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The Future of Gifted Education in the Bronx Bronx acupuncture center for addiction fighting to survive How HIV outreach is tackling an “invisible crisis” in The Bronx Prescriptions lag as Bronx battles opioid epidemic
 

The Future of Gifted Education in the Bronx

A recommendation that Mayor Bill de Blasio phase out all New York City gifted programs has left the fate of gifted education in the Bronx uncertain. If implemented, the programs, which are comprised predominantly of black and Latino students, would come to an end.

Bronx acupuncture center for addiction fighting to survive

The Mott Haven Lincoln Recovery Center was once a popular therapeutic refuge for drug addicts, but where have the patients gone?

How HIV outreach is tackling an “invisible crisis” in The Bronx

While New York celebrates declining HIV rates, healthcare advocates in the Bronx narrow their focus to where services aren’t reaching people.

Prescriptions lag as Bronx battles opioid epidemic

Prescriptions of life-saving buprenorphine lag in the Bronx. A legacy of bureaucracy and stigma are to blame.

At Risk of Being Positive

14 December 2009

Free HIV/AIDS testing has done little to combat the alarmingly high rate of infection in Highbridge.

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A Squatter’s Paradise?

13 December 2009

Will the housing crisis in the Bronx lead to a rise in squatting?

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A Cab Tale

12 December 2009

Bronx cabbie talks about staying alive on the job in the Bronx.

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Fordham Retires Gregory-O’Connell No. 55

12 December 2009

Fordham University honors its best ever female basketball player

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Caridad de la Luz: An Artist-Activist Bred in the Bronx

12 December 2009

A Bronx-born poet gives back to her community.

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Urban Gardener Looks for a New Dream to Plant

12 December 2009

Urban gardeners fight a political battle to keep their plots alive and green.

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Who Wants a Jail?

12 December 2009

Hunts Point residents still wonder whether another jail will be built in their backyard.

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An Ex-Addict Pushes a Message of Hope and Healing

12 December 2009

Reinaldo Daniel Diaz had to hit rock bottom before he could turn his life around.

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