Harmonic Rx

May 03, 2012
By Sherrie Dulworth

How music therapy is being used to “jumpstart” the brain.

Six things I wish I’d known about paying for college

May 03, 2012
By Lilly O'Donnell

What one journalism grad student learned about student loan debt.  


Turning the switch: jumping neighborhood hurdles to get through college

May 14, 2012
By Eddie Small
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Getting into college was once the main goal for urban educators and nonprofits. Now, the focus is on staying in college.

Opportunity locked

May 14, 2012
By Rose D'souza
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Students at Opportunity Charter have speech therapy in the hallway while other classrooms in the building are empty and locked. These are the space wars in New York City.

Nihao Newark! [VIDEO]

May 14, 2012
By Larry Tung
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Chinese is being taught for the first time in a new public high school in Newark, and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s high-profile $100 million donation two years ago can take some of the credit.

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

Vibrations
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.