Migrating Crops, 2020, Ink, acrylic, oil, and torn clothes on canvas, 60’’ x 72’’ This week we welcome Deborah Wasserman. Wasserman was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil, grew up in […]
We asked a doctor about vaccines for those with autoimmune conditions
Some of our neighbors living with autoimmune conditions have recently asked us whether it’s safe for them to get their COVID-19 vaccine.
The 9/11 stories we’re still finding
Once, I was trying to explain what it was like to be a reporter on and after Sept. 11, 2001 and I told my friend: “We thought there’d never be another story we cover. It felt like this day would basically be the rest of my career.”
Deborah Sherman
Colors of a Nightmare (Section Two of Diptych), Painted photocopy This week we welcome Deborah Sherman. Sherman is an artist living on the Upper West Side in Manhattan with a studio […]
Returning to NYC
This week we welcome Ruth Chon Saiki, returning to New York City from her current home in L.A. Once a New Yorker, always a New Yorker. Nearly a decade after […]
She has no plans to leave her basement apartment after Ida
Eleven of the 13 people who died in last week’s storm were trapped in flooding basements across the city. The majority of the dead were immigrants who rented apartments below ground, a common but oft-illegal practice (among not just immigrants but across all five boroughs and many demographics).
Parents, teachers and students share their thoughts on schools reopening
So much uncertainty is surrounding students’ return to school with the rise of the Delta variant. Khanom spoke to a variety of stakeholders — students, parents and teachers — to get their thoughts on what they think going back to school might look like.
How to talk about Covid
Covid-19 levels are basically back to what they were pre-vaccine in many parts of the country, with hospitals again reaching capacity. Many people who were vaccine hesitant have come around since the FDA’s approval of […]
Anna Gregor
Crossing the Line, 2021 | Oil paint on panel | 20 in x 16 in | Photo courtesy of the artist Anna Gregor. This week we welcome painter Anna Gregor. Gregor […]
What NY’s new governor has told us so far and what’s to come
Hello, voters! Welcome to the latest edition of this NYC election-focused newsletter. I’m independent journalist Felipe De La Hoz, and this week New York made history with the ascension of […]