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Trying to Connect

By Joshua Oliver on December 17, 2016 Bronx, Politics & Policy

Trying to Connect

Community groups working to bring public Wi-Fi to Hunts Point

Trump’s Outsider Appeal Holds on Staten Island

By Joshua Oliver on October 21, 2016 Election 2016, Staten Island

Trump’s Outsider Appeal Holds on Staten Island

Some residents feel that the stakes are too high to be swayed by Trump’s personal faults.

Protecting Activists from Hackers

By Joshua Oliver on October 14, 2016 Politics & Policy

Protecting Activists from Hackers

Q&A: An insider talks about digital security dangers, and what you can do about them

Radio Free Brooklyn Partners with New Record Store

By Joshua Oliver on October 5, 2016 Brooklyn, Business, NY City Scene

Radio Free Brooklyn Partners with New Record Store

As more media consumption moves onto the Internet, one Internet radio station has decided to plant its feet in the physical world.

What’s Innovation to Some Means Gentrification to Others

By Joshua Oliver on September 30, 2016 Brooklyn, Business, News

What’s Innovation to Some Means Gentrification to Others

Anti-gentrification group protests a gathering of start-ups and developers in Brooklyn

Problem Solving With Soft Robots

By Joshua Oliver on September 21, 2016 Brooklyn, Multimedia

Problem Solving With Soft Robots

A Brooklyn-based consultancy is applying soft robotic technology to practical and commercial problems.

Revealing America’s Queer History, One State at a Time

By Joshua Oliver on September 15, 2016 Brooklyn, NY City Scene

Revealing America’s Queer History, One State at a Time

In 1895, in the frontier town of La Grange, Texas, a doctor named John Carhart published a novel called Norma Trist. Its heroine, Norma Trist, was one of the first openly gay characters in American fiction. Now, pages from the book are part of a new art installation, which opened on September 10, at the […]

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