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Women Demand Equal Pay

Women gathered at New York City Hall on Tuesday for the 13th Annual Equal Pay Day to address the pay gap and demand equality.

Women’s wrestling keeps growing

Plan to stop MTA bus fare evaders gets cool response

A Very Short History of the Easter Bunny

Brain injuries lead to drop in high school football

“It’s an overall dangerous game.”

Trump foes hurl lawsuits to stop national emergency for border wall

Opponents  believe  Trump is abusing presidential emergency powers  and that he is not acting in the interests of border security, but working to further his own interests.

Diverse books are lacking in the NYC elementary curriculum

Parents and students on the steps of the Tweed Courthouse, which houses the city’s Department of Education, voicing their displeasure with the lack of diversity in the elementary curriculum. Photo by Levar Alonzo.   Kadija Kone,  still remembers the first time she read a book with a main character that looked like her. She had to read the book for […]

CBD is the new non-addictive cannabis cure all

CBD has exploded into the U.S. market.

Women’s wrestling sees explosive growth across New York City and nation

Since the 1990’s, wrestling has been the fastest growing women’s sport in the nation. Now, there are over 15,000 women participating in the sport, and 48 different colleges sponsoring women’s teams. New York City has been one of the hotbeds for the sports growth, with the PSAL establishing New York states only all girls wrestling league. Now, young girls are challenging gender norms in a sport that has historically been reserved for men.

Fentanyl myths continue on despite little evidence

While fentanyl is an extremely potent and dangerous drug, it’s nearly impossible to be affected by it just from being in the same room as it, or by touching the powder. Eric Weil and Belinda McLin’s lives changed forever when they found a packet of white powder in their guest bedroom in August 2016. Family friend Justin Levesque, 30, was […]