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The Supreme Court’s new term – and the talk about reforming the court
This week brought the start of a new Supreme Court term, one that promises to continue the trend of the court’s conservative majority taking on contentious issues of culture and executive power and advancing a broadly right-wing ideological project. Two of the cases on the docket concern immigration – one the Trump administration’s novel reinterpretation…
A ‘mother’s home’ for survivors: Korean American nonprofit marks 37 years
The Korean American Family Service Center celebrated its work and honored community leaders at its recent gala
On antisemitism, Mamdani sidesteps the semantic bait
This week, Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced a plan to combat antisemitism in New York City. It focuses mostly on providing funding for security measures and hate prevention, including $6.4 million in grants to partner organizations and $1 million to provide additional physical security to synagogues and other Jewish places of worship. The announcement detailed these…
The families that childcare systems leave behind
NYC’s childcare system is built for the 9-to-5 employee, a grandparent nearby or a daycare down the block. Families who work different hours or can’t afford it are left to figure it out on their own, experts said Monday at a summit on the economics of care. The Care Dividend, hosted by Epicenter NYC, brought…
A Black burial ground became a tow yard. Leaders want Mamdani to buy it.
Queens Borough President Donovan Richards, local historians and faith leaders are pressing the Mamdani administration to buy an Elmhurst lot where roughly 300 free Black New Yorkers and formerly enslaved people are believed to be buried. The lot, located at 47-11 90th St., is in foreclosure proceedings and is being used by an NYPD vendor…
The AI debate in schools is asking the wrong question
Before we decide what role AI should play in classrooms, we need to be clear about which “AI” we mean.
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