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Some students in New York City are back in the classroom as the COVID-19 pandemic rages on. What is being done to keep students safe and what's being done to make sure they stay on track. Director of the Coalition for Educational Justice Natasha Capers gives us her insight.

Support for this episode of the New York Amsterdam News Podcast was provided to Word in Black by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. Word in Black is a collaborative of 10 Black-owned media that includes print and digital partners.

New York Amsterdam News · 4/0/21 Natasha Capers - Coalition for Education Justice, Director

NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson (NAACP photo)

NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson discusses several issues including the trial of police officer Derek Chavin, COVID-19 recovery and the vaccine rollout.

New York Amsterdam News · 4/1/21 NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson

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Andrea James discusses The National Council’s campaign advocating for President Joe Biden to grant clemency to 100 women within his first 100 days in office.

New York Amsterdam News · 2/25/21 Andrea James, Founder and Executive Director of The National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls

 

Herb Boyd (FILE)

AmNews Senior Writer Herb Boyd the surfacing of a letter by a former police officer who alleges the NYPD and the FBI conspired in the assassination of Malcolm X.

New York Amsterdam News · 2/25/21 Herb Boyd Talks the New Developments in the Malcolm X Assassination

Marq Claxton

Marq Claxton discusses the Rochester, N.Y. arrest and pepper spraying of a 9-year-old Black girl caught on camera and other issues concerning law enforcement.

New York Amsterdam News · 2/4/21 Marq Claxton, Black Law Enforcement Alliance

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Herb Boyd discusses the insurrection in the U.S. Capitol, President Donald Trump’s second impeachment and the upcoming inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.

New York Amsterdam News · 1/14/21 Amsterdam New Senior Writer Herb Boyd

Photo by Scott Heins for the Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo 

Dr. Kitaw Demissie returns to the podcast to discuss the COVID-19 vaccine.

New York Amsterdam News · 12/17/20 Dr. Kitaw Demissie, Downstate Health Sciences University School of Public Health

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National African American Gun Association Founder and President Philip Smith discusses the movement in the Black community to bear arms amid the current political climate and the COVID-19 pandemic.

New York Amsterdam News · 12/10/20 Philip Smith, Founder and President of the National African American Gun Association

State Senator Kevin Parker (New York State Senate photo)

Brooklyn State Sen. Kevin Parker discusses a bill he’s introduced that would declare racism a “Public Health Crisis” in New York State.

New York Amsterdam News · State Senator Kevin Parker