harm people who miscarry, too

New York parents and advocates are speaking out against labeling students ‘emotionally disturbed’

Jenika McCrayer
a young Black girl looking frustrated while doing her schoolwork in class