Being Black
Allison spends her time in two very different Brooklyn neighborhoods: Brooklyn Heights where she works and goes to school, and Bedford-Stuyvesant (Bed-Stuy) where she lives with her family and gets...
View ArticleLegal Emancipation
Two years ago, at 15, Jordan Teklay became legally emancipated from his parents and moved on his own from California to New York City. Since then, he has been learning to juggle the responsibilities of...
View ArticleI'm Not Emo
Like most of the kids in her school and on her block, 16 year old Josetta Adams used to listen to hip-hop music. But, when Josetta slipped into a depression, she started to listen to rock music that...
View ArticleStuck
Kaddeem Wright enjoys reading philosophy and arguing with his friends about history and politics. With his smarts and innate curiosity about the world, Kaddeem seems like a kid who should thrive in...
View ArticleIncarcerated Parents
15-year-old Keith Tingman remembers his tenth birthday better than any other birthday before or since: that was the day he watched his mom get arrested after being falsely accused of stealing someone's...
View ArticleGillibrand Touts Urban Jobs Act in NYC, but Can it Pass?
There are a few people in Congress who aren't shying away from plans that call for spending to create jobs in the long term.New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand made a three-borough tour of the city...
View ArticlePresident Obama Comments on Trayvon Martin
At a White House press conference on Friday, President Obama was asked to comment on the Trayvon Martin case. He noted that because of the on-going Justice Department investigation, he had to restrict...
View ArticleMy Education, Uninterrupted
New York State has the worst four-year high school graduation rate in the country, according to a recent study by the Schott Foundation for Public Education. But when you zero in on New York City, the...
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Stop-and-Frisk Rate Higher in Newark than NYC
A new report by the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey indicates police in Newark use stop-and-frisk more per capita than police in New York City.In the final six months of 2013, New York...
View ArticleVideo: Micropolis Live - Black Is the New Black
How are African American men driving fashion trends on a global scale? In the next installment of our Micropolis Live series, hosts Arun Venugopal and Jenna Flanagan talked about the ways in which...
View ArticleSorting Through Our Obsession with Junk, Sampling Sausages from Around the...
Love antique shops and garage sales? Journalist Alison Stewart explains why we're so attached to collecting stuff. Chris Ying's global sausage quest has led to a comprehensive guide to the wonderful...
View ArticleDigging Through Our Junk Obsession, Sampling Sausages from Around the World
This episode is a rebroadcast of interviews that originally aired on April 7, 2016. Love antique shops and garage sales? Journalist Alison Stewart explains why we're so attached to collecting stuff....
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