via The Lo-Down
SPECIAL REPORT: Lower East Side Voices
With the Trump Administration’s crackdown on immigration dominating the national political discussion, our team speaks with residents of a neighborhood tied to the American Dream.
Topic: Education
via Latino USA
LEGO NASA Set Snubs Latina Space Pioneer
The new LEGO Women of NASA sets excludes Ellen Ochoa, the first Latina in space.
via El Diario
Educating New Yorkers on Immigrant Rights
Community groups and non-profit organizations are running civil rights and immigration law information sessions amid fears of Trump-era raids.
Generations Bond Over Bread
Jewish students from the Fashion Institute of Technology went from designing clothing to baking bread as they distributed homemade challah to senior citizens at the nearby Penn South housing complex.
A Wild Day in NYC History
Election Day 2016 in the city sparked long lines and memorable moments.
The Report Card on Trump’s Queens School Days
Some alumni of the Kew-Forest School in Queens aren't crazy about the institution's most famous former student.
via The New York Times
Brooklyn Football Star Goes Far
Jahsen Wint, a standout linebacker at Erasmus Hall High School, is headed to Ohio State.
Students Fight Lockout With Walkout
Students joined professors in a protest outside LIU's Brooklyn campus, where the administration locked out faculty amid a contract dispute.