New York City

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A once-faltering Brooklyn church rebounds, with a Mexican flavor

October 10, 2011
By Stephen Childs
Mexican immigrants are reviving St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church in Prospect Heights.
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An Astoria nightclub is under fire

October 06, 2011
By Lilly O'Donnell

Community board members are not forgetting about a string of arrests and police reports at the nightspot Amnesia.

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Latina book dealer seeks to fill void in El Barrio

September 28, 2011
By Dervedia Thomas
Aurora Anaya-Cerda is hoping that donations will bring a Hispanic-themed bookstore to the neighborhood.
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Manhattan’s last parking meter is history

September 21, 2011
By Nathaniel Herz
Transportation officials plucked out the final single-space machine in the borough, ushering in the era of the solar powered "muni meters."

A living language

  • Yiddish

    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.