Bringing books to Bronx playgrounds
In a borough with 1.4 million residents and just one general interest bookstore, what’s the best way to get kids interested in books? Anthony Tucker, an assistant principal for early…
Charter schools to federal DOE: Where’s our money?
Two South Bronx charter schools are among eight statewide—six in the city and two in Buffalo— that are fighting the US Department of Education to recover nearly $1 million they…
Dyslexia classrooms coming to South Bronx as part of NYC Literacy Initiative
New York City is overhauling how the Department of Education screens and educates students with dyslexia and other language-based learning difficulties, starting with a pilot in second and third grade…
Vacant Melrose lot poses health risk, raises unanswered questions
A Melrose dry cleaner that closed in 1968 is now the site of a toxic underground mess that is rattling nerves in 2022. The fenced-in, grass-covered lot at 753 Melrose…
Police or mental health supports in schools? Students prompt debate
Delia Davis –– a high school senior in the South Bronx –– says that as a Black woman, she feels self-conscious passing through metal detectors and encountering the NYPD on…
Bronx Fashion Week struts an inclusive and diverse vision for the fashion world
Kiara Carrion was 15 when she designed her first corset with her mother for a friend’s fashion show fundraiser. From then on, she strove to prove herself to her critics…
South Bronx neighbors and volunteers fight evictions
On a rainy afternoon in late June 2020, the residents of 387 138th Street in Mott Haven were down on their luck. Outside on the wet streets, economic life had…
Lizzy Alejandro: the Bronx-based artist who challenges the status quo
When Bronx artist Lizzy Alejandro was about 10 years old, she accompanied her grandmother to Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Gun Hill. During the question-and-answer portion, she asked: “If…