In the neighborhood where the Tops attack took place, residents said racism has shaped their everyday lives long before the gunfire on Saturday. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Black People”
Artists Are Putting Their Stamp on Lincoln Center
By Gotham Rex on May 12, 2022
In a partnership with the Studio Museum in Harlem and the Public Art Fund, works by Nina Chanel Abney and Jacolby Satterwhite will help reintroduce Geffen Hall this fall. Source: New York Times
Rochester Teacher Suspended for Telling Students to Pick Cotton
By Gotham Rex on May 3, 2022
Parents at a school in Rochester, N.Y., said Patrick Rausch, a white social studies teacher, had also instructed his seventh-grade students to call him “massah.” Source: New York Times
How a Race-Based Medical Formula Is Keeping Some Black Men in Prison
By Gotham Rex on April 22, 2022
The formula, which helps estimate kidney health, has been discarded by many hospitals. But some judges still use it to decide whether to release those potentially endangered by Covid-19. Source: New York Times
Miya Ponsetto Pleads Guilty to Tackling Black Teen at SoHo Hotel
By Gotham Rex on April 11, 2022
Miya Ponsetto admitted to committing a hate crime in the 2020 episode. That element of the charge will be dropped if she abides by the law for two years. Source: New York Times
Nancy Lane, Spirit Behind Studio Museum of Harlem, Dies at 88
By Gotham Rex on April 1, 2022
An art collector and the institution’s longest-serving board member, she was also a pioneering Black woman in the corporate world. Source: New York Times
Long Covid May Become a Crisis for Black Americans, Experts Say
By Gotham Rex on March 29, 2022
Many of the factors that led to higher rates of infection, hospitalization and death among Black Americans will likely lead to an over-prevalence of long Covid symptoms too, a new report found. Source: New York Times
Will Kathy Hochul Earn Black Voters’ Support?
By Gotham Rex on March 28, 2022
Black political leaders support the governor, but there are signs of a lack of fervor and lingering support for Andrew Cuomo among Black voters. Source: New York Times
Comedy Undercut ‘The Life.’ Billy Porter Looks for Its Humanity.
By Gotham Rex on March 14, 2022
The actor is directing an Encores! revival of the 1997 musical, updating it to confront hard truths about racism, poverty and carceral injustice. Source: New York Times
Thomas Demakos, Judge in Howard Beach Murder Case, Dies at 98
By Gotham Rex on March 14, 2022
In a notorious 1987 trial over the death of a Black man in New York City, he ruled that defense lawyers could not exclude potential jurors on the basis of race. Source: New York Times
How a Boutique-Fragrance Expert Spends Her Sundays
By Gotham Rex on March 4, 2022
Kimberly Waters runs a perfume parlor, of sorts, out of her Harlem townhouse. Source: New York Times
James Earl Jones Will Have a Broadway Theater Named After Him
By Gotham Rex on March 2, 2022
The landmark theater will be renamed in honor of the 91-year-old actor who has made 21 Broadway appearances and won two competitive Tony Awards. Source: New York Times
Jeffrey Lieberman, Columbia Psychiatry Chair, Is Suspended
By Gotham Rex on February 23, 2022
The post from Jeffrey Lieberman, which described the model as possibly a “freak of nature,” drew negative attention from medical professionals. Source: New York Times
Collegiate's New Dutchman Mascot Is Flash Point in Debate Over Race
By Gotham Rex on February 19, 2022
Collegiate’s Dutchman character got a makeover after students demanded the exclusive Manhattan school “address its own problems with racism and intolerance.” Source: New York Times
After an Unexpected Rise, Hochul Cements Her Front-Runner Status
By Gotham Rex on February 17, 2022
Gov. Kathy Hochul, who will become the state Democrats’ standard-bearer today, was not a sure bet when she replaced Andrew Cuomo last summer. Source: New York Times