Yesterday at 110th Street and Fredrick Douglas Blvd in Harlem a small crowd of approximately 30 people gathered at 3pm for a rally to show support for Ramsey Orta who has recently been released from Riker’s Island on Bail
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The New School University Fiasco, Again and Again
While part time faculty make about $16,000 per year, the President of The New School, David Van Zandt, earns over $700,000, and Vice President and CEO James Murtha over $1.2 million
Photos from #ShutDownA14 at Brooklyn Bridge
AS many as 14 or so were arrested on the Brooklyn side. Some, myself included, avoided arrest by climbing the 10 or so feet up to the footpath from the roadway.
Over 200 at NYC Protest to End Broken Windows
At least 200 activists and marchers took to the NYC streets this Good Friday chanting before a rally took place in front of Police Plaza and City Hall
The People’s Resurrection! Easter Sunday NYC
We plead with all institutions, groups, and people of conscience to join us, for the Easter Sunday NYC afternoon National Day of mass direct action against racist state violence
Photos: The D.A. Versus Ramsey Orta in Court
Timed moved slowly this morning at the Richmond County Supreme Court when activists, family and supporters waited in the second floor courtroom for the Ramsey Orta proceeding that was scheduled for 9am
Helping Reveal the American Moneyball Politics System
How might we better inform voters and build civic participation before, during and after elections?
USA Welcomes Caravana43: Todos Somos Ayotzinapa!
I want to let you all know that finally the Caravana43 will enter the USA with the parents and students of the disappeared normalistas of Ayotzinapa, Mexico
GALLERY: From Selma 1965 to Brooklyn Bridge 2015
“Selma is everywhere,” Attorney Norman Siegel told me prior to the march. “The racial injustice that occurred in Selma in 1965, unfortunately, is still present in various forms all across America including in New York City”.
Vigil for Nicholas Heyward Jr., Killed by NYPD in 1994
A crowd of about 50 came out Sunday to participate and show support for Nicholas Heyward Sr. whose son, Nicholas Jr. was shot and killed by NYPD officer Brian George on September 27, 1994.