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Home » systemic racism

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Posted inFeatured News Archive

New York’s Economy Has a Racial-Equity Problem— and All Sectors Must Come Together to Address it

by Anna Bradley-Smith September 4, 2020January 28, 2021

This is the third in a three-part series looking at a new report on wage and employment disparities between Black and white New Yorkers. In part one, we dug into […]

Mixteca, Lorena Kourousias, Mexico, COVID-19, immigrants, immigrant community, immigrant services, undocumented immigrants, hunger, advocacy, GrowNYC, Nicole Rojas, Sunset Park
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Brooklyn Residents Raise $3.7 Million for Those Hardest Hit by COVID-19

by Brooklyn Reader July 24, 2020January 28, 2021
BLM-Juneteenth Celebration at Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn, 6/19/20 Photo: Dennis Manuel
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Photos: Grand Army Plaza Comes Alive for Juneteenth Celebrations

by Anna Bradley-Smith June 25, 2020January 25, 2021
coronavirus, death rate, black community, Hispanic community, Bill de Blasio, data
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New Data Shows COVID-19 Disproportionately Killing Black and Hispanic New Yorkers

by Anna Bradley-Smith April 8, 2020January 28, 2021
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