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Freelance journalist & criminal defense mitigation specialist. Tweets mostly about criminal justice. maura.ewing@gmail.com
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the Ins and The Outs by Vinnie Rotondaro and Maura Ewing - Narratively: Local stories, boldly tol...

the Ins and The Outs by Vinnie Rotondaro and Maura Ewing - Narratively: Local stories, boldly tol...

narrative.ly — A hypothetical time-lapse video of Franklin Avenue in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, starting in the year 2000: The block is lined with dollar stores, bodegas and barbershops, a few hair-braiding salons, some humble restaurants. Many storefronts are shuttered; those open are kept afloat by local patrons, predominately African-Americans and West Indians. Crime is common in the neighborhood, the sound of gunshots familiar. Over time, the scenery begins to change. Tree saplings take root in once-neglected sidewalk beds; foreboding iron doors morph into friendlier gates. At an increasing rate, young white faces begin to dot the screen, darting off to work in the morning and dashing back again at night.
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Is Wikipedia going commercial?

Is Wikipedia going commercial?

Salon — When it began 11 years ago, Wikipedia represented utopian ideals: power dispersed more evenly than any democracy, participation open to anyone and work done solely for the promotion of knowledge. But utopian ideals often become diluted when put into practice on a large scale and inevitably fail. Today, to the dismay of many die-hard Wikipedians - the tenacious, voluntary editors who are the site's backbone - the site also attracts profit-seeking writers. One such writer is Soraya Field Fiorio, a 27-year-old entertainment-relations consultant who has a sideline in writing commissioned Wikipedia articles for musicians and writers.
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Hailing In Flatbush - The Rumpus.net

Hailing In Flatbush - The Rumpus.net

therumpus.net — 2 p.m. Saturday. Cars, taxis, buses, and dollar vans swarm. Ubiquitous on Flatbush Ave., Brooklyn, dollar vans distinguish themselves from the frenzy of Brooklyn traffic with a fare-seeking catcall: Beep. Beep. A dented, beige, ten-passenger van veers to the curb and stops just long enough for me to jump in. (The rapid pick-up is flattering, especially in a place yellow cabs notoriously avoid, the only cross-borough train route is as short as it is undependable, and buses often require a twenty-minute wait). The driver, John, guides the van back into the stream of traffic.
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Pedigree Pigeons - The Rumpus.net

Pedigree Pigeons - The Rumpus.net

therumpus.net — "It seemed like a pastime of a fairy-tale New York that had long since disappeared. But, with a little research, I realized a thriving community of pigeon-keepers still existed in the city." To most of us, pigeons are pests: crumb scavengers, agents of disease, rats with wings. They eat trash, they crap on your arm, they flock in from nowhere at the drop of a hotdog. But, if you look up, there exists an alternate world of pigeons in New York - a world of pedigreed birds who will never touch the ground.
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Abortion Suicide Link Fails a Court Test | Womens eNews

Abortion Suicide Link Fails a Court Test | Womens eNews

womensenews.org — By Maura Ewing WeNews correspondent An appeals court struck a suicide advisory from a South Dakota abortion law, underscoring decades of research finding no link between the procedure and mental health disorders. But the idea of psychological harm remains active in several states. (WOMENSENEWS)--The appeal of South Dakota's 2005 "informed consent" law on abortion gave pro-choice advocates a sliver of victory earlier this month. A doctor is still required to tell a woman that an abortion "ends a human life" 24 hours ahead of the procedure, to give her time to reconsider.
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Moroccan Vote Puts Women's Gains to Crucial Test | Womens eNews

Moroccan Vote Puts Women's Gains to Crucial Test | Womens eNews

womensenews.org — By Maura Ewing WeNews correspondent Morocco's new constitution offers huge hope for gender equality, including combating a well-documented problem of domestic violence. New members of parliament elected Nov. 25, along with the king, will determine actual change. (WOMENSENEWS)-- Morocco's Nov. 25 parliamentary elections are expected to decide if the country's new constitutional provisions for women can go beyond paper gains. "People are tired of promises," said Fatima Sadiqi, a lecturer at the University of Fes in Morocco and Harvard University. "They want to see things happening on the ground. In order to apply them you need the infrastructure, schools in rural areas.
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Hometown Boy - Etude

Hometown Boy - Etude

etude.uoregon.edu — Micah Berube is sitting in his parent's kitchen drinking coffee, surrounded by six friends. They're all out of work, laid off - like 80 others -- from the Fraser Paper Company's plant in Madawaska, Maine's northernmost mill town. He rests his coffee cup on the wooden table. "It's easy to look at the big picture, and say, you know, it's just another little town going ghost town," he says. He makes eye contact with Kevin Bosse, his best friend from childhood. "I'm here, I'm going to be twenty-seven, I want to build a house, and I'm living at home with my parents.
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Portland's Islamic center avoids national debate - This Just In

Portland's Islamic center avoids national debate - This Just In

portland.thephoenix.com — WELCOMING FRIENDS Mohammed Azimi at his home in Winslow. On a Friday afternoon during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, drivers stuck in traffic on Washington Avenue may be listening to drive-time talk-radio hosts ranting about the proposed Islamic center near Ground Zero in New York City. But it's a fair bet none of them know they're actually driving right past Portland's first Afghan masjid. Other Islamic centers in town have existed for years, like an existing mosque near Ground Zero that is often mentioned in the escalating debate over whether lower Manhattan is "hallowed ground" for Americans, and, specifically, whether the Constitution's guarantee of religious freedoms permits barring Muslims from worshiping nearby.
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