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Maria Abreu

Special Report: Shutdown: The Coronavirus

ICE takes aim at international students

ICE is now threatening to deport any international student who will have only online classes next semester.

News

Criminologists question what it means to “defund the police”

Cutting down community police interactions and replacing them with neighborhood vigilantes is risky. 

Special Report: Shutdown: The Coronavirus

Venezuelan government leaves residents stranded in U.S. during pandemic

Venezuela’s airspace is closed to foreign and domestic flights, following direct orders from Maduro’s administration. Since then, they have sent monthly announcements extending the restriction. 

Business

D.C. black owned business thriving as consumers look to “buy black”

During the month of June there have been more searches for black-owned businesses throughout the country.

Special Report: Shutdown: The Coronavirus

Venezuelans leave behind a country in crisis only to encounter a new crisis in New York

 Venezuelans who have migrated to New York in the past two or three years have had to confront two crises in a short time frame.

Special Report: Shutdown: The Coronavirus

Army returns home after completing COVID-19 mission in New York 

Troops from all around the country helped civilian staff at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in Manhattan, and the Lincoln Center in the Bronx for more than six weeks.

Special Report: Shutdown: The Coronavirus

New York’s Emptiness

The city that never sleeps is dormant.