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The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) reported that in 2023, 33.2% of low-income individuals in the U.S. lived in food deserts. Inequalities in food security, nutrition, and health outcomes have led
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Rikers Island, the notorious jail, which first opened in 1932 to accept people detained from the deteriorating facilities on Blackwell’s Island (now known as Roosevelt Island) has a long and ongoing history
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The Louis Armstrong House Museum (LAHM) is an iconic cultural site that cultivates community through jazz culture and is located in the Corona neighborhood of Queens on 107th Street. For two decades,
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Made In Queens is a series of interviews with notable business owners, politicians and celebrities that make up the diverse community of Queens, New York. When Steven Raga was growing up in
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The New York Public Library (NYPL) is a city institution tasked with giving equal access to knowledge and opportunity to the diverse population they serve. The library transcends its conventional image by
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As Nas once famously said, “Hip-hop is the streets,” and the streets are at the heart of the culture — DJ Kool Herc debuted the music that we now call hip-hop on
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For years you walk by a local eatery without so much as batting an eye. An established business that’s become part of the local scenery as you wait for the buses across
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