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An Rong Xu’s “The Chinese Americans”
Photo: An Rong Xu, The Chinese Americans Photographer An Rong Xu’s series “The Chinese Americans” connects the experiences of immigrant Americans by threading together the narratives of Asian Americans across several cities in the United States. In the essay that accompanies this New York Times feature, the artist writes that these pieces are reflections on identity. Her childhood in Queens was shaped in…
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Multiple Positions at Berlin Rosen
Account Associate – NYC Senior Associate, Digital – NYC Junior Account Associate – NYC Summer Internship Program
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Yuppies Invade my House at Dinnertime: A Classic!
By Kafui Attoh Roughly two years ago, I came across a really great book that I think deserves a plug: Yuppies Invade my House at Dinnertime: a tale of brunch, bombs and gentrification in an American City. Published in 1987 and edited by Joseph Barry and John Deravlany, the book offers a compelling look at…
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Coop Event at Murphy Draws Large Crowd
On March 30th, the Murphy Institute hosted “Building a Worker Coop Ecosystem: Mondragon Meets the Five Boroughs,” a public conversation featuring Frederick Freundlich of Mondragon University and moderated by Stephanie Guico. The conversation began with an explanation by Freudlich of the Mondragon network of worker coops in the Basque region of Spain. The network includes approximately 120…
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