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Articles by Nancy Biberman
Opinion | My Vietnam War
One Sunday morning in September 1963, four African American girls were murdered by a bomb planted at a church in Birmingham, Ala. I was 15. Two months later, on a November afternoon, my high school’s public address system summoned us to the gym for an assembly. The principal announced that the president of the United States, John F. Kennedy, had been assassinated in Dallas. We should get our things together and go home.
Vietnam '67
From Operation Cedar Falls to the March on the Pentagon to the siege of Khe Sanh, 1967 was the pivotal year for America's war in Vietnam. Running from January 2017 to March 2018, this in-depth look at the
A Troubled Building Eludes City Efforts to Force Fixes
Last spring, City Limits reported on 2856 Webb Ave., a 25-unit apartment building in Kingsbridge Heights. It was in terrible condition then ... and the same is true now, according to the re-launched NYC Landlord Watchlist an article in The Riverdale Press, and the city's Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD).
How Wrong the Right Was on Stop-and-Frisk
Conservative media have spent years pushing misleading claims that the New York City Police Department's intrusive and discriminatory stop-and-frisk policy was crucial to reducing local crime. Over the last year that argument, never credible, has completely unraveled. Policy reforms led to a steep drop in NYPD stops in 2014 (down to a quarter of the 2013 rate), but crime is still falling and murder rates are likely to hit a record low.
Saving the Bronx’s Only Book Store is Just the First Step
Facing a rent increase, it seemed last month that Barnes & Noble would close the only book store serving the 1.4 million residents of the Bronx. Thanks to the public outcry and the leadership of Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. the book store will stay open for at least another two years. But the episode is another reminder that when it comes to cultural resources, the Bronx still lags far behind other boroughs.
Bronx By Design: Why Beauty Matters
Photo by Jules Antonio, via flickr, CC BY SA Great public buildings were once the centerpieces of their communities: they inspired, conferred a sense of dignity on the neighborhood and sent a message that its residents deserved the very best. What if people in abandoned or distressed communities regained proximity to elegant architecture, recaptured lost expectations and internalized an entitlement to beautiful lives?
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