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How noncitizens can participate in the upcoming NYC election

Rachel Kahn |THE CITYImmigration has continued to be a central issue in local politics this year, particularly with New York City’s sanctuary city status under intense pressure from President Donald Trump’s administration.  Mayor Eric Adams has pledged to collaborate with Washington’s orders, allegedly in exchange for dropping criminal charges against him. And while many New…

Caught in the fields: The H-2A visa workers who feed America — and the system that traps them

The debate over guest workers intensifies. Jonathan Berry, nominated to be the solicitor at the U.S. Department of Labor, wrote the labor chapter for the massive proposal to overhaul government called Project 2025 from the conservative Heritage Foundation think tank. That section advocates for replacing H-2A workers with local workers and automation. While technology could…

Former N.Y. Congressman Charles B. Rangel dies at 94

The Black Greek community is mourning the loss of U.S. Congressman Charles B. Rangel, a legendary statesman, decorated war veteran, and proud member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., who passed away at the age of 94. Brother Rangel, initiated into the Alpha Gamma Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha in Fall 1964 and a…

Kansas City’s fight for liberation in a second Trump era

Students from the Association of Black Collegians & allies occupy the accounts payable office in Brookings Hall. 1968. (Photo courtesy of WUSTL Archives) The first months of Trump’s second presidency have seen a whirlwind of anti-immigrant executive orders and pardons for convicted white nationalists. If you remember his first term, you know this is just…

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