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Kids Are Bigger Coronavirus Spreaders Than Many Doctors Realized – Here’s How Schools Can Lower The Risk

Kids Are Bigger Coronavirus Spreaders Than Many Doctors Realized – Here’s How Schools Can Lower The Risk

The first U.S. schools have reopened with in-person classes, and they are already setting off alarm bells about how quickly the coronavirus can spread
Brooklyn Poet’s New Book Lays Bare the Imperfect Process of Healing

Brooklyn Poet’s New Book Lays Bare the Imperfect Process of Healing

Jackie Bluu, a survivor of sexual abuse, wants readers to know they are not alone
Healthcare Workers, Public Advocate Call on City to Invest in Sustainable PPE

Healthcare Workers, Public Advocate Call on City to Invest in Sustainable PPE

Public Advocate Jumaane Williams wrote a letter to the City co-signed by healthcare professionals calling for increased production and distribution of reusable PPE
Rollerskating Returns to Brooklyn Streets

Rollerskating Returns to Brooklyn Streets

Skating instructor Tanya Dean is making it her mission to get people out and pumping again
Brooklyn Community Steps Out in Generosity for Premature Baby Girl and Her Mom

Brooklyn Community Steps Out in Generosity for Premature Baby Girl and Her Mom

A baby girl born almost 3 months premature amid the COVID-19 pandemic has come home to a house full of supplies thanks to the generosity of the Bed-Stuy community
Family of Sha-Asia Semple Cry Out for Justice After Daughter's Death at Brooklyn Hospital

Family of Sha-Asia Semple Cry Out for Justice After Daughter's Death at Brooklyn Hospital

Semple died during childbirth at Woodhull Medical Center on July 2, highlighting the maternal death rate for Black women
Freedom Food: Bushwick Garden Feeds Its Neighborhood Through Pandemic

Freedom Food: Bushwick Garden Feeds Its Neighborhood Through Pandemic

Bushwick gardener Kofi Thomas shows how gardening and growing food can make us more free
NYC Pulls Prospect Park Thoroughfares From Brooklyn Open Streets Program

NYC Pulls Prospect Park Thoroughfares From Brooklyn Open Streets Program

With little warning, City Hall announced that two main thoroughfares that border Prospect Park will be removed from the program

Bed-Stuy Hospital Receives 1,800 Paintings For Health Care Workers

The paintings, which each represent a different flower, were created by Los Angeles-based artist Michael Gittes
New York City Enters Phase 4 of Reopening

New York City Enters Phase 4 of Reopening

But many indoor activities and large gatherings remain off the table, as the governor tries to limit a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic