Nation Oct 01 WATCH: NYC Mayor Adams holds briefing on partial collapse of apartment building in the Bronx By David R. Martin, Associated Press
Nation Jan 16 Outpouring of grief as victims of Bronx fire laid to rest A Bronx community gathered Sunday to pay its final respects to perished loved ones, a week after a fire filled a high-rise apartment building with thick, suffocating smoke that killed 17 people, including eight children. By Bobby Caina Calvan, Associated Press
Nation Jan 11 Safety doors failed in Bronx apartment fire that killed 17 people Investigators are trying to determine why safety doors failed to close in a New York City high-rise when a deadly fire broke out… By David Porter, Michelle L. Price, Mike Sisak, Associated Press
Nation May 18 Watch 1:54 Mural highlights Bronx teen’s death from gang violence It will be one year next month since 15-year-old Lesandro “Junior” Guzman-Feliz, a Bronx, N.Y. teenager was killed, a victim of gang violence. After his death, the Instagram hashtag #JusticeForJunior began prompted artist George Fernandez to create a mural honoring… By Student Reporting Labs
Arts Oct 22 Meet the woman who’s standing up to gentrification in her working class Bronx neighborhood Jerome Avenue in the Bronx is a hub of working class families, but residents worry that their way of life could be at risk under a proposed idea to rezone 57 blocks along the street. By Corinne Segal
Jul 29 Watch Can after-school programs help shrink the ‘opportunity gap’ for low-income students? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jun 09 Watch Garden Roots of Emily Dickinson’s Poetry Paul Solman reports on a new show in New York that attempts to recreate the green spaces that inspired the writings of famously-reclusive poet Emily Dickinson. Continue watching
Aug 06 Watch Sotomayor Confirmed as First Hispanic on Supreme Court The U.S. Senate voted 68-31 Thursday to confirm Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, making her the first Hispanic and third woman to serve as a justice. Continue watching
Feb 04 Ghetto Film School: a Bronx Tale An old piano factory in the South Bronx might not be the first place you'd look for a movie studio, but that's just where you will find the Ghetto Film School and a group of aspiring teenage filmmakers putting the… Continue reading