Relations regarding Staten Island’s LGBTQ community are improving — but residents argue that more needs to be done
When it comes to fighting for Staten Island’s LGBTQ community, Jeremiah Jurkiewicz, assistant director of CUNY College of Staten Island’s LGBTQ Resource Center, has been at this for a while—for over 13 years to be exact. Jurkiewicz has been at the…
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Inside QueensLink’s uphill battle for an abandoned rail line in Queens
Rails or Trails? QueensLink says that they can do both. In its current state, one could never tell that the Rockaway Beach Branch ever was an active transit line. Nature has long since reclaimed the five-mile-long stretch of rail that was abandoned…
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AI is so good at plagiarizing food content consumers can’t tell what’s real anymore
Kelsey Smith takes time when she makes her food content on social media. Smith’s videos appear as if they were professionally produced—the yellowish undertones in the lighting highlight the food, and the well-timed cuts in her how-to videos based on…
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The Jersey Shore's race relations are dicey — here's how I tried to navigate them growing up
The concept of race hit me abruptly when I was eight years old, from the back of my third-grade classroom at Midtown Community Elementary School in Neptune, NJ. Like any group of children being forced back inside after recess time, we were rowdy,…
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Kids are getting priced out of youth baseball
“We don’t have enough players this year,” my Mom, president of our town’s Little League, said. “The kids won’t be able to play unless we combine with another town.” After days of negotiating with the surrounding towns, Neptune Township Little League…
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Ja'king the Divine takes on SOB's
Underground hip-hop artist Ja’king the Divine hops his way onto the smoke-filled stage at Sounds of Brazil. “How’s everyone fucking feeling tonight,” he yells into the mic while the DJ slowly turns up the beat. Ja’king starts off bold; he is aware…
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