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• Underpaid, Under-trained NYPD Officers Make Deadly Decisions

  Chanel Lee | Tue, Apr 29th, 2008 | City: Brooklyn | Tags: new york city, crime, brooklyn, police, color, chanel lee, queens, bloomberg, nypd, ruling, sean bell | 1

  Last Friday, Queens Supreme Court Justice Arthur Cooperman delivered his highly anticipated verdict in the trial of three NYPD detectives accused of killing Sean Bell. Can Bell’s death and others like it be attributed to the fact that NYPD officers and patrolmen are underpaid and insufficiently trained? Next American City welcomes new guest columnist, Chanel Lee.

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  Grameen America and ‘gravitating towards lethargy’

  Hayley Richardson | Tue, Feb 19th, 2008 | Category: Reviews | Tags: jeffrey hill, hayley richardson, queens, jackson heights, grameen america, dominican republic, lethargy, joan didion, muhammed yunus, bangladesh | 0

  

  I was recently fortunate enough to see Dr. Muhammed Yunus at the Free Library in Philadelphia.  The Bangladeshi founder of the Grameen Bank and recent Nobel Prize winner was there to discuss his new book, “Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism.” Before an audience primarily composed of progressive Wharton students, he railed against capitalism in its raw form, arguing that it does little to further social equality.  What he need instead is a…

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