District 30

Who’s the Racist?

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Mud’s been thrown in the District 30 City Council race, but who has the moral high ground? ANALYZING MEDIA IMAGES: One District 30 candidate, Juan Ardila, has already been accused of racist social media posts, while the other candidate, Bob Holden, recently used a mailer to remind people that he's a Democrat with an Asian wife. But in this fierce battle of reputations, which candidate deserves more scrutiny? I am a writer and a homeowner living in City Council District 30, which represents Middle Village, Maspeth, Glendale, and parts of Ridgewood, Woodhaven, and Woodside. Pretty dull intro, right?

CUNY

Small Class Sizes = Better Results at CUNY

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The testimony of Barbara K. Emanuele, adjunct lecturer in the English Department of Queensborough Community College, on the matter of updating the CUNY policy on class size, was recently presented to the CUNY Board of Trustees.

GLITS Ribbon Cutting in Woodhaven
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A New Day for Woodhaven

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Woodhaven, Queens is far from the most progressive neighborhood in the borough. Long Island City, Astoria, Jackson Heights -- these neighborhoods always come to mind first when people tell realtor they want a home in a hip, progressive area. Woodhaven is working-class, heavily Latino, and uses the slow, uncool J-Z lines to get in and out of Brooklyn and Manhattan. To the north and west of Woodhaven, just over the Jackie Robinson Parkway, are a cluster of far more conservative neighborhoods (Maspeth, Middle Village, and Glendale), where Donald Trump has enjoyed a significant amount of support in both 2016 and 2020 elections. Woodhaven's current city councilmember, Republican Robert Holden, has repeatedly held pro-policing rallies.

Immigration

QUEENS RALLIES AGAINST ICE RAIDS

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Queens community members rallied in Corona Plaza on Aug. 11 to speak out against ICE raids and to build the movement for immigrant rights. The rally demanded an end to mass raids and called for “Liberation, not deportation!” 

Organizers were responding directly to U.S. immigration officials raid on numerous Mississippi food processing plants Aug 7, arresting 680 mostly Latino workers in the largest workplace sting in at least a decade. 

“We are here to come together and defend one another-- we are here to fight. If ICE comes to Queens we’re going to make sure everyone has the information necessary to defend themselves, the information that can help make sure they don’t take you away, because this is a community of immigrants and we are staying here!” said organizer and Queens native Cathy Rojas. 

Organizers gave out leaflets breaking down these rights, such as the requirement that to enter your apartment ICE agents must have  a warrant signed by a judge. The rally organizers are shifting conversations around immigration to highlight U.S. government’s training of dictators and paramilitary death squads across Latin America, causing widespread violence through coups, such as the 2009 coup in Honduras, causing people to flee..

Activism

World Hijab Day Celebrates Another Birthday

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And then there’s World Hijab Day. It’s a solidarity action which takes place on February 1st. On World Hijab Day, women of all faiths are invited to stand in solidarity with their Muslim sisters worldwide and take hijab for just one day.

Activism

Heading #HomeToVote To #RepealThe8th

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THE LONDON-IRISH ABORTION RIGHTS CAMPAIGN LEADS A GLOBAL CALL TO THE IRISH ABROAD - PLEDGE TO COME #HOMETOVOTE TO REPEAL THE EIGHTH AMENDMENT.