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It was a sad day indeed in Kew Gardens, Queens when Community Board 9 Queens voted down safety measures proposed by the DOT. The members of CB9Q unanimously voted to support the single-family homeowners association (Kew Gardens Civic Association) in spite of hundreds of residents on 116th, 118th and the surrounding streets begging for any safety measures to make their lives safer.
On May 25th, things changed. Thirty-five years after the Eighth Amendment was introduced, women in Ireland were now being given a shot at some bodily autonomy.
The Queens Free Press spoke with Yousuf Rezaur Rahman on the occasion of the opening of his new sporting goods store. YB Sports Junction sells primarily cricket gear, including a wide selection of bats, balls, helmets, pads, and jerseys—everything needed to play the game of cricket. But really YB Sports Junction is selling more than just a game.
Why Jon Logan says you should put on rose colored glasses.
But in "Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy," Cathy O'Neil presents a concise case about the perils of Big Data through the examples she offers over decades of technological development...
In August, 2015, Amnesty International voted in favor of a policy that calls for the full decriminalization of consensual sex work. Definitions of sex work will vary. This author uses the term to refer “…to the consensual exchange of sexual services between adults for money or goods"...The Amnesty vote was supposed to make it possible for proposals to be drafted to rewrite legislation in countries which criminalize the consensual sale and purchase of sex. Sex work is already partially decriminalized in the United Kingdom and Canada...Now many sex workers in the United States are wondering when they’ll get their chance to be heard, and see sex work decriminalized here. This author asked some of them for their thoughts on the subject.
Adapting into a different culture and religion can be challenging for many. For Shabab Hossain, 19, of Jamaica, Queens N.Y. becoming Muslim has helped him positively and move away from things that impacted him negatively. However, it has brought many struggles. Although Hossain’s family was always Muslim, he never fully understood why they had to go to the Mosque and practice the religion. It was until he educated himself where everything started making sense to him and he understood the values and morals that came with being Muslim.
Artists in Jamaica, Hollis, Cambria Heights, Richmond Hill and surrounding neighborhoods have recently come together to form the Southeast Queens Artists Alliance.
Classes have officially been in session for just over a month at Long Island University-Post, but students involved with Post’s student newspaper, The Pioneer, have been grappling with a real-world lesson on press freedom since this past Fall.
With Dr. Martin Luther King jr’s birthday approaching on January 15th and black history month following soon after, I find it appropriate to set my mind on Dr. King's life's work and philosophies. I admonish you to do the same. WHAT WOULD KING DO. Mimicking the Christian catch phrase "What Would Jesus Do," I often wonder how Dr. King would approach today's societal challenges.