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When I was just 17 years old, I had to leave everything I knew — my family, my friends, my home. I grew up in North Kurdistan, where my people live under Turkish occupation. As a result, my identity and political beliefs were dangerous. I became a target of the Turkish government for standing up for my people, and for our rights. Speaking out meant facing threats, violence, and even […]

In response to the Trump administration's chilling actions to curtail free speech, working people organizing with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) took to the streets on Tuesday, rallying from coast-to-coast to condemn the administration’s attacks on the First Amendment and demand the immediate release of SEIU members unjustly detained by the Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency. SEIU told Caribbean Life on Tuesday that Fulbright Scholar, Tufts Ph. D […]

Prospect Park Alliance, the non-profit that sustains the park in partnership with the city, has received a $1.5 million Humanities in Place grant from the Mellon Foundation to create new outdoor exhibits for Lefferts Historic House Museum as part of the Alliance’s ReImagine Lefferts initiative. “This initiative seeks to re-envision the mission and programming at the museum to recognize its role as a site of dispossession and enslavement, and explore […]

New York Attorney General Letitia James on Tuesday issued a consumer alert urging New Yorkers to avoid common tax preparation scams and check if they are eligible for the free Direct File service to file their taxes before Tax Day on April 15. James said the Direct File program allows qualifying taxpayers to file their federal and state taxes online at no cost, saving the average New York taxpayer about […]