Q&A: Mamnunul Huq
Mamnunul Huq is a co-founder of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance and curr…
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Q&A: Prof. J. A. George Irish
Prof. J. A. George Irish directs the Office of International Programs at Me…
Q&A: Kamal Aleen
Kamal Aleen, 52, owns KBB Shipping on Nostrand Avenue in the heart of Crown…
Nison Arinov's Pingpong Life
(As told to Tim Persinko) I was 10 when I started to play table tennis. O…
Bearing Scars, Baghdad to Brooklyn
Nour Abbas was a translator for the U.S. military in Iraq when she and her father were shot by insurgents in 2005. He was killed. She still carries the scars, physical and otherwise.
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Rooftop Hive Makes Local Buzz
John Howe started keeping bees on his Fort Greene roof nine years ago and has been hooked ever since.
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'Dynamite' Discovery Backfires
As Robert Lopez tells it, his legal troubles began when he plucked a bundle of fake dynamite from the trash and took it home with plans to turn the fake bomb into a piggy bank.
School v. View in Bklyn Bridge Fight
The developers of a planned 18-story condominium are offering to give DUMBO a free school – but critics say the building would block views of the Brooklyn Bridge.