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NYC: Now That's Democracy
New Yorkers Speak Up/Stand Up
Let’s Take Back Our City Meeting of FedUpNewYorkers (FUNY) at: LGBT Center on 208 W 13th St between 7th and 8th Avenue.
Simple Pledge, Bold (Blazer) Colour
Sonia Sotomayor, a daughter of the Bronx, pledged on Monday to serve as an impartial justice if she is confirmed for a post on the U.S. Supreme Court. She would become the first Hispanic to serve if confirmed. Listen to what she has to say....
Genesis Of The Palestinian Identity
An Arab population, essentially absent of a national consciousness prior to the twentieth century, forged a collective identity as the Palestinian people spurred conjointly by the forces of modernization and Zionism. The British mandate and policies of international actors also helped evoke a national consciousness in the Arab natives of Palestine, consequently forging the Palestinian identity in its nascent stages....
The Paradox Of Israel: A Jewish, Yet Democratic State
The clash of divergent nationalisms within the same territory culminated in the establishment of a sovereign state by one nation, but rendered the other a splintered population devoid of a nation-state. After centuries of a scattered existence in Diaspora, the Jewish people rejoiced as the Zionist project achieved the creation of their own state, safeguarded from the perils of anti-Semitism....
Espada Costs NY State > $125 Million
The State Senate stalemate ended Thursday when Senator Pedro Espada, Jr. flipped Democrat again after siding with Republicans in an obscure and costly leadership battle that raged for nearly five weeks....
Public Advocate's Office Funding
Joe Mendola, GOP candidate for NYC Comptroller, is calling for the full restoration of funding for the Public Advocate's Office....
Vernacular Politics: Islamists’ Clout In Turkey
Turkey’s experiment as a secular, westernized state represents not only an anomaly, but the prototype of secular modernization in the Middle East. Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder the Turkish Republic in 1923, embarked on a series of social and political reforms, abolishing Islamic institutions, positions, and insignia to secure Turkey’s position as a modern democracy....
Erosion Of The Nation-State: The Effect Of Terrorism & Ethnic Conflict
After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the international system shifted from bipolarity to unipolarity, redefining the structure of the system. As a result, US primacy in this unipolar world has constituted the most salient element affecting the arrangement of the system and defining a world comprised of nation-states....
DA Questiones Espada’s Housekeeper
Sen. Pedro Espada’s housekeeper, who works at the senator’s Westchester home, was detained Tuesday night and interviewed about the senator’s residency by Bronx District Attorney Robert Johnson, according to Espada Chief of Staff Andrew Yong....
Stop Laying Off 2.6K School Workers
A major rally at City Hall to stop the layoffs of more than 2,600 school employees, including school aides, family counselors and substance abuse prevention and intervention specialists. The proposed layoffs will have a disastrous impact in schools and classrooms citywide, adversely affecting school children and their families, who count on the stable educational environment these employees help maintain....
Seven Queens Day Care Centers Saved
Queens Borough President Helen Marshall, Councilman Eric Gioia (D-Queens) and District Council 1707 AFSCME celebrated the saving of seven Queens day care centers from budget cuts today, preventing harmful cuts to early childhood education and saving dozens of jobs. Last night a budget deal was announced to keep 31 ACS run child care centers open....
Bronx Rally Against Pedro Espada, Jr
Mamaroneck resident Pedro Espada pretends to live and work in the Bronx (so that he could run for State Senate from the Bronx)....
Gioia Petitioning In The Bronx
Gioia kiced off petitioning in the Bronx to gather signatures for public advocate race....GOP Comptroller Candidate Endorsed
GOP candidate for NYC Comptroller, Joe Mendola, has been endorsed by both the Richmond County and Bronx County Republican Party Committees....
Democrats Win Special Elections
Vanessa Gibson, (D) and Marcos Crespo (D) have succeeded their Democratic bosses in special elections in the Bronx held on Tuesday, easily beating their challengers....
Brooklyn DA Charles Hynes Endorsed
District Attorney Charles Hynes has always taken a leadership role in the enforcement of laws that protect the public and ensure that our streets and neighborhoods are safe. On March 25, 2009, District Attorney Hynes announced that a special unit is being set up to ensure the swift prosecution of anyone that assaults a Traffic Enforcement Agent....
Bronx Assembly Seats To Be Filled
Two New York Assembly staffers hope to succeed their Democratic bosses in special elections and both are challenged by Republicans in the Bronx districts....
El Poder Latino Avanza
Noticias Jueves 21 de Mayo de 2009 4 La política de los Estados Unidos, y muy particularmente los estados de Nueva York y Nueva Jersey, ha sentido el influjo y la penetración del poder del voto latino que en las últimas contiendas electorales a sido determinante. La elección del presidente Obama, es una muestra de ese poder del voto Latino....
NYC With >1,000 Unemployed Veterans
With new figures showing the nationwide unemployment rate among Iraq and Afghanistan veterans rose 56% in the past year to 11.2%, which could mean that nearly 1,000 veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan from New York City could be unemployed, Councilman Eric Gioia (D-Queens) renewed his call for New York City to implement his veterans employment plan which places returning veterans in City jobs. The plan is modeled on a successful program in Los Angeles....
Hundreds Support Mayoral Control
Hundreds of Learn NY supporters - parents, community and faith leaders, principals, teachers and students went to Bronx Community College for a State Senate hearing on mayoral control. These supporters have witnessed first-hand the dramatic gains in our schools since mayoral control was enacted and wanted to thank their legislators for passing mayoral control in 2002 and urge them to renew it this June....
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