One of our heroes over here at the UC, Luis A. Miranda Jr., penned an outstanding piece on what comes next for the island of Puerto Rico in Time. The people of Puerto Rico need to be commended for…
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By Debralee Santos The conversation these days requires bottom-line denigration, to rise above the churn and swill. Ricardo Rosselló is the first governor to step down since Puerto Ricans began electing their chief executives in 1947. As revealed by…
BY Yaddy Valerio View this post on Instagram A post shared by Bronx Night Market (@bronxnightmarket) on Jul 28, 2019 at 7:45am PDT The Bronx Night Market is a stellar outdoor festival celebrating local food vendors and merchants in…
yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees. Gracias a la gente de 🇵🇷. Historia. https://t.co/WwBOCIP5mr — Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel) July 25, 2019 We invite you to subscribe to the weekly Uptown Love newsletter, like our Facebook page and follow us on Twitter & Instagram or…
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Ibram X. Kendi is brilliant. The scholar, activist and author recently penned a must-read piece in The Atlantic that goes to the heart of the patently racist comments made by Tyrant Trump about the four tenacious Congresswomen known as…
Presidential hopeful Mayor Pete Buttigieg came Uptown to Dyckman to chop it up with the Bodega Boys. There are hookahs, brown-bagged whiskey bottles and a sushi roll called La Chapiadora involved. Believe us folks it is downright hilarious. Check…
By Gregg McQueen “I am going to stand outside, and I am going to scream it.” Emerald Garner’s voice then rose sharply. “Pantaleo needs to be fired! Pantaleo needs to be fired!” Garner, daughter of Eric Garner, was blunt…
This is not a moment, it’s a movement. Never seen coraje (anger) turn so quickly into coraje (courage).Can’t get to 🇵🇷 in time. But I’ll be at the protests in Union Square today at 5pm.In solidarity with 🇵🇷 en…
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) View this post on Instagram A post shared by Uptown Collective (@uptowncollectiv) on Jul 17, 2019 at 8:44am PDT 5 years ago today, Eric Garner, a 43-year-old father of six and a grandfather of three,…