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Category: Social Issues

By Stacy Kim
January 19, 2022February 3, 2022YASMEEN PERSAUD

How a West Village Bookshop Preserved Its Legacy Amid COVID-19

By Emanuela Gallo
January 19, 2022January 24, 2022YASMEEN PERSAUD

The Decline of Dyker Beach Park: How a ‘Community Jewel’ Deteriorated

By Marziya Hasan
December 16, 2021January 15, 2022YASMEEN PERSAUD

Homeschooling on the Rise Amid Covid

By Brianna Levy
December 15, 2021June 16, 2022VHaller

Gas-Be-Gone! Advocates Push for Ban on Natural Gas in NYC

By Yadira Gonzalez
November 15, 2021November 15, 2021JOSE NIEVES

Young Fashion Designers on Cusp of Industry’s Sustainability Shift

By Rachel Dalloo and Jahlil Rush
June 3, 2021July 22, 2021YASMEEN PERSAUD

Progressives Make Their Mark in Mayoral Election

By Lylia Saurel
June 2, 2021July 22, 2021YASMEEN PERSAUD

How NYC Is Failing to Prevent Anti-Asian Attacks

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By Shania DeGroot
May 25, 2021May 26, 2021YASMEEN PERSAUD

Communities Fight Back at Anti-Asian Hate Crimes

By Jahlil Rush
April 21, 2021April 29, 2021YASMEEN PERSAUD

CUNY Students and Staff React to a Year of Remote Learning

by Andrea Blanco Morales 
April 13, 2021April 13, 2021YASMEEN PERSAUD

Besieged Taxi Drivers Protest Mayor’s Plan

By Noel Stevens
February 9, 2021February 19, 2021YASMEEN PERSAUD

Brooklyn Nonprofit Invested in Haiti’s Health Before Covid

By Lylia Saurel
February 8, 2021February 9, 2021JOSE NIEVES

Young Voters Expect Much from Biden

By Yasmeen Persaud
January 29, 2021January 29, 2021JOSE NIEVES

Black Lives Matter Movement Revives Street Art in SoHo

by M'Niyah Lynn
December 23, 2020January 26, 2021YASMEEN PERSAUD

City’s Homelessness Crisis Worsens

By Jahlil Rush, Rachel Dalloo and M’Niyah Lynn 
December 1, 2020December 1, 2020YASMEEN PERSAUD

Baruch’s Student Clubs Try to Fill Void for Black Students

By Yasmeen Persaud
November 25, 2020December 1, 2020YASMEEN PERSAUD

In 40th Year, Queens Festival Is Cancelled Due to COVID-19

By Lylia Saurel
November 5, 2020November 11, 2020YASMEEN PERSAUD

CUNY International Students in Limbo

By Ashley Candelario
October 12, 2020December 1, 2020VHaller

Bronx Mechanic Facing Deportation Reopens Business

Yasmeen Persaud
July 1, 2020November 19, 2020EJohnson

Baruch Students Brace for Uncertain Fall Semester

By Catherine Chojnowski, Andrea Blanco Morales, Kenneth Sousie
June 16, 2020December 22, 2020Dollars & Sense

Justice for George Sweeps NYC

By D&S Staff
June 2, 2020June 2, 2020VHaller

Special D&S Report: A Remote Reporting Project on the U.S.-Mexico Border in 2020

By Annmarie Gajdos
May 29, 2020November 20, 2020AGabor

Library Closures Could Mean Lower Census Counts and Lost Revenue

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