On May 5, 1913, barbers in New York City went on strike. This little known incident with not a lot of public information on it is quite interesting. Let's put together what we can. I was unable to find anything written on it by scholars,...
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Photos from the opening of the new Delta Air Lines terminal in LaGuardia Airport in Queens, NY, on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019. (Chris Rank for Rank Studios) Two major New.
(Photo by In Pictures Ltd./Corbis via Getty Images) Maybe we should keep doing this congestion pricing thing in cities such as New York: Starting in January 2025, New York City.
On February 20, 1917, leftist women in New York City, led by the anarchist Marie Ganz, held a big protest against high food prices. This led to a boycott to drive prices down. It is also a great window into the history of women and...
No wonder Donald Trump and Eric Adams are becoming buds. They surround themselves with the same kind of class acts: Jeffrey Maddrey, the highest-ranking officer of the New York Police.
This is the grave of William O'Dwyer. Born in 1890 in Bohola, County Mayo, Ireland, O'Dwyer was able to get an education in Ireland. He attended St. Nathy's College in.
This is the grave of David Dinkins. Born in 1927 in Trenton, New Jersey, Dinkins split his time as a child between Trenton and Harlem, as his parents divorced when he was young. He really tried to volunteer for World War II when he graduated...
On April 17, 1941, two New York bus companies and the National Negro Congress came to an agreement to end the NNC's boycott of city’s bus companies that had started.
This is the grave of John Lindsay. Born in 1921 in New York, Lindsay grew up wealthy but not super elite levels of wealthy. Still, he got to go to.
Unlike left Twitter that had never thought about railroad unions for two seconds before Biden stopped them from striking, I tend to not judge unions I don't really know about by my personal political predilections. So I have no real thoughts about this anti-union Times...
Who doesn't like some avant-garde filmmaking showing New York? Ok, lots of people, but in any case, here is 1985's Battery Film, directed by Richard Protovin and Franklin Backus. It's.
New York is studying the impact of environmental racism and injustice in creating conditions that lead to high deaths from COVID-19. The impact should not surprise you: Communities of color.