NYC
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Virtual Event: Fighting for CUNY/Rebuilding NYC (6/11)
Thursday, June 11 * 10 AM to 11:30 AM PLEASE NOTE: The ZOOM link will be sent to registrants the day before the event. REGISTER HERE A Zoom forum on past, present and future efforts and struggles to save CUNY as a working-class institution that embodies the best of our city’s hopes and aspirations for…
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Who Should Control NYC Schools?
This post was originally featured at the Gotham Center. By Stephen Brier The issue of who should control NYC’s public schools, like the poor, apparently will always be with us. These days, or at least since Michael Bloomberg’s mayoral reign, that control centers on how many years the city’s mayor will be allowed to play…
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EVENT: Sanctuary Cities: Growing Powerful Communities (3/3)
Last month, San Francisco became the first US city to sue the Trump administration over its executive order cutting off federal funding to sanctuary cities. Indeed, sanctuary cities have become a beacon of hope for progressive communities hoping to build up their resistance to the Trump administration’s regressive and havoc-wreaking immigration policies. But what, exactly,…
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Decolonize This Museum: An Indigenous Peoples’ Day Action
On Monday, residents of cities and states around the country celebrated Indigenous Peoples’ Day. New Yorkers, meanwhile, observed a holiday with what, for many, is an offensive and outdated name: Columbus Day. Cities like Seattle, Denver and Phoenix have all renamed the civic holiday in honor of the indigenous people on whose land America was founded, rather…