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Lapham's Quarterly | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Public Health, HIV/AIDS, HIV/AIDS Africa, Bronx, South Africa, New York City, United Nations, Politics News

With an estimated 1.2 million Americans living with HIV, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS reports that the U.S. is home to "one of the largest HIV epidemics in the world."

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You Can't Call Yourself a Progressive Until You've Seen Pete Seeger and Majora Carter

Robert Greenwald | Posted 06.23.2008 | Media

Read More: Pete Seeger, Majora Carter, Bronx, Activism, New York City, This Brave Nation, Ssbx, Media News

At 89, Pete Seeger is not only a reminder of our nation's history of turbulence and triumph, he is also an inspiration for our vibrant future.

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Apathy Doesn't Live in the Bronx

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 05.23.2008 | Living

Read More: No Child Left Behind, Strike, Bronx, Unions, Activism, Protest, Students Protest No Child Left Behind, Standardized Testing, South Bronx Student Protest, Living News

Last Wednesday more than 160 students in the South Bronx refused to take another standardized test. They are sick of being dragged out of their classrooms to be treated as lab rats in the No Child Left Behind rotten matrix.

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Say What?! Bloomberg Compares Himself to Martin Luther King, Jr.

Dan Brown | Posted 04.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Public Schools, Urban Schools, Education, New York Sun, Bronx, Mayor Bloomberg, Martin Luther King, Michael Bloomberg, City Council, Mike Bloomberg, Education Reform, Letitia James, Bloomberg, Nyc, NYC Education, Bloomberg Martin Luther King, Politics News

No one slips and compares himself to Dr. King. This kind of comment betrays NYC Mayor Bloomberg's deeply out-of-touch relationship with the on-the-ground reality.

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Clinton and Obama Supporters Scramble for Last Minute NY Support

NYCity News Service | Posted 02.04.2008 | Home

click image for audio slideshow On Saturday afternoon, Barack Obama supporters marched across the Brooklyn Bridge shouting the sena...

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Latina Clinton Supporter Campaigns In Bronx

Matt Townsend | Posted 02.01.2008 | Home

Read More: Obama, Hillary Clinton, Bronx, Democrats, Debate Watch, Debate, New York, New York City, Latino Vote, Volunteers, Black Vote, Hispanic Vote, Bill Thompson, Home News

"Obama inspires me. He's black. I'm Hispanic. I'm a minority. Now I think I have a chance too," said Mejia, who took vacation days Thursday and Friday to volunteer for Clinton. "But do I believe he has experience or backbone? No."

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Devastation Coming to Your Neighborhood? Mortgage Crisis in Perspective

Linda Cronin-Gross | Posted 12.17.2007 | Business

Read More: Neighborhood Housing Services of New York City, Mortgage, Subprime Mortgages, Bronx, Housing, Neighborhood Housing Services, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, North Bronx, New York Times, Foreclosure, Housing Crisis, Subprime, New York City, Williamsbridge, Nhs, Business News

Neighborhoods that are being destroyed, at least in NYC, are the very neighborhoods that try so hard to "make it," but can't seem to catch a break for long.

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How to Stem the Teacher Attrition Crisis

Dan Brown | Posted 10.15.2007 | Politics

Read More: Public Schools, No Child Left Behind, Class Size, Teacher Union, Education, Department of Education, United Federation of Teachers, Nclb, City Council, Rookie Teacher, Student Loans, Teacher, New York City, Bronx, Politics News

New drafts of No Child Left Behind could contain the best ideas in education history, but they won't work in the long run unless we address the biggest crisis in our schools.

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