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Age of Easy Money | A FRONTLINE Film
Age of Easy Money | A FRONTLINE Film
March 14, 2023
MetroFocus
NYC Mayor Eric Adams on the Future of Housing
March 28, 2023 | MetroFocus
With escalating rent, the lack of affordable units, and far too many New Yorkers sleeping on the streets, New York City is ...
MetroFocus
Young New Yorkers Tackle Issues That Matter to Them Most
March 21, 2023 | MetroFocus
For the last two years, the NYC Youth Agenda Coalition, comprised of high-school and college-aged students from across ...
MetroFocus
Delivering Inclusive Education in New York City
March 16, 2023 | MetroFocus
What can parents with special needs children do to optimize their children’s education? One answer for New York ...
MetroFocus
The Fight for Reparations for Black New Yorkers
March 9, 2023 | MetroFocus
The Black Lives Matter movement has prompted several state and local governments to begin to study, and even enact, ways to ...
MetroFocus
New Podcast “Every Voice” Explores Blackness in Opera
March 15, 2023 | MetroFocus
WQXR, New York City’s only all-classical music station, recently launched a podcast titled, Every Voice with Terrance ...
MetroFocus
New York Lawmaker Proposes Legislation to Ban “Prison Slave Labor”
March 14, 2023 | MetroFocus
Recently, a New York State Assembly Member introduced legislation in Albany to end the practice of forced prison labor, and ...
Amanpour & Company
New Documentary: “The Flagmakers”
February 16, 2023 | Amanpour & Company
Among the world’s most recognizable symbols, the American flag is displayed on almost every public building and countless ...
MetroFocus
Food Bank for NYC Aims To Go “Beyond Food”
March 6, 2023 | MetroFocus
Over one million New Yorkers are currently experiencing food insecurity. For the past 40 years, Food Bank for New York ...
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