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November 23, 2011September 27, 2019Brooklyn Life
Parents and Teachers Don’t See Eye-to-Eye on Merits of Language Mixing
“Maria quiere coffee after class, pero I have to study.” These ten simple words meaning “Maria wants coffee after class, but I have to study” sound harmless, but are highly contentious when uttered by a student as Park Slope teachers clash with students and their parents on the role of Spanglish in the classroom. Unlike...
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November 22, 2011September 27, 2019Brooklyn Life, Politics
For Occupy Wall Street, the Honeymoon is Over
It's been one week since Occupy Wall Street was booted from Zuccotti Park in a pre-dawn raid. But there were already signs that the movement was growing unstable and fragmented.
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November 17, 2011September 27, 2019Brooklyn Life, Multimedia, Politics, Slideshow
Slideshow: Arrests at OWS “Day of Action”
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November 14, 2011September 27, 2019Brooklyn Life, Politics
Faces of OWS: The Police
From Zuccotti Park to Times Square to Washington Square Park, the New York Police Department has been out in full force during the Occupy Wall Street protests. They’ve donned riot gear, clashed with protestors and brought in the cavalry. But they’ve also stood quietly, most times, as protesters chant, “You are the 99 percent.”
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November 8, 2011September 27, 2019Brooklyn Life
The Masters of the Message for “Leaderless” OWS
Occupy Wall Street insists that it is leaderless by design, but the media team in lower Manhattan has assumed at least part of that role.
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October 25, 2011November 7, 2011Brooklyn Life
Q&A: Occupy Wall Street’s Media Man
After two weeks of covering Occupy Wall Street, I finally got my sit-down with Justin Wedes, an early member of the movement and a core component of its media team. The 25-year-old teaches leadership part-time at a high school in Brooklyn, but most of his time is dedicated to the people of Zuccotti Park and growing the...
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October 14, 2011October 14, 2011Brooklyn Life
#OWS Keeps Zuccotti Park, For Now
Andrew Katz Storifies his Occupy Wall Street Experiences From Last Night.
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October 4, 2011October 4, 2011Live Wire
Greenpoint’s McCarren Park First to Get Wi-Fi [Brooklyn Paper]
McCarren Park in Greenpoint became the first of several Brooklyn parks to be equipped with Wi-Fi last Friday, thanks to a hook-up by IT Hospitality Solutions and AT&T, according to the Brooklyn Paper. Three antennae were fastened to a brick maintenance building near Lorimer Street and Driggs Avenue to provide the service. According to the...
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October 4, 2011October 4, 2011Brooklyn Life, Live Wire
First-person Account of Arrest, Brief Jail Time During #occupywallst
You may know what happened when protestors and police officers clashed on the Brooklyn Bridge a few days ago during #occupywallst, but have you read an actual first-person account of someone who was there? The @newinquiry’s Managing Editor Malcolm Harris (@destructuremal) was arrested at the demonstration near Zuccotti Park and jailed for a short time. Here...