The now-adult children of Albanian immigrants are promoting conversation about mental health while grappling with the traumas of their parents’ treacherous pasts.
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Young Albanians work to address inherited trauma
Posted on 11 October 2019.
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Next to Woodlawn Cemetery, another graveyard: abandoned cars
Posted on 10 October 2019.
One fall day, the Bronx Ink counted 26 18-wheelers, five abandoned vehicles, four RV’s, eight parked tow trucks, six cargo vans, five minivans, three double decker buses, two piles of at least six trash bags each, and one dead raccoon.
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Will the new vaccination law stop anti-vax parents from sending their kids to school?
Posted on 21 September 2019.
Is a new New York State law disallowing religious exemptions from mandated vaccinations pushing parents into homeschooling?
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Bronx kids demand action at global climate strike
Posted on 20 September 2019.
The worst air quality in New York City is in the South Bronx, where asthma is widespread, and treatment is costly and limited. Bronx students are demanding action.
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Violent ads and fake nudes: AOC not sorry for blocking harassers on Twitter
Posted on 20 September 2019.
Three newly-elected Bronx women speak out about harassment on social media and in political ads.
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A Rare Breed At The Hunts Point Fruit Market
Posted on 18 September 2019.
Hidden in the Hunts Point neighborhood of the South Bronx is the largest food market in the world. Entry is $3 and all are welcome, but few apart from the industrious obsessives who run the market ever come. Even they are increasingly rare.
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Cryptocurrency Comes to The Bronx
Posted on 18 September 2019.
Twenty-eight percent of residents in East Tremont and Morrisania have no bank accounts. One Bronx high school teacher believes cryptocurrency may be the answer.
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Majora Carter warns of ‘brain drain’ while community members fear displacement
Posted on 16 September 2019.
Majora Carter is concerned that the Bronx is experiencing a talent retention problem, but some Bronx residents would say otherwise.
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