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...students’ production, one of Sun’s students tells her that her life has taken an unexpected turn, but that Sun’s course has taught her that life could hold more for her than the harsh world of the Bronx. Sun presents the scene as a moment of enlightenment, but the girl’s comments seem trite and unrealistic...
...only one other member of the Class of 2009, and maybe 10 students in the entire college. Most people I know from the coasts have trouble even visualizing where Omaha is—I remember using a Jasper Johns painting to explain Midwest geography to my friend from the Bronx during freshman year...
...This is the most extensive effort to reach out to new constituencies in the Iowa caucuses, I think, ever," says Blake, who comes from the Bronx and was in the first class of "Yes, We Can!" a program Obama started soon after he was elected to the Senate to train minorities to more effectively use the political system. "Campaigns here have traditionally gotten attention for going after one or two groups. We're applying that principle and hopefully will enjoy similar success with multiple groups...
...green employment from taking off. Still, the promise is real. A study by the Cleantech Network, which tracks green investment, found that for every $100 million in green venture capital, 250,000 new jobs could be created. To speed that transition, Jones and Majora Carter of the Sustainable South Bronx in New York City recently launched Green for All, a campaign to secure $1 billion in government funding to train a quarter-million workers in green fields. "We're looking for an environmental Marshall Plan for the 21st century," says Carter...
...Interstate Industrial Corp., a hauling firm that was trying to get a business license from New York City while under investigation for possible ties to organized crime, paid $255,000 for the redesign and renovation of Kerik's apartment in the Riverdale neighborhood of the Bronx. The renovations included new walls and floors, a new kitchen, new marble bathrooms, a Jacuzzi and a "marble entrance rotunda." An official of the firm, the indictment charges, paid more than $236,000 in rent for a second Kerik apartment. At the same time, Kerik allegedly contacted regulators on the hauling firm's behalf...