In the park last February, I talked with a man whose leg was broken just above his ankle. I struggled to get his story with my rusty French but he was patient. He had been tortured by soldiers in his home country of Guinea. The soldiers had beaten him until he passed out and then […]
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Courtesy of Zeitgeist Films British director Ken Loach claims that he’s made his last film, that he’s retiring, but when you see The Old Oak, his alleged swan song, you can’t help but think the 87-year old still has some great stories to tell. The Old Oak is the name of a pub in
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We sure can stretch a dime. EVLovesNYC manages to make really good meals for around $2.30 each. If you shop and cook at home, you know that’s impressively low. Even so, we are still freaked out about inflation. Our weekly menu offerings include beef, chicken and vegan options and the ever-escalating costs of the
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https://youtu.be/wn-T59JdrV0?feature=shared In NYC, second graders learn about the city’s history and immigration — you can’t be a New York kid and not notice the different languages and foods and music going on all around you, so when you hit second grade, the lesson is a natural one. You have some questions and you have some
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Because we can’t stop thinking about the chaos and the fun of last Tuesday night, we’re posting some of the highlights from our 3/23 iftar event below. Obviously, we had a lot of fun and are looking forward to the next big Iftar cookathon. Ramadan Mubarak!
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Spring has arrived in the form of buds on trees and bright blue skies but the nighttime temperatures have been below freezing. I guess we still have a ways to go in NYC before we can put away coats and hats. This time of year, when the natural world seems to hesitate on the
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The mural at our kitchen. Before current Republican governors in the South decided to start playing politics with the lives and dreams of the humans that crossed our border, New Yorkers fighting for the protection of our unhoused community established in court what is known as our Right to Shelter. These advocates rightly relied on
This week, New York City has served us up a sloppy charcuterie board of bad news, silly stuff and interesting info about immigration, food, politics and the economy. EVLovesNYC looks forward to sharing the good, bad, infuriating and funny things we’re reading on the regular. – Among the most horrifying local news this week in
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“We already did this.” U.S. history is repeating itself. And previous victims of racist hate policy are speaking up for the newest targets. https://youtu.be/eAp4IS3JSxE?si=Nv79IUDnXLsrcAwJ On February 18, 1942, a little more than 82 years ago, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, an order that paved the way for the military to evacuate and
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John Brown | Augustus Washington | Daguerreotype c.1856 | National Portrait Gallery The radical thinker and abolitionist John Brown (1800-1859) believed that simply identifying yourself as anti-slavery was not enough. When Brown, a deeply religious man, prayed for guidance, he concluded that direct and armed action was the only way to eradicate slavery. He embarked
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