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In the Battle of Expectations vs. Reality, Self Acceptance Wins

In the Battle of Expectations vs. Reality, Self Acceptance Wins

By Shalay Lindsey I always thought I'd be a good mother, on paper and by others standards, but I am a good mother in actuality. Let me explain… I have been a caretaker since the age of two when my newest baby cousin came home.
Make Sure This Year’s Back-to-School To-do List Includes Applying for Free School Meals

Make Sure This Year’s Back-to-School To-do List Includes Applying for Free School Meals

Many kids struggle with hunger at home, and getting them a healthy breakfast and lunch ensures they can thrive in and out of the classroom.
Op-Ed: Response to Mayor Adams’ Promise to Remove Derelict Dining Sheds

Op-Ed: Response to Mayor Adams’ Promise to Remove Derelict Dining Sheds

Pervasive problems with the current program will not be addressed by the removal of a handful of deserted structures.

WNMBA Statement Regarding Jacob Dangler House (441 Willoughby Avenue)

Despite overwhelming support at the hearing from more than 100 members of the community, NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission did not move to designate the property within the required time-frame
Op-Ed: This Summer, Let’s All Stop to Smell the Flowers and not the Tobacco Smoke

Op-Ed: This Summer, Let’s All Stop to Smell the Flowers and not the Tobacco Smoke

Our proximity to one another means that a neighbor’s decision to smoke or vape can result in one living in a home polluted by secondhand smoke
Keep Health Care in Reach

Keep Health Care in Reach

Health care subsidies, created in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and expanded in the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), are set to expire at the end of the year.
A Giant in Our Community: Albert Vann

A Giant in Our Community: Albert Vann

The Staff at the Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College, CUNY Mourns the Passing of DR. ALBERT VANN
Op-Ed: An Immigrant Child Story

Op-Ed: An Immigrant Child Story

By Dr. Khawar Nawaz MD I'll always remember my first day working in the neonatal intensive care unit – the place in the hospital where newborn babies who are sick or born premature are cared for.

Nowadays, You Have to go Where You Can Afford Real Estate

First of all you, shouldn’t have to negotiate above your means
The Little Park Slope School That Could

The Little Park Slope School That Could

A Park Slope school community’s reaction to the removal of a student-generated mural indicates progress toward culturally responsive sustaining education in a city without a clear course to guaranteeing safety and equity for its diversity of students.