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Investigative journalist Jerry Mitchell thinks that it’s not too late to go after Ku Klux Klan members for their civil right abuses, he told a room full of people at the Brooklyn Historical Society on Wednesday night. In a conversation with NPR’s Jami Floyd celebrating Black History Month, Mitchell detailed three of the several stories …
A block away from Harlem’s Lenox Avenue eats, food took center stage on Wednesday morning. Food journalists, activists, and scholars met, not for Sylvia’s grits or Red Rooster’s cornbread, but to discuss why they need to start talking about justice. [Read more}
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Shots taken and edited by Katie Herchenroeder https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdaXyKuThh0
Images by Cheyenne Ubiera and Katie HerchenroederEditing by Katie Herchenroeder https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtxLG-FXnk0&t=17s
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Published in BKLYNER: Read here.
Words and photographs by Katie Herchenroeder Tea lights illuminated Brooklyn Borough Hall Tuesday night as interfaith community members celebrated Diwali, a festival of lights observed by Hindus, Jains, Sikhs, and some Buddhists. They were praying for something specific this year: an end to family separation at the Southern border. Treats could be found around the …
Words and photographs by Katie Herchenroeder Dog owner Diane Bushwick adjusted her Hungarian Pumi’s yamaka while commanding him to sit in Yiddish. “ZITS!” she instructed her dog, Hudson, in a small Central Park enclave near 67th Street and 5th Avenue on Sunday morning. "Zits!" means "Sit!" Ann Toback and her dog Jesse in Central Park on …
