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Historical society has outdoor lecture series

The largest Facades+ event of the year returns to New York City next week on April 13 and 14. Featuring a full first day of in-person presentations and a Facades+ largest event of the year returns to New York City on April 13 and 14.

Eavesdropping flourished after WW II, aided by legal loopholes, clever hacks, and “private ears”

Manhattan: Re “The page is turned” (editorial, March 10): Public libraries are a bedrock of our democracy — sites of opportunity and learning, open to all, that store and share our collective histories, knowledge and creativity. As public institutions, our libraries need champions. No one will be a better champion for the Queens Public Library and its 66 neighborhood branches than Jimmy Van Bramer.

A small number of China’s feminist movement’s influential thinkers and organizers have relocated overseas, in search of an environment more hospitable to their activism. Today, though their numbers are relatively small, they have succeeded in cultivating a vibrant expatriate community of sympathizers and activists who are committed to raising awareness of assaults on Chinese