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When Schools Closed, These Remote Learners Needed Extra Help

José A. Alvarado Jr.

Silvia Chavez, a mother of two who lives in the Bronx, also confronted disruption in March, when her daughter, Allison, began using her cellphone to do schoolwork at home. Allison, 3, attends the Bronx Early Childhood Center, a preschool operated by Children’s Aid, another of The Fund’s beneficiaries. She had trouble concentrating..

Publication. FOTODEMIC - The day you were born, I wasn't born yet

The day you were born, I wasn’t born yet — FOTODEMIC by Kai Yokoyama from Tokyo, Japan

Almost ten thousand families could have their homes affected ten months after the earthquakes for Center for Investigative Journalism

Nahira Montcourt

My most recent work for the Center for Investigative Journalism with Rafael R. Díaz Torres "Aquel susto al amanecer que trajo el primer terremoto el Día de Reyes le cambió la vida a miles de familias en el sur. Más de 12,000 temblores relacionados a esa secuencia sísmica se han registrado desde diciembre en..

FIGHTING FROM THE SHADOWS - for The Globe and Mail

Anna Liminowicz

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Fighting from the shadow. On assignment for The Globe and Mail. text Mark Mackinnon. In exile, veterans of Belarus’s anti-Lukashenko struggle to help a new generation finish the job

NYT: Where cannabis grows everywhere

Diego Ibarra Sánchez

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‘If There Were No Hashish Here, You Wouldn’t See a Single House’ A village in Lebanon, where cannabis grows everywhere, has long counted on hashish for income. But the country’s economic crisis has farmers reconsidering the crop. The Lebanese pound has lost 80 percent of its value against the United States dollar since..

Modi's party, courting votes in Bihar state, promises free COVID-19 vaccines

Published on Reuters Modi's party, courting votes in Bihar state, promises free COVID-19 vaccines Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party on Thursday promised free doses of any future COVID-19 vaccine for the residents of eastern Bihar state if it wins local elections there, drawing accusations of playing politics with the pandemic.

NYPD Forms Asian Hate Crime Task Force

José A. Alvarado Jr.

The New York Police Department is forming an Asian Hate Crime Task Force, its first-ever task force dedicated to investigating crimes targeting a single race. The city has seen a rise in hate crimes directed at Asian people since the coronavirus pandemic began, the NYPD said. Staffed by 25 detectives of Asian descent who speak a combined nine..

on The Click: ‘We are going to be okay’: A Child’s Advice for the Pandemic

Adriana Teresa Letorney

Sharing ✨I am a proud mom of an almost seven-year-old son. Recently, I had the opportunity to interview him for New York University The Click. It was humbling to listen to his thoughts. We are so focused on listening to each other as adults, and all I can say is, I am in awe of how much I learn from children. If you have a chance, please take the..

Euro Pacific Bank offices for NYT Business

Gabriella N. Baez

"Tax authorities from the United States and four other countries have joined forces to stop shadowy global money networks that use international borders to stymie local investigations." Chasing Illicit Money, Global Officials Circle a Puerto Rican Firm Tax enforcers from five nations are investigating Euro Pacific Bank, which operates..

Day in a library

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In the heart of Bangalore city lies a quaint library which smells of old books as soon as you enter, heaven for book lovers. This is the Sheshadri Library or more popularly known as the State Library that’s situated in one of Bangalore’s biggest gardens, Cubbon Park. Despite the fact that it is in the center of the city it’s..

Aero India 2019

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Aero India is a biennial event which is a much-awaited event for which has always hosted in Bangalore. People from all over the country flock into the city for this event. However, in 2019 the event seemed quite jinxed. There were a lot of mishaps despite which the event took off and ended as scheduled. There were multiple planes crashes; the..

NYT: ‘Call Me a Dreamer’: A Shattered Beirut Neighborhood Rebuilds

Diego Ibarra Sánchez

‘Call Me a Dreamer’: A Shattered Beirut Neighborhood Rebuilds Many worries that a full recovery won't be possible, but residents of one of Beirut's most diverse and cosmopolitan areas are moving back in an trying to repair the damage from the August explosion My latest dispatch for THE NEW YORK TIMES with Vivian Yee..

As unemployment benefits and savings dwindle, having an artistic side helps.

José A. Alvarado Jr.

For three years, Lea Polizzi worked more than 50 hours a week as a nanny and a freelance photographer in New York City. But in March, when the pandemic hit, the family she worked for on the Upper East Side left the city, and all of her photography gigs dried up... Photographed for The New York Times, with words by Gillian Friedman. As..

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Betty Laura Zapata

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N.Y.P.D. Warns Officers: Wear Your Masks

José A. Alvarado Jr.

As coronavirus cases rise in some neighborhoods, police officials warn officers that they could be disciplined if they fail to comply. Photographed for The New York Times -- N.Y.P.D. Warns Officers: Wear Your Masks As coronavirus cases rise in some neighborhoods, police officials warn officers that they could be disciplined if they fail to comply.

Capturing the revival of the Yazidi community

Interview I gave to journalist Rachel Hagan, from Huck Magazine, about my first photo book, "Yazidis". Capturing the revival of the Yazidi community A new photography book captures the intimate moments of the Yazidi people's return to their ancestral home in northern Iraq.

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