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A 20-something year old Brooklyn native is beating the brakes off every βhousingβ reporter in NYC
NYC is planning to demolish Chelsea Houses, a public housing development in one of Manhattanβs wealthiest neighborhoods.
Revitalization or gentrification? You decide.
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NYC/NYCHA plans to demolish buildings at Fulton and Elliott-Chelsea Houses (incl. Chelsea Houses) but replace all 2,056 existing public housing units one-for-one with new permanently affordable apartments for current residents, plus thousands of additional units.
nyc.gov/site/nycha/aboβ¦
fultonelliottchelsea.com
citylimits.org/nycha-can-moveβ¦
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it has been a remarkable year for black cinema and black filmmakers.
support black art. support black artists.
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Khaliik White, a security guard who draws intricate artwork during his breaks, now sees his work on the walls of Philadelphia City Hall.
This is his story: 6abc.com/20021029/
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We are very thrilled to announce that Ferguson Political Prisoner, Josh Williams, has come home today! This has been a long 11 years being held captive by the state and we are so thankful that heβs finally out and back into community where he belongs.
WELCOME HOME JOSH!!!!
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Putting Tyler Perry on your transition team for the Georgia state government as one of your first actions as our governorβ¦
Georgia-gov elect @KeishaBottoms (D) announces filmmaker Tyler Perry is a part of her transition team
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i will never get over him putting his badge back on and fixing his hair. i'm so sad. bryan, you are my favorite cog in the capitalism machine that slowly grinds you to dust
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If you care about giving black trans femmes a platform to tell stories. Then this short film is for you.
It's on YouTube now youtu.be/RRyARu1uVOY?is=zbESβ¦
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A case study of the inherent classicism and anti-Blackness of capitalism.
2 Chainz got into a DEBATE with Keith Lee after bringing up the BAD REVIEW Keith gave his restaurant, with Keith arguing that his reviews should reflect how REGULAR CUSTOMERS are treated, while 2 Chainz insisted celebrities EARN special treatment π³π
2 Chainz also questioned whether Keithβs strict diet as a former athlete affects his TASTE in food and how he judges restaurants.
βIβm an entertainer, and obviously we get perks that other people donβt get. Thatβs just period, my boy. I donβt stand in line at the airport. I donβt do none of that because I done worked my ass off to do this.β
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On this day in 1984, 66-year-old Eleanor Bumpurs, facing eviction from her NYCHA apartment in the Bronx, was killed by an NYPD officer. Her death led to changes in how police respond to people in crisis.
#EleanorBumpurs #SayHerName
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I take deep issue in the fact that Yahya Abdul-Mateen II played the role Bobby Seale just to turn around a few years later and play an FBI agent in a film that inaccurately tells the story of murders that occurred during the Civil Rights Movement
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ICE is calling 60 minutes fake and gay.
Fake & Gay!
Moussa Diawara, the Malian national featured in this shockingly poorly researched @60Minutes report, now faces allegations of immigration FRAUD after his asylum application surfaced, revealing that he claimed to be a HOMOSEXUAL man who feared persecution in Mali.
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A NYCHA development in Williamsburg was privatized after $490 million in PACT renovations. Rents jumped from $600 to $1,600 a month. Residents were pushed out, evictions skyrocketed, and heat and water problems persisted despite the renovations.
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16 yrs in development⦠the behind of scenes on how wildwood was made is CRAZY! so how much hard work and dedication that ai could never recreate. im in actual tears.
