Amanda Mikelberg
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This organization turned 100 days of Donald Trump into 100 ways to teach kids
Multimedia lessons downloaded 100,000 times gave teachers the ability to tackle the hardest subjects in the age of President Trump. → Read More
Trump tweets that protesters were paid for Tax March
On Easter, President Trump laid into the hundreds of thousands of protesters who called him too "chicken" to release his tax returns. → Read More
The story of the Trump chicken, the official Tax March mascot
Made in China, the inflatables have created "chicken mania" among organizers of the April 15 Tax March against Trump. → Read More
Upcoming Tax March in NYC calls on administration to finally release Trump tax returns
Tens of thousands of protesters have signed up for the Tax March to prove they care about President Trump's tax returns. Here's what you need to know. → Read More
Harlem artist's 'Foreign Postcards' divorces Arabic from fear
On any given Sunday, Jamila Hooker will be in her Harlem apartment with a magic marker in hand, making black swooping marks on postcards that she will mail to dozens, hundreds, thousands of people across the globe. → Read More
See how this alleged thief easily steals $40k worth of iPhones from Target – Metro
The search is on for a woman in Virginia for a woman who police say made off with $40,000 worth of iPhones while disguised as a Target employee. → Read More
Jewish accounting students prepare taxes, repair cultural strife in Brooklyn for free
Last year, a client walked out of the Touro College free tax preparation clinic beaming with new knowledge that a fat $10,000 tax refund was heading his way. → Read More
Trump signs bill to put people to Mars – Metro
President Trump has his sights set on Mars. → Read More
Happiness guru to America: Politics divide, love conquers
PK Mahanandia will speak at the United Nations on Monday, and will after appear at the book signing alongside the author at 1 p.m. at the United Nations Bookshop, GA building, Visitors' Concourse. → Read More
Fighting for air: Health hazards plague New York communities home to waste stations
Even on the sunniest day, a dark cloud lingers. It is the veil of exhaust and stench of garbage that hovers over northern Bushwick. Osiris Arias and his wife, Marina, have endured it since they moved to the Brooklyn neighborhood in 1995, and it has only gotten worse, they say. The source of their problem stands a few hundred feet from their home: a waste transfer station. → Read More
Activists hold 'die-in' to protest Trump's new healthcare bill [PHOTOS] – Metro
They might be pretending to be dead, but they aren’t playing. → Read More
Tenant shoots landlord dead in Greenpoint
A dispute between a landlord and his tenant escalated into a deadly shooting and a police standoff in Greenpoint, Brooklyn Monday afternoon. → Read More
Wind toppled Jewish tombstones in Brooklyn, not Nazis: police
An investigation into the displacement of several tombstones at a primarily Jewish cemetery in Brooklyn, earlier suspected to be an act of anti-Semitic vandalism, found the cause to be unintentional, police said. → Read More
Five headstones toppled at Jewish Brooklyn cemetery in apparent hate crime
A wave of anti-Semitic vandalism at burial sites continued this weekend with five overturned headstones discovered late Saturday at a predominantly Jewish cemetery in Brooklyn. → Read More
De Blasio to add 90 new homeless shelters across New York City
Mayor Bill de Blasio is expected to announce a plan on Tuesday to open another 90 homeless shelters throughout New York City, in an effort to get a handle on a growing problem. → Read More
What to do while you wait for the Waldorf Astoria Hotel to reopen [VIDEO]
The last guest will check out of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel at noon on Wednesday, and the Manhattan landmark will not host another for an indefinite amount of time. → Read More
LIVE STREAM the Oscars 2017
The 2017 Academy Awards hosted by Jimmy Kimmel is in progress and if you're not there at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood -- you can watch it here: Live Stream the Oscars from ABC.com → Read More
Bill Paxton dead at 61
Bill Paxton, the Emmy-winning actor who had parts in some of the biggest blockbusters of the last 30 years, died Saturday of complications due to surgery, sources close to Paxton confirmed. → Read More
Bronx landlord charged with murder for stabbing tenant over unpaid rent – Metro
He paid for his rent with his life. → Read More
Strike4Democracy holds first general strike rally in New York and 100 US cities – Metro
Another day, another nationwide day of protest. On Friday, more than 100 coordinated demonstrations will take place, including several in New York City, calling on workers and activists to walk off their jobs. The "National General Strike" protests are planned in cities across the country under the banner of Strike4Democracy, a loose coalition of labor and activist groups intending to mobilize… → Read More