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Digital Divide: Start-Up Trains Bronx Youth for 1.4 Mil Tech Jobs

December 11, 2015|Zach Atanasoff
The U.S. Department of Commerce projects that 1.4 million jobs in tech will be available by 2020. One tech start-up in the...

Morning Brief: December 11 2015

December 11, 2015|Frank Chaparro

Yesterday President Obama signed into law a sweeping overhaul of the George W. Bush Era education law, No Child Left Behind...

Digital Divide: Foster Kids Face Down Digital Barriers

December 10, 2015|Joe Sykes

It’s Saturday morning in a small classroom in Manhattan’s West Village and 30 foster kids are tapping away at computers. The...

Fordham Conversations: From the Projects to the Podium

December 10, 2015|Robin Shannon

Fordham Conversations Host Robin Shannon talks with Fordham University Alumni Valerie Irick Rainford.

Her latest book is...

Morning Brief: December 10 2015

December 10, 2015|Frank Chaparro

The accused gunman who killed 3 people at a planned parenthood clinic in Colorado, Robert Dear, abruptly shouted "I'm guilty...

Digital Divide: Red Hook Initiative Brings Wifi and Tech Skills to Community

December 09, 2015|Desiree Savini

Almost 2 million new Yorkers do not have internet access in their homes. In a new week-long series, we explore how...

Digital Divide: The New York Public Library Brings WIFI to the People

December 09, 2015|Joe Sykes

It’s 4 pm and the Bronx public library is packed. Every seat is taken and people tap away at computers that line the walls....

Morning Brief: December 8 2015

December 08, 2015|Frank Chaparro

Presidential hopeful and billionaire Donald Trump shocked thousands when he released a statement suggesting the U.S. block...

Fighting For Your Right to Party: Airbnb in the Bronx

December 07, 2015|Jake Shore
Gathering outside of an infamous party house in the East Bronx, New York lawmakers and angry neighbors alike are trying to...

Digital Divide: Going to College at 47 Without Access to the Internet

December 07, 2015|Desiree Savini

Almost 2 million New Yorkers do not have internet access in their homes. In a new week long series we explore how increasing...

Morning Brief: December 7 2015

December 07, 2015|Frank Chaparro

Last night President Obama addressed the nation in the aftermath of last week's tragic shooting massacre in Southern...

Morning Brief: December 4

December 04, 2015|Rebecca Lewis

Tomorrow's the 29th annual Miracle on Madison Avenue event. It's a good time to get some Upper East Side holiday shopping...

Fordham Conversations: The Art of Science Fiction

December 03, 2015|Robin Shannon

Science fiction is one of the more popular genres in literature, and arguably one with considerable cultural influence.

But...

Morning Brief: December 3

December 03, 2015|Rebecca Lewis

The streets of Forest Hills are going back in time to the 1980's. They're being used as a stage all day and into the night...

Stricter Penalties for Hit-and-Run Drivers May Come Soon

December 02, 2015|Nick Ventura

There have been 4,000 hit-and-run incidents in New York City this year that lead to some kind of injury. A new law hopes to...

Cityscape: Everything NYC

December 02, 2015|George Bodarky

New York is a city that has pretty much everything.  But, taking it all in could be exhausting, not to mention, take a...