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Preparing Your Home For The Winter to Avoid Heater Fires

Preparing Your Home For The Winter to Avoid Heater Fires

Op-Ed: As winter approaches and temperatures drop lower, ensuring your home is safe and warm becomes a top priority.
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Unheard And Underserved: The Impact of Ignoring Black- And Diverse-Owned Media

Unheard And Underserved: The Impact of Ignoring Black- And Diverse-Owned Media

Op-Ed: Voter turnout among African Americans was lower than anticipated, and there’s no mystery as to why.
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Support Nonprofits That Uplift Brooklyn Communities

Support Nonprofits That Uplift Brooklyn Communities

Op-Ed: Addressing the root causes of violence—poverty, lack of opportunity and unmet mental health needs requires a comprehensive commitment from residents, advocates and policymakers alike.
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This Professor’s Class Goes on The Day After an Election

This Professor’s Class Goes on The Day After an Election

Op-Ed: Let us hope we can return to a time where educators educate and classes meet the day after an election, or during the most consequential day in American life.
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Sign The Childcare Bills Into Law, Governor Hochul

Sign The Childcare Bills Into Law, Governor Hochul

Op-Ed: Just about any parent can tell you that our child care system is broken.
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Ray Burnett Gish, Owner of Beloved Park Slope Bar Commonwealth, Dies

Ray Burnett Gish, Owner of Beloved Park Slope Bar Commonwealth, Dies

Ray Burnett Gish, the owner of the Commonwealth Bar in Park Slope, died in his sleep on Oct. 31, 2024. He was 59.
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Riding on Top of Trains Takes Lives

Riding on Top of Trains Takes Lives

Op-Ed: I want every young person to think about what riding on top of trains really means: the possibility of death.
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I am Proud That The Democratic Party Does Not Believe in Election Denial

I am Proud That The Democratic Party Does Not Believe in Election Denial

Op-Ed: Our Democracy is precious and it involves elevating public trust in our system of free and fair elections, not undermining it. 
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Haitian Americans: A Legacy of Freedom and Progress

Haitian Americans: A Legacy of Freedom and Progress

Op-Ed: It's imperative that we challenge negative narratives and celebrate the true story of Haitian American contributions.
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Why Every Woman Should Get an Annual Mammogram Starting at 40

Why Every Woman Should Get an Annual Mammogram Starting at 40

Op-Ed: Just like putting on your seatbelt, getting an annual mammogram at the appropriate time has no downside and should be routine.
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