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Bellerose Residents Have Beef with Halal Butcher
Protesters say their opposition to a butcher shop on Hillside Avenue is about health concerns and building code violations. But its owner claims race is a factor in the dispute.
Even Entrepreneurs Need Food Stamps
Tanya Fields is a college graduate starting her own business. She's also a welfare recipient trying to keep benefits in place until she can support herself. Can she do it all?
What Would Help Poor New Yorkers? Take Your Pick
Low-income city residents have a long list of suggestions for how to alleviate the causes and consequences of poverty.
Census: Whites Decline In Bronx, Asians Soar In Brooklyn
The decennial Census finds that the Bronx grew twice as much as Brooklyn, that blacks fled Manhattan but arrived in Staten Island, and that New York City is smaller than we thought a year ago. But city officials are questioning the figures' accuracy.
Staten Island's Black History, Revisited
At a local museum, a community bears witness to the black experience on Staten Island, as some of its last remaining historic structures are landmarked.
Controversy Over Alleged Muslim Radicalization Not New
In 2007, the NYPD released a report about "the homegrown threat" that troubled local Muslim leaders by labeling innocuous behavior, like displaying concern for "the greater good," as possible hallmarks of "jihadization."
Living On The Edge: East New York & Bay Ridge Go Off Script
Chapter four of "Brooklyn: The Borough Behind The Brand" visits East New York, Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst and other neighborhoods whose story over the past 20 years differs from the standard narrative of Brooklyn's growth.
'Hothead' Sen. Kevin Parker Has Foes, Friends And A Familiar Rival
Kevin Parker is a regular tabloid target over angry outbursts and allegedly violent conduct. But allies cite his progressive record. His opponent, meanwhile, is making his ninth try at office.
Staten Island Assaults: A Tangled 'Why'
For two years a federal agent has worked behind the scenes to quell racial tensions in the borough. In a recent spate of attacks, hate seems only one of a mixture of motives.
Did Environmentalist Back Arizona's SB1070?
New York-based community groups have taken up a national campaign to fight Arizona's controversial anti-illegal immigration law by targeting a local foundation supporting environmental causes.
For Bloomberg, Race Questions Are New
Concerns about the racial contours of city hiring have resurrected issues that bedeviled past mayors, but over which Mayor Bloomberg has largely avoided confrontation.
Reviews: A City on Fire
"New York, like Vietnam, wasn’t so simple, and the fatal flaw in applying a RAND model to New York City’s fires lay in the fact cities are comprised of human beings, and human beings make mistakes."
Reducing Black Joblessness, One Client At A Time
Black joblessness has defied solution for decades. But organizations in the trenches are making a dent.
Inside Schools Designed For Black and Latino Boys
Group Wants UN Scrutiny Of U.S. Black Unemployment
As the United Nation's Human Rights Council embarks on a review of the United States, some advocates say high black joblessness is a mark against America.
Rates and Race: The Fed And Black Workers
The Federal Reserve is one of the most powerful forces in the American economy. This City Limits web extra asks whether its policies help or hurt the black unemployed.
'Treme' Stew: Race, Culture, Politics
The new HBO series looks at New Orleans a few months after Katrina. In real life, the Crescent City is still taking stock of what was lost.
Stimulus Seen Failing Jobless Blacks
As City Limits Magazine looks at the crisis of black unemployment, this web exclusive examines how the federal stimulus bill has—and hasn't—helped.
The Search for the Smoking Gun
The reasons for the race gap
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Opponents Of Over-Policing Target 'Vague Laws' - Leah Robinson
When you bump someone on the subway, is it a mistake or a misdemeanor? One advocacy group wants New York State to clarify vague laws that it says grant police too much power.
NYC Groups Ask Feds To Scold Bank - Gena Mangiaratti
A coalition of economic advocacy groups wants a federal bank regulator to give JP Morgan Chase a poor grade for its compliance with an anti-redlining law.
Recession's Pain Revealed For Hispanics, Artists - Jarrett Murphy
As new research shows alarming decreases in minority household wealth, City Limits' Arturo Conde discusses his reporting on how opera singers, poets and other creative workers have weathered the Great Recession.
CONVERSATIONS/OPINONS
Homelessness: It's About Race, Not Just Poverty
A new report finds black families are seven times more likely than whites to end up in the shelter system. For a minority group that's faced official and informal housing discrimination, poverty is only part of the explanation.
Social Security Reform In Black And White
Amid talk of raising the retirement age to shore up Social Security's finances, this op-ed looks at the disparate impact that could have on communities of color.
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1967: The Region's Growth
Excerpt from the 1967 report by RPA projecting the size and composition of the future New York City region.
A New Standard For Proficiency: College Readiness
Many of the students currently labeled proficient according to New York State annual exams require remedial work when they get to college, according to research the regents commissioned. The New York State Regents endorsed plans Monday to raise the scores and complicate the test, ending years of debate about whether the tests had become too easy.
