In the book “The Family of Man,” which contains more than 500 photos exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in 1955, a two-page spread shows individuals by themselves, along with the text, “I am alone with the beating of my heart.” more

Please consider the following: The United States is the only wealthy industrialized country without some form of universal health care. more

In the Aug. 20 edition of The Riverdale Press, Kirstyn Brendlen informatively reports of Jeffrey Dinowitz’s continuing defense of the indefensible closed-door Bronx County judicial selection process. Ms. Brendlen writes that Dinowitz justifies this practice as “a necessary and effective way to get nominations locked in.” more

Finding the ability to return New York City public school students to safe and effective and meaningful in-person instruction is the seminal issue of our time. The loss to young children is incalculable — first-graders may never be able to make up the deficits. more

We would like to thank the voters of our community for overwhelmingly electing us to represent them at the Democratic National Convention as delegates committed to Joe Biden. more

New York City is in a human rights and civil liberties crisis. We are in perpetual crisis, but that truth tends to remain hidden from many white and comparatively privileged people who choose not to see the crisis that impacts their neighbors daily. more

Out from the portal to the dimension of an alternate reality emerges a spooky slew of troll couriers bringing us incredible messages from the magical realm of Mar-a-Lagoville. more

On June 16, 2015, when Donald Trump rode down that escalator to announce his unlikely candidacy, it’s possible that even those most alarmed by the prospect of a Trump presidency — however remote — could have seen this coming. more

Mrs. Goldberg, my second-grade teacher at P.S. 24, gave me my first writing award, a gold star for “excellence in book reports.” more

As America mourns the death of Congressman John Lewis, the Jewish community mourns alongside its fellow Americans. more