Pennsylvania becomes latest battleground for English as official language

November 29, 2011
By Cristabelle Tumola

Legislation could make the state the 32nd with a law criticized by some as anti-immigrant.

Using sculpture to blend industrial objects into the natural world

December 21, 2011
By Paul Grossinger
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Artist Larry Heintjes has been turning objects into art for three decades, now in a Brooklyn neighborhood undergoing its own transformation.

The Uptown Chronicle looks back

September 08, 2011
By Uptown Chronicle Staff
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Ten years later, New York City, the nation and the world are dealing with the fallout from an American nightmare

In Bushwick, memories of 9/11 still fresh

September 10, 2011
By Carla Bleiker
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A local firehouse lost six  people to the terrorist attack.

In severity of illnesses after 9/11, training made a difference, researchers say

September 02, 2011
By Catherine Alexander
Among those working in the devastation, construction workers who lacked the experience, coping skills and support, suffered the most.

Battle of the boardwalk: concrete or wood?

August 03, 2011
By Mike Walker
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The iconic planks of Coney Island and Brighton Beach are due for a makeover, and not everyone is pleased.

Latina book dealer seeks to fill void in El Barrio

September 28, 2011
By Dervedia Thomas
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Aurora Anaya-Cerda is hoping that donations will bring a Hispanic-themed bookstore to the neighborhood.

Some see immigration debate as a Constitutional issue

The 14th Amendment spelled out citizenship based on birth, but some want to change that to exclude children of undocumented immigrants.

A living language

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    Yiddish in New York City is more than just ordering a bagel with a shmear and kvetching about traffic.

Lucha Libre NYC

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    The moves in Mexican-style professional wrestling are high-flying and death-defying. And the masks are cool, too.

Delivery City

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    Inside the world of New York City's bicycle delivery workers and the policy debate swirling around them.

Right now on Uptown Radio

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    Gorging on grasshoppers, and other dishes, on the latest broadcast 

The Obama Agenda

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    An examination of various aspects of  the president's major policies

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The Changing Languages of Deafness in the Age of the Cochlear Implant

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    A Digital Media master's project explores how cochlear implants continue to change what it means to be deaf.