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Rage and Resistance | Manhattan Times

Photos by Cristobal Vivar New York City has been on edge following several days of protests in response to the police-involved death of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25. Tensions have flared during a series of incidents between…

Op-Led: Don’t Let Anyone Divide Us

BY Led Black (@Led_Black) I woke up this morning to find #Dominicans trending on Twitter. I was aghast to say the least. The reason that Dominicans were trending was because a supposed racial incident that took place on Dyckman…

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#TheGramUptown: Quisqueya Heights

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ruben Dario Ramirez (@artbydario) on Apr 22, 2020 at 5:32pm PDT We invite you to subscribe to the weekly Uptown Love newsletter, like our Facebook page and follow us on…

The Uptown Arts Stroll Goes Virtual

For the first time in 17 years, the month celebration of the arts Uptown that is the Uptown Arts Stroll will be going virtual. So unlike the Puerto Rican Day Parade and Pride we will at least have the…

#TheGramUptown: Spread Love It’s The Uptown Way…

View this post on Instagram Mi gente, good news! @SOMOSCare in partnership with @WCKitchen @chefjoseandres and @MaestroCares, is working to distribute more than 1,000 meals to Washington Heights, NYC patients, doctors, nurses and the community who have been hit…

UC Must-Reads: Behind Trump’s Failure on the Virus

This is the article that made Tyrant Trump lose his shit. Written by Eric Lipton, David E. Sanger, Maggie Haberman, Michael D. Shear, Mark Mazzetti and Julian E. Barnes, the article is an exhaustive look at how the feckless…

The Uptown Tweet of the Week: Breathe

GmorningCut the milk with water to make it last for the kidsCut the timeline w breaks so you can relaxHelp when you canAccept help when you canIt’s unprecedented. All of it.Feel how the f*** you feel and breathe through…