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A first-of-its-kind program in New York City is trying to keep at-risk young people stably housed by giving them a one-time cash payment to keep them from becoming homeless. Point Source Youth, a national organization trying to end youth homelessness, helped launch the cash transfer program in the city with two local nonprofits earlier this…

Colombian-Canadian singer-songwriter Lido Pimienta tells us how her experience of migration led to her love of Afro-Colombian music, how a beauty pageant and its underlying anti-blackness inspired her new album, and how she came to collaborate with the legendary Afro-Colombian ensemble, Sexteto Tabalá, in her track “Pelo Cucú.” This episode originally aired in 2020. Read…

Thursday on the News Hour, President Biden acknowledges mistakes in last week’s debate but insists he will stay in the race. Exit polls in the United Kingdom show voters likely elected a center-left Labour government after 14 years of center-right Conservative rule. Plus, a look back at a Supreme Court term full of consequential and…

Author Boyce Upholt’s new book “The Great River” tells the story of the river, the Indigenous people who lived alongside the Mississippi and the white settlers who came along to claim it. Then, Here & Now‘s Scott Tong takes a trip to a Delaware Beach to see horseshoe crabs mating. The undignified process takes on…

New York is experiencing a bump in COVID cases that might put a damper on people’s summer plans. Cases have been rising nationally and locally for about two months, driven by so-called “FLiRT” variants — versions of the virus that have evolved to evade immunity. Mandatory COVID mitigation measures have largely been waived, and the…

Fireworks season in New York City can be a nerve-wracking time for dog owners. The show-stopping July 4 fireworks display — which will take place over the Hudson instead of the East River this year — is often preceded and followed by weeks of extralegal street fireworks that cause dogs extra agita. Here are some…

The Fourth of July marks the annual Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest at Coney Island in Brooklyn. Crazy Legs Conti has been a competitive eater for 23 years, appeared in 16 out of the past 23 hot dog eating competitions at Coney Island and has broken several world records in the buffet foods categories. He joined…

A cardboard cutout of the Supremes stands inside the lobby of I.S. 235 — the Academy for New Americans — in Astoria, Queens. The walls are adorned with inspirational quotes from Rosa Parks, President Barack Obama and Harriet Tubman. A sign outside the guidance counselor’s office reads, “Always remember to ask… how is this good…

Emissions rise from smokestacks at the Jeffrey Energy Center coal power plant, near Emmett, Kan., Sept. 18, 2021. AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File The Environmental Protection Agency will not be able to enforce a key rule limiting air pollution in nearly a dozen states while separate legal challenges proceed around the country, under a Supreme Court decision Thursday.…

BAY RIDGE — The heat and humidity was intense, and there wasn’t a cloud in the sky. The thought of rain was the furthest thing from people’s minds, one might think. But quite the contrary — rain barrels were top of mind for hundreds of residents Sunday morning as they looked to put on their…