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Why Is the Gender Wage Gap Higher for Black Women in New York City and What Can Be Done?

Here’s a not-so-fun fact: While we spend Black Women’s Equal Pay Day 2018 raging against the sexist, racist, patriarchal machine that results in black women making 62 cents to every dollar white men do, it has recently been revealed that that disparity is even worse for black women in America’s largest city. Though New York…

By

Maiysha Kai

Published

August 7, 2018
Criminal Justice, News, Social Justice

The Public Health Crisis Hitting New York City's Most Vulnerable Black and Brown Children

Earlier this month, New York City finally admitted that more children than were initially listed had been exposed to lead in the city’s public housing units. The total amount submitted by the city’s health department—820 kids under the age of 6 alone—far eclipsed a previous number of 18 given by the New York City Housing…

By

Anne Branigin

Published

July 30, 2018