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What Queens owes Malcolm X on his centennial

The legacy of Malcolm X seemingly grows more powerful over time. And yet his house in Queens—purchased by the Nation of Islam as a sanctuary for his family, only to be firebombed—displays not even a reference to its most famous inhabitant.  As the world celebrates the centennial birth anniversary of Malcolm X, it feels necessary…

How theater helps men in recovery 

At a small acting studio in the Financial District, the raw monologues of a mostly male cast cut through the building’s cold, imposing architecture — a relic of Wall Street’s old boys’ club era.  The participants in Outside/In — a program founded over a decade ago by the Stella Adler Studio of Acting’s arts justice…

How to get Global Entry without waiting six months for an interview

If you’ve been in any customs or security lines at the airport lately, you know they are bad. In our ongoing quest to make life more efficient, our latest hack relates to Global Entry, the program that allows trusted travelers to enter and clear customs through kiosks. Filling out the application is relatively easy (the hardest…

Being sent “home” doesn’t mean losing your possessions

At Epicenter NYC, we’ve been hearing about immigrants selling possessions like cars or considering leaving the country voluntarily to safeguard their savings — propelled by the fear of losing everything they’ve built.  So we spoke with three immigration attorneys, who shared practical advice for anyone feeling that knot of uncertainty right now.  They are: Allen…

“Adolescence” and “Dorian Gray” are human triumphs over tech

We humans might prevail after all.  That’s the takeaway from two buzzy performances I watched this month: Netflix’s four-part series “Adolescence” and “The Picture of Dorian Gray” on Broadway. That both take social media to task for narcissism, misogyny and distortion, and that both are technological masterpieces, is no coincidence. In fact, they offer a…

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