Teacher uses hip hop to motivate students
At a fifth-grade dance at PS 72 in Throgs Neck, Randy Mason stood quietly at the back of the cafeteria and watched as the bright lights flickered and kids jumped…
Bronx students practice mindfulness
Students practice breathing exercises, sound therapy and positive affirmations to channel their thoughts and emotions in these difficult times. Adriel Cruz, 12, sat in a busy classroom one afternoon with…
Meet your new dealers
Four applicants explain why they want to run a dispensary New York’s first legal cannabis dispensary opened just as 2022 was drawing to a close, but hundreds more New Yorkers…
Black leaders envision a cooperative future
The Mi Oh My farm is different from most urban farms. For one thing, it’s indoors: the entire farm is located in a one-bedroom apartment, using hydroponic mats and grow…
Gender-based violence highest in Bronx
Only two days after an international campaign against domestic violence ended, Saniyah Lawrence, 16, was stabbed in the neck and killed on Dec. 12. Her 18-year-old boyfriend was charged with…
South Bronx students find their voice through journalism
In the South Bronx, some student journalists are reporting on everything from school sports to video games to the real meaning of Thanksgiving, and they’re learning how to shoot and…
New rooftop greenhouse set to enhance nutrition for Bronxites
Public housing residents may have a new neighbor next year: an urban farm in the air. On the roof of Arbor House, an affordable housing structure next door to the…
Bronx Music Heritage Center celebrates eighth Melrose Parranda
A gradually expanding crowd of Bronx residents danced and sang throughout the streets of Melrose Wednesday evening to celebrate Christmas, Puerto Rican style. The sounds of saxophones, trumpets, maracas, tambourines,…