And when Alexander saw the breadth of his domain, he wept, for there were no more worlds to conquer.

(SDNY) - Manhattan Shake Shack manager sues NYPD unions for defamation over last summer's false allegations of poisoning officers with bleach contaminated milk shakes last summer.

One of my favorite works of Montreal municipal design, to aid people who collect beer cans in parks for the refundable deposits

So I understand this correctly Eric Adams favorite concert he ever went to was a Curtis Mayfield show in which Mayfield ended up paralyzed, crushed under the weight of a fallen lighting rig during a storm, before he could even play a note

Remember that episode of The Sopranos where Melfi figures out that Tony uses crazy sentimentality for ducks, dogs, horses, etc. to mask the fact he’s a sociopath? Curtis Sliwa

Just 27% of FT, first-time CUNY community college students finish two-year degrees within 3 years. A new study by Center for an Urban Future finds that more often it’s nontuition costs, from MetroCards to textbooks, that derails their studies. thecity.nyc/education/2021…

What could go wrong!

#NeoliberalismIsDead ☠️ @snaidunl breaks it down in our new #INETanimates episode 👉youtu.be/GlniAdSNCcc

NYC's community college students work. A lot. A lack of public aid for non-tuition costs pushes an alarming number of NYC community college students to work 20+ hours per week, which contributes significantly to the high dropout rate. 🧵 nycfuture.org/research/oppor…

85% of voters were also able to express a preference in the final round - again huge inclusion of 34% of the voters that had other first preferences who would otherwise have been sidelined. It's past time to adopt RCV for statewide elections.

I wish the anti-CRT crowd would just say “I want my kid to grow up completely ignorant of history and cultural dynamics, just like their mommy and daddy did” instead of pretending this is about some higher order values

The #CriticalRaceTheory Discourse ™️

All this wordle posting has me painfully aware of friends’ bm schedules.

teaching in HS, the impacts of tracking on students was so evident & often disastrous. it's not so easy to figure all this out, obviously, but starting to tell many students they aren't that smart so early in their schooling is just not...smart.

New data that's particularly relevant given today's gifted news: getting rid of G&T entrance exam last yr. more than doubled share of offers to Black & Hispanic Kindergarteners, from 11% in 2020 (last yr of test) to 24% in 2021 (teacher recs + lottery): nydailynews.com/new-york/educa…

“Southern school districts are typically much larger, extending across an entire county. Even if a family tried to move to the suburbs, they would still be inside the school district and subject to the integration plan.” hechingerreport.org/proof-points-r…

In 2001, all categories of major crimes were higher than in 2021. But in February of that year, a poll found just 36% of New York City voters described crime as a very serious problem, compared to 74% of voters in February 2022. gothamist.com/news/it-stays-…

Students used to enter my classes w simplistic notions about saving the world. My job was to break those ideas down+lead them to more nuanced understandings of social change. Now, students enter class believing nothing matters, and my job is to show them ways change is feasible.