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Map tells story about what matters

New York City has long been celebrated as a city of immigrant neighborhoods. Little Italy, Chinatown, Harlem, Washington Heights, Brighton Beach – these communities tell the story of generations of newcomers who helped build America's largest city while gradually becoming part of ...

Believing in yourself can make you grow

The first thing Mariel Gardner mentioned was the sound. Cicadas and katydids buzzed while butterflies and bees drifted among bright yellow blooms in Louisville's Chickasaw Park. Gardner smiled. "This is what I wanted to hear," she said. A new aptly named Butterfly and Bee ...

The new normal: Abnormal

There's poison in the air outside my house, a bitter smoke of ashes and hot freeway, and it is keeping us all inside. Yesterday morning, the kids' summer camp announced that the planned trip to the pool had been cancelled. They would do activities indoors all day. "How high can it ...

Big Boy sparks nationwide reunion

In Virginia Lee Burton's classic 1939 children's book "Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel," Mulligan often boasted that his steam shovel, Mary Anne, "could dig as much in a day as a hundred men could dig in a week. Mulligan never gets the chance to prove his boast because electric, diesel and ...

Can Trump sue himself?

The question recently asked by a federal judge in Miami – can the president sue an entity in the executive branch of the federal government and benefit from the resolution of that lawsuit? – seems to beg the question. How could anyone sue an entity he controls and derive a benefit from ...

Homeless camps violate others’ rights

The homeless encampment rapidly spreading across 12 blocks along the West Side of Manhattan from the Intrepid Museum to the Javits Center is a red flag to New Yorkers in every part of the city that if you own anything, the city will not protect you, your business or your property. Owners of ...