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Is ‘Housing Not Warehousing’ Next?

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10/02/2017

The fight to compel landlords to return their properties to productive use is by no means a new one, but the discussion has a new urgency given the current severity of the homelessness crisis as well as the ongoing debates regarding the de Blasio...

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Housing and Homelessness

Schools’ Response to Bullying Is Questioned After Fatal School Stabbing

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10/02/2017

Details are still emerging about what led Cedeno to allegedly draw a switchblade and plunge it into two of his classmates, but he had faced persistent bullying in a school that some parents say struggled to maintain order.

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Education

‘Interrupters’ Help Reduce Violence in New York City

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10/02/2017

They have prior criminal records but now aim to resolve neighborhood conflicts before they turn violent. They walk neighborhood streets on a daily basis and use their connections to resolve disputes before they escalate, requiring the police.

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Justice Reform

New Census Figures Offer Hope in Buffalo's Fight Against Child Poverty

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10/02/2017

While poverty remains a big problem in Buffalo, new census figures show significant drops in the poverty rates for children, African-Americans and Latino residents.

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Children, Youth and Families

In an Era of Strife, Museums Collect History as It Happens

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10/02/2017

In April 2015, Aaron Bryant rushed to be there when demonstrations swept through Baltimore on the day of Freddie Gray’s funeral. He filmed protesters angered by Mr. Gray’s death throwing rocks, watched the helicopters overhead and listened to...

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Arts

'Massive Anxiety' As Turkey Cracks Down On International NGOs

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10/02/2017

Just before Ramadan in late spring 2017, the full might of the Turkish state descended on a foreign aid agency in the border town of Gaziantep. Six different government agencies, among them the migration directorate and the gendarmerie, had come to...

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International/Foreign Affairs

Home Health Workers: All the Work, Half the Pay

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10/02/2017

Home care workers do not get paid for every hour of their 24-hour shifts. Recent court rulings could change that fact, and upend an industry

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How Many Big Storms Before People Abandon Coastal Cities?

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10/02/2017

For homeowners in flood zones, one big question looms: Rebuild or retreat after another “500-year storm?”

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Environment and Climate Change

Thousands March For Black Women And Racial Justice In D.C., Around The Country

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10/02/2017

The two separate but closely-coordinated events, the March for Black Women (M4BW) and the March for Racial Justice (M4RJ) started at parks near the Capitol before converging to march together to the Department of Justice before descending on the...