On Wednesday night, rage, anguish and disbelief bubbled on the same sidewalks of New York City where a white police officer choked to death Eric Garner, a black man accused of selling loose, untaxed cigarettes.
Ukrainian Feminist Group Goes Topless in NYC
Five members of the feminist group FEMEN demonstrated topless in Times Square this morning against Russia’s actions in Ukraine. This protest was a continuation of the demonstrations which FEMEN has carried out throughout the world this month. They have protested from Paris to Crimea, speaking out against Moscow’s interference in Ukrainian sovereignty.
Bed-Stuy’s Volunteer Ambulance Service
Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood is well past the notoriety it had in the 1980s and 1990s, when the area was neglected and crack dealers violently ruled the streets. Back then, two men began providing much needed help to their underserved community. The Bed-Stuy Volunteer Ambulance Corp was founded in 1988 by Captain James “Rocky” Robinson, an EMS tech, and Specialist Joe Perez. Rocky is still at the helm today, 26 years later, training a new generation to follow in his footsteps. With the community now much safer and better served, he has changed the BSVAC’s original mission of saving lives to changing lives — helping young men and women who may not have any other options receive free training and eventually find jobs in the medical field.