Justice
Marrying For Love? You'll Have To Prove It
Ali Winston |
For noncitizens, marrying an American is still one of the easier ways to get legal residency. But it’s gotten a lot harder.
Bronx
Close-To-Home Treatment For Youths Gains Notice
Betsy Morais |
An initiative by the city Department of Probation shows signs of success.
Government
Infiltration, Mass Arrests Mark Policing Of Protests
Jarrett Murphy |
During the week of the 2004 Republican National Convention, the NYPD arrested more than 1,800 people for protesting—more than 1,100 of them on one day. As a whole, the arrests were the most seen at a U.S. protest in decades.
Bronx
How Free? Liberties In Post-9/11 New York
Karen Loew |
Around the five boroughs, New Yorkers are divided over the freedom they have, what they are willing to give up and what they already may have lost.
Bronx
Disparities Amid Progress For Five Boroughs' Kids
Evan Weinberger |
The risks to well-being children face have much to do with the neighborhoods they live in.
Manhattan
HIV Education Championed To Stem Prison Epidemic
Denis Fitzgerald |
Rates of HIV and Hepatitis C are sky-high in state prisons; a state bill aims to help.
Manhattan
The Struggle To Landmark African-American New York
Kemba Johnson |
African-Americans have been making history in New York for centuries, but you’d never know it from the roster of city landmarks and historic districts.
Bronx
Suits Vs. NYPD Move To Challenge Stop And Frisk
Cara Tabachnick |
A powerful private organization — one of the few groups to see contested police data — receives a subpoena to share the goods.
Christine Quinn
CITY, ADVOCATES SPLIT ON SEX VENUES' SAFETY
Thomas Rogers |
Some gay health workers say the health department’s crackdown on sex clubs is making it harder to reach the risk-takers.
Brooklyn
Turn On, Tune In, Stay In: Lowering The Dropout Rate
Helen Zelon |
From beyond the DOE, advocates offer ideas about how to get more students to graduation.
