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As the House began voting Tuesday on who will be the next speaker, California Democratic Rep. Pete Aguilar offered a rousing nomination speech for Rep. Hakeem Jeffries. “Today, House Democrats are UNITED!” Aguilar began, and the Democrats burst into...
by Rebekah Sager
on Tue Jan 03, 2023 at 12:15 PM PST
with 252 Recommends
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Last week, Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine posted a message on Twitter urging New York City Democrats who’ve been volunteering on political campaigns in swing state districts to focus more energy here at home in New York. Statewide races are...
by codylyonnyc
on Tue Oct 25, 2022 at 07:41 PM PDT
with 7 Recommends
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The Oklahoma State Board of Education voted to downgrade the accreditation of Tulsa Public Schools after a teacher complained that the school district’s training materials “shame white people.” The board voted to lower the status of Tulsa Public...
by Alan Singer
on Wed Sep 14, 2022 at 04:18 PM PDT
with 13 Recommends
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Hate crimes are increasing nationwide, impacting each and every minority community. Several communities of color have reported strings of attacks based on their identity. Weeks after Muslim Americans in New Mexico expressed increased fear due to...
by Aysha Qamar
on Wed Aug 31, 2022 at 07:21 AM PDT
with 107 Recommends
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by Mikhal Weiner
This article was originally published at Prism .
Brooklyn, New York, real estate is a hot commodity . Prices have risen by leaps and bounds, with the ...
by Prism Guest Writer
on Sat Aug 13, 2022 at 08:15 AM PDT
with 46 Recommends
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The phrase “immigrants get the job done” proves true time after time. New York City is celebrating a new hero this week after a 21-year-old Syrian helped find the suspect associated with the recent heartbreaking Brooklyn subway shooting. A citywide...
by Aysha Qamar
on Thu Apr 14, 2022 at 11:06 AM PDT
with 106 Recommends
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Frank James, the 62-year-old man now under arrest for Tuesday’s mass shooting on a Brooklyn subway train, posted a lot of videos to YouTube and Facebook—over 450 of them, more than the number of subscribers he had (429). Mostly using the handle...
by David Neiwert
on Wed Apr 13, 2022 at 02:28 PM PDT
with 102 Recommends
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Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, Magnifico, annetteboardman, Besame and jck. Alumni ...
by Chitown Kev
on Tue Apr 12, 2022 at 08:59 PM PDT
with 30 Recommends
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This isn’t a diary. I just heard this headline and wanted to link it here so people could check it out. Details are still sketchy it seems like a scary situation. www.nytimes.com/… nypost.com/...
by Kappyhour
on Tue Apr 12, 2022 at 06:42 AM PDT
with 2 Recommends
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Multiple people were shot this morning at the 36th Street stop in Sunset Park. Preliminary reports indicated that five people were shot, a law enforcement official said. The police were seeking a man with a gas mask and an orange construction vest, the...
by Jen Hayden
on Tue Apr 12, 2022 at 06:44 AM PDT
with 203 Recommends
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Tonight’s selections from Big Thief’s fifth album,� Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You (let’s refer it to as “Dragon” from here on out). An ambitious double album that echoes the ...
by Al Dorado
on Thu Mar 31, 2022 at 08:55 PM PDT
with 8 Recommends
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Explaining the Title: You see Lewis H. Latimer carbonized the lightbulb, which gave us indoor lighting and the 2 Cities of Light: Las Vegas and Paris. By being the sole inventor of indoor lighting, this allowed everyone working in Science and...
by Kaizar
on Wed Feb 09, 2022 at 11:58 AM PST
with 59 Recommends
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Anti-Semitism thrives in the US. Sometimes it results in synagogue massacres. Sometimes it results in synagogue kidnappings. But most Jews will experience anti-Semitism In the form of harassment and insults. Last Friday, in front of the Kehal Tiferes...
by TheCriticalMind
on Fri Jan 21, 2022 at 03:31 PM PST
with 286 Recommends
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Asian Americans have made history by being elected in record numbers in major cities nationwide. “ Firsts ” have made headlines across the nation,�including in cities as diverse as New York. ...
by Aysha Qamar
on Sat Dec 25, 2021 at 06:00 PM PST
with 41 Recommends
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Everyone knows that Ron Johnson (Q-WI) isn’t exactly a friend of COVID vaccines — or any kind of science, for that matter. But this is just beyond the pale. At first glance, it looked just like an official New York City public service announcement that...
by cadebryant
on Fri Dec 03, 2021 at 04:00 PM PST
with 19 Recommends
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As diverse as the United States is, that diversity is not always reflected in our leadership. The good news is, that’s slowly changing. Representation is making its way throughout the country, with “firsts” being elected nationwide. In the past five...
by Aysha Qamar
on Thu Nov 04, 2021 at 12:44 PM PDT
with 32 Recommends
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Kyrie Irving on Instagram posted a video in which he defended his decision to not get vaccinated. "You know I had to stop running away from using my voice and using my platform to you know speak on what's true and what's mine . You know nobody is going...
by Dem
on Thu Oct 14, 2021 at 03:19 AM PDT
with 10 Recommends
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Here is Irving's conspiracy theory nonsense that he is embracing: nba.nbcsports.com/… " Irving — long willing to embrace provably false conspiracy theories such as the earth being flat or that the moon landing was faked — is now liking online posts...
by Dem
on Wed Oct 13, 2021 at 03:43 PM PDT
with 9 Recommends
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Two Brooklyn public school principals and a district administrator just proved that stupidity and incompetence are not just the province of Texas and Florida governors. A group of fifth-graders from PS 295K in Sunset Park Brooklyn worked with a team...
by Alan Singer
on Sun Aug 08, 2021 at 04:49 PM PDT
with 287 Recommends
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Unapologetically fascist organizations like Patriot Front always pose something of a dilemma: they are numerically small but intense, and rely on highly public stunts as a way of attracting attention and, they believe, recruits to their cause. In some...
by David Neiwert
on Mon Jun 28, 2021 at 01:39 PM PDT
with 149 Recommends
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