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Executive Director

Black Leadership Action Coalition (BLAC) Position Overview BLAC is seeking an experienced Executive Director to lead our membership and organizing efforts and expand BLAC’s work in the areas of civic engagement and legislative, issue and policy campaigns around racial justice.…

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UNCOVERING USBP

For almost four years, Families for Freedom (FFF) has been seeking information about the policies, practices and consequences of United States Border Patrol’s (USBP) operation in which they demand to see “papers” from persons traveling and living in Northern New York.  In our last…

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NOT QUITE A NATION OF IMMIGRANTS

For a phrase designed to inspire feelings of inclusion and acceptance, the familiar mantra "we are a nation of immigrants" makes many in the black community feel excluded and uncomfortable. And now that efforts to draft an immigration reform bill…

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JAMES O’KEEFE PAYS OUT

James O'Keefe pays out to just one victim of his Acorn video deception  The rightwing activist has paid damages to my Acorn colleague, but millions of underprivileged Americans go uncompensated  In this season of redemption, I am reminded of a…

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A DIFFERENT SCHOOL BUS

Public School Supporters Seek to Shape New York City Education Policy Earlier this month, a beat-up school bus from Wassaic, N.Y., rolled into Queens Village, and a team of public school students, parents and members of advocacy groups descended upon…

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RIVALS FAULT QUINN’S BLOCK OF A VOTE ON SICK TIME

Two Democratic candidates for mayor challenged Christine C. Quinn, the City Council speaker, on her home turf on Friday, for blocking a vote over paid sick-leave legislation.The two candidates, William C. Thompson Jr., a former comptroller, and Bill de Blasio, the public advocate, are, along…

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