Tag: Bronx
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From Cityscapes to Landscapes: Painter Ed Samuels Follows Family’s Artistic Legacy
Written by Danny Campbell Edited and packaged by The Little Rebellion Students in Professor Lindsay Lennon’s Feature Writing class were assigned interviews with SUNY New Paltz alumni who were featured in Wired Gallery’s “Golden Age of New Paltz” exhibition. Here’s what they found: Ed Samuels has seen it all. Growing up in the Bronx during…
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Juvenile Detention: The Epidemic Among Black and Latino Youth
Young black and Latino children in impoverished communities are victims of what is called the school-to-prison pipeline, in which policies such as zero tolerance and the use of police in schools has turned from a desire to help into a punishment, one resulting in a student’s suspension or expulsion. The expelled student’s lack of education…
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At Work: Isabella Chisena Curates an Enchanting Collection
Students of Lisa Phillips’ fall 2015 Literature of Journalism class were asked to interview everyday working people about their jobs, and frame the first-person commentaries in the style of Studs Terkel’s book “Working, People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do.” Subjects include an emergency medical technician,…