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Close-up of woman in kitchen, looking at phone
Politics
A bill to allow divorce in the Philippines could mean freedom for some women in New York
Arts, Culture & Media
What Do You Love to Read? Part 3
Arts, Culture & Media
What Do You Love to Read? Part 1
Protesters march with a sign that says "Obama: Shut down NSEERS"
Global Politics
The US has already tried registering Muslims. It didn’t work.
“I think I’m blessed in tuning harmoniums,” says Mindra Sahadeo, who is from Guyana but now lives in New York City. “I find joy, actually, in fixing them.”
Culture
Meet the harmonium king of Queens, New York
The BP Amoco yard in Greenpoint, Brooklyn is one of the stops during The Poison Cauldron tour. Refining ceased along Newtown Creek in the 1960s, and today the name of the game is petroleum distribution from fuel barge fed tank farms like this.
Lifestyle
Want to tour a toxic beach? ‘Anti-tourism’ explores the darker, dirtier corners of the world
The BP Amoco yard in Greenpoint, Brooklyn is one of the stops during The Poison Cauldron tour. Refining ceased along Newtown Creek in the 1960s, and today the name of the game is petroleum distribution from fuel barge fed tank farms like this.
Lifestyle
Want to tour a toxic beach? ‘Anti-tourism’ explores the darker, dirtier corners of the world
Sergei Dovlatov in 1980
Arts, Culture & Media
A Russian writer who wrote about the absurdity of life now has a street in Queens named after him
Scott Philipps and his roommate own three Crokinole boards. Each board is over two feet in diameter and takes up a tabletop. The one pictured here is a "regulation" board used for tournament play.
Sports
Ever heard of Crokinole? The ‘sport’ has a small but passionate following
Courtesy of The Center for an Urban Future
Lifestyle & Belief
For New York City’s aging immigrants, it can be hard to create a community
Lifestyle & Belief
A Taiwanese immigrant’s first days in America were about getting by