On AlterNet: bronx

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How FreshDirect Delivers Misery Along With Your Groceries--And How Workers and the Community are Fighting Back

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet. March 4, 2012.

The upscale grocery delivery service pays less than $9 an hour, has faced discrimination complaints, and is a union-buster--so why is New York giving it a handout?

You Can't Call Yourself a Progressive Until You've Seen Pete Seeger and Majora Carter

Robert Greenwald, Brave New Films. June 23, 2008.

Don't miss episode 4 of This Brave Nation

High School Kids in the Bronx Reflect on Obama's Race Speech [VIDEO]

Pam Spaulding, Pandagon. March 29, 2008.

Listen to these young people.

How a Community Is Saving Itself and the Environment

Kevin Danaher, Shannon Biggs, Jason Mark, PoliPoint Press. November 20, 2007.

Our current economic model has created nothing but poverty and pollution for the South Bronx. But the visionary folks there have a different model that will change all that.

Video Shows Black Teen Brutally Beaten by NYPD Officers Was Not Holding Drugs, Did Not Punch Officer

Kristen Gwynne, December 31, 1969.

Bronx Catholic School, Populated by Black and Latino Students, Hires Known Racist as Principal

Erica Hellerstein, December 31, 1969.