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Alliance University’s Closure Is A Major Loss For Minority Students In New York
Alliance University’s Closure Is A Major Loss For Minority Students In New York

Alliance University, a Christian college in lower Manhattan that primarily served minority students, announced it will close this year after losing its accreditation amid other hurdles.

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Christianity, Education, Economy, Evangelicals, News, North America, Primary Feature, protestants, Religion News, The State of ReligionRafa OliveiraRafa Oliveira, Nyack College, Alliance University, Manhattan, The King's College, The King's College NYC, MSCHE, Middle States Commission on Higher Education, David Turk, The Christian and Missionary Alliance, Rev. Albert Benjamin Simpson, David Talcott, David Leedy, Primary Feature Comments
How New York’s 19th century Jews turned Purim into an American party
How New York’s 19th century Jews turned Purim into an American party

(ANALYSIS) On Feb. 26, Jews celebrate Purim with feasts, carnivals and charity. A historian of American Judaism points to Purim as an important holiday that increased Jews’ visibility in the United States in the 19th century.

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Analysis, North America, NewsZev EleffZev Eleff, The Conversation, Secondary Feature, New York, Jewish holidays, Jewish, Judaism, Jews, Scroll of Esther, Hebrew Bible, Purim, purim, American Jews, Manhattan, New York City, New York City Jews, Purim ballComment
The dancing Salvation Army bell ringer of Broadway
The dancing Salvation Army bell ringer of Broadway

A few blocks from the long lines forming to see Manhattan’s priciest shows, a Salvation Army officer’s panache delights his transient audience every Christmas season.

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News, Religion, video, North AmericaMicah DanneyChaka Watch, The Salvation Army, Lt. Chaka Watch, Macy's, Manhattan, bell ringer, William Booth, Catherine Booth, evangelical, secondary feature, Secondary feature, Christmas, Christianity, Primary Feature, Secondary Feature, Micah DanneyComment
Never Forget: A journalist looks back at the 9/11 attacks to educate future generations  
Never Forget: A journalist looks back at the 9/11 attacks to educate future generations  

Clemente Lisi was a reporter for the New York Post on September 11, 2001. He is now a journalism professor teaching students who weren’t even born by that date. Lisi reflects back on covering 9/11 and the profound impact it made on him as a journalist and native New Yorker.

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