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By: Jarrett Murphy Magic doesn’t live on Pitkin Avenue—at least not according to 7-year-old Jediael Fraser. But for 12-year-old Ashley Verlack, summer is synonymous with “the air condition...

Disabled Can Teach Cops, Hospitals How to Deal

By: Charles Archer It's not hard to find stories about police or medical institution staff who brutalize people with disabilities. Unfortunately, a failure to understand a person with a disability can be fatal to them. There was the si...

Politics of Prison Rape: How PREA Came To Be

By: Becca Fink PREA was the first federal law to address rape in prison. It requires a zero-tolerance policy on all sexual acts for all forms of detention. It came after years of advocacy, resea...

Fear of School Closure Is Personal for This Principal

Brooklyn Students Press for Dream Act

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CityWire Blog

Living Wage as Soviet Plot: Da or Nyet?

Mayor Bloomberg does not like a proposal to require some recipients of city subsidies to pay their employees a "living wage." He detests the idea so much, in fact, that he has twice compared it to something out of the Evil Em...

Heart Attacks Are Biggest Threat to Firefighters

Food Stamp Shortfall Linked to Homelessness

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Job Openings

Settlement Housing Fund: Senior Social Worker

Position Summary and Essential Functions:Reporting to the Program Director, the Senior Social Worker provides ongoing counseling support, advocacy, and guidance to DREAMS program participants to help them address their personal, health, legal, and social...

Boys & Girls Clubs of America: Resource Development Coordinator/Northeast

Catholic Charities: Superintendent

The New York Academy of Medicine: Health Policy Intern

The New York Academy of Medicine: Policy Associate

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Events

Music & Musica - Rubens Salles Quartet

Occupy Town Square IV -- Fort Greene Park

A Conversation with artists Arthur Ou, Hai Zhang, and Julie Quon in Conjunction with America through

Brooklyn Philharmonic Annual Gala After-Party

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