Author: Aya Watanabe (Aya Watanabe)

Forgoing their usual super-lightweight gear, the marathoners packed their backpacks with batteries, baby clothes and garbage bags. They wore masks, gloves and carried shovels in their hands. Their goal was not Central Park, but Staten Island. These were the New York Runners in Support of Staten Island who crossed Upper New York Bay Sunday morning...

Judeh “Jimmy” Jamal owns a grocery store in Clinton Hill.  He senses the state of the economy in his customer’s method of payment:  Cash, food stamps or credit. Everyday sundries from shampoo to duct tape pack Jamal’s store shelves.  Toys and electric cables hang high from the walls.  Jamal beams and asks his customer how...