The Hanukkah Stabbing Suspect Is Being Charged With Hate Crimes
Neighbors gather near the rabbi’s residence in Monsey, New York, on Sunday. Craig Ruttle/AP Federal prosecutors have filed hate crime charges against the man accused of breaking into a New York rabbi’s home with a machete over the weekend and wounding five people who had gone there to celebrate Hanukkah. After the rampage, which Gov.…
Gov. Andrew Cuomo Calls Anti-Semitic Hanukkah Stabbing “Domestic Terrorism”
Members and supporters of the Jewish community come together for a candlelight vigil in Washington, DC.Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Update, 3:24 pm ET: President Trump responded on Sunday to the anti-Semitic attacks in a township north of New York City. He called the attacks, which injured five people, “horrific.” He continued: “We must all come together to…
Michael Bloomberg Has a Toxic Legacy on Lead
Democratic presidential candidate former New York City mayor.Justin Sullivan/Getty This piece was originally published in HuffPost and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. When Cordell Cleare went to meet the mayor of New York City for the first time in winter 2003, she expected to be disappointed. The Harlem mother had spent…
What Happens When Incarcerated People Get a World-Class Education?
Bard Prison Initiative students conjugate Spanish verbs at Eastern New York Correctional Facility.Skiff Mountain Films In the fall of 2015, a maximum-security prison in New York invited Harvard’s debate team to compete against a squad of three incarcerated men. The men, all convicted of violent crimes, knew they faced tough odds: Unlike their Harvard opponents,…
This City May Become a Magnet for Climate Refugees
The inner harbor of Buffalo, New York on Lake Erie.Universal Images Group/Getty This piece was originally published in CityLab and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. When Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico, Maria Robles saw rainfall so severe that it punched a hole through her roof and flooded her home in San…
What a Bloomberg Candidacy Could Mean for Climate
Democratic presidential candidate, former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg on November 25, 2019.Drew Angerer/Getty This piece was originally published in Grist and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. This weekend, former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg entered the presidential race in classic billionaire style: by buying up $30 million worth of TV…