When hockey teams barred female reporters from men’s locker rooms, she pushed back, breaking through a barrier and campaigning successfully for equal access for women. Source: New York Times
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Lauren Smith-Fields Was Found Dead. Her Family Had to Beg for Answers.
By Gotham Rex on January 27, 2022
Ms. Smith-Fields, 23, died in her Connecticut apartment in December after a date with a man she had met on Bumble. More than a month later, the police opened a criminal investigation. Source: New York Times
Why Was a Black Lives Matter Mural at a Brooklyn School Destroyed?
By Gotham Rex on October 29, 2021
Artwork intended to reflect on social justice and racial equity has exposed long-simmering tensions in a Brooklyn public school. Source: New York Times
Gay Choir Director and Music Teacher Fired Over Catholic 'Minister' Role
By Gotham Rex on October 27, 2021
Matthew LaBanca is bringing attention to a legal loophole that allows religious institutions to exclude people in same-sex civil marriages from jobs by deeming them ministers. Source: New York Times
Tourists Who Fought With Carmine's Hostess Plead Not Guilty
By Gotham Rex on October 6, 2021
Three Texas tourists were arraigned on assault and harassment charges, weeks after an altercation at an Upper West Side restaurant drew widespread attention. Source: New York Times
How a Racist Scandal at the F.D.N.Y. Led to Suspensions
By Gotham Rex on October 1, 2021
The Fire Department has long faced allegations of discrimination. But after George Floyd’s murder, a thread of racist messages renewed concerns about the department’s racial climate. Source: New York Times
New York’s Private Schools Tackle White Privilege. It Has Not Been Easy.
By Gotham Rex on August 27, 2021
In this world — where tuition runs as high as $58,000 — the topic has become flammable. Parents, faculty, students and alumni have all entered the fray. Source: New York Times
Racial Inequities Persist in Health Care Despite Expanded Insurance
By Gotham Rex on August 17, 2021
A series of studies in an influential medical journal takes a close look at longstanding gaps in medical care. Source: New York Times
The Resilience of New York’s Black Homeowners
By Gotham Rex on August 17, 2021
Black homeownership has declined in the city and nationally in the last 20 years, hindered by gentrification and inequitable lending policies. Source: New York Times
Vaccination Rates in N.Y.C., and One Major Disparity
By Gotham Rex on August 13, 2021
Only 28 percent of Black New Yorkers ages 18 to 44 are fully vaccinated — a number that worries health experts as the Delta variant spreads. Source: New York Times
‘No Vaccine for Racism’: Asian New Yorkers Still Live in Fear of Attacks
By Gotham Rex on July 14, 2021
New York Police Department patrols aimed at stopping anti-Asian violence have been cut back even as anxiety lingers. Source: New York Times
Liquor Laws Once Targeted Gay Bars. Now, One State Is Apologizing.
By Gotham Rex on June 29, 2021
New Jersey’s attorney general will apologize and vacate penalties against bars shuttered in the 20th century for allowing gay patrons to congregate. Source: New York Times
When a Valedictorian Spoke of His Queer Identity, the Principal Cut Off His Speech
By Gotham Rex on June 27, 2021
The principal also took away the valedictorian’s prepared remarks, so the student recited the speech from memory. Source: New York Times
Thousands Rally in Brooklyn to Protest ‘State of Emergency’ for Trans Youth
By Gotham Rex on June 13, 2021
The Brooklyn Liberation march took place amid a wave of legislation targeting transgender children and violence that disproportionately affects Black trans women. “We are here to claim space,” one speaker said. Source: New York Times
A Psychiatrist Invited to Yale Spoke of Fantasies of Shooting White People
By Gotham Rex on June 6, 2021
The Yale School of Medicine said the tone and content of a lecture by Dr. Aruna Khilanani, who has a private practice in New York, were “antithetical to the values of the school.” Source: New York Times