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U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice hosted a town hall meeting on Jan. 19 at the Roosevelt Library, where 4th District residents like Kamau Cush, of Freeport, had the opportunity to ask questions about local issues.

Rice addresses local issues and concerns

U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice convened a town hall meeting on Jan. 19 at the Roosevelt Public Library that addressed housing issues on Long Island, as well as immigration, the 2020 census and college debt. … more

By Nadya Nataly | 2/6/20

We need Black History Month now more than ever

We were supposed to have been healed by now, right? With the first African-American president finally elected not once but twice, the nation was supposed to be . . . more

2/2/17

Rabbi Daniel Bar-Nahum, Temple Emanu-El’s spiritual leader since 2012, marched in America’s Journey For Justice on Aug. 25 in Columbia, S.C.

A rabbi walks for justice

As he walked 13 miles through the scorching heat and humidity on a 95-degree August day in Columbia, S.C., side by side with leaders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and other clergy from across the country, Rabbi Daniel Bar-Nahum couldn’t help but think of the progress he made with each step of his journey as a metaphor for the nation’s struggle to provide equal rights for all its citizens. more

By David Weingrad | 9/9/15

This photograph, with the words “Jimmy’s baby picture” written on it, was found on a bulletin board at a Town of Hempstead facility in Levittown. Officials are now investigating the posting as a possible hate crime.

D.A. probes racial incident as hate crime

Officials at the Town of Hempstead and Nassau County district attorney’s office are investigating what they described as a racially charged incident at a town Highway Department facility in … more

By Julie Mansmann | 5/7/14

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