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Print If the New York salsa scene were its own galaxy — a glittering cluster where artists from across the Caribbean and the United States orbited around one another in a feverish dance — the late Johnny Pacheco was the gravitational pull that held them together. Pacheco, the famed bandleader, flutist, percussionist and co-founder of the groundbreaking salsa label Fania Records, died Monday at 85. His wife, Maria Elena “Cuqui” Pacheco, confirmed his death of complications from pneumoni...

Learning Efforts to change selective admissions policies fuel parent activism Min Lee Cheng graduated from San Francisco’s Lowell High School in 1985. He counts himself one of the lucky ones. Lowell High, which was the only local public school specifically for high-performing students, had a strict racial-quota admissions policy when he applied. No racial or ethnic group could comprise more than 40 percent of the school’s student body. The rule was aimed at desegregating t...

New York City’s public schools comprise the most segregated school system in the entire nation, and the inequitable distribution of publicly funded after-school sports is a glaring symptom of that segregation. While the pandemic has exacerbated the deeply rooted systemic issues and inequalities in our society in everything from health-care to the economy, access to sports teams suddenly became equal when no one could play.

Youth movement across all demographics in this country. this is something thats been affecting the black community for a lot of years. we felt it was important to highlight the perspectives of african-american teens who are affected by this gun violence. >> lila, ill ask you about that. i read a piece in "time" magazine that quoted a student from brooklyn tech, a sophomore like yourself. he said gun control for someone who is white is gun control for someone who is black. >> gun violence is very...

Moskowitz. >> there is concern about whether you want to notify people -- >> mika, i have 1.1 million kids and a lot to help them and it starts with pre-k and after school. >> let me ask it this way, mr. mayor, with all due respect. your son goes to brooklyn tech and 13 million dollar endowment a highly selective school and youre excited he goes there. if you found out he wasnt going there next year, wouldnt you want to know what the plan was? do you think you played this out in a way that might...

Attorney general of the united states has addressed this, eric holder, when civil rights leaders, seven of us met with the president a couple weeks ago, we raised it. this is a real problem when you have a law that says, based on your feeling threatened, it does not have an an actual threat, thats the language in the law, it doesnt have to be actual, you can use deadly force. in plain language youre saying imagination now justifies killing someone. in a civilized society, that is unheard of. >> ...