News (Page 28)
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Simmering tensions between Africans and African Americans in Staten Island ease
Over the years, music, sports and intermarriages have played a part in improving the relationship between the two communities.
Audio•News
Hong Kong’s national security law imposes the question: to flee or to stay?
A Hong Kong resident speaks on her fears.
Special Report: Shutdown: The Coronavirus
The East Village is open! Well, sort of
Now that phase one of reopening has commenced, the vice grip of fear Covid-19 had on the city seems almost a thing of the past, at least for the people on East Ninth Street
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Pepper spray, beatings and arrests was police response to protests
Using police brutality to shut down protests calling for an end to police brutality left kids as young as 15 and women as old as 45 caught in the crossfire.
Special Report: Shutdown: The Coronavirus
My trip home during the pandemic
“I am taken onto an ambulance, without anyone explaining anything to me. I don’t know where it is taking me to.”
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Artists share virtual support for Black Lives Matter protests
Created both by amateurs and professionals, a vast collection of artworks rapidly spread on social media with hashtags such as #blacklivesmatter, #georgefloyd, #icantbreathe, #saytheirnames and #BLM.
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Protestors gather at 6 a.m. to fight for racial justice
Protestors gathered in the West Village at sunrise.
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Inside CHAZ, Seattle’s Autonomous Zone
After two weeks of clashes between police and protestors throughout the city, Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best said law enforcement officers boarded up and left the East Precinct in "an exercise in trust and deescalation.”
Special Report: Shutdown: The Coronavirus
Popular India Square “won’t be the same again”
In phase two of reopening, restaurants are allowed to have only outdoor sitting . None of the restaurants at India Square have outdoor space so they will continue to have to depend on takeouts and deliveries.
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Press freedom under siege as protests rock the nation
Journalists in the field reporting the protests are more likely to get assaulted or detained by police.