Air pollution has plagued the Bronx for years due to the major boulevards that snake through the borough. Two Columbia University grad students have a plan to address the issue.
When death touches our lives it brings confusion to the families involved. It can be an emotional and physical strain, and many people are often blindsided by the price tag.
by Tanisia Morris
Bronx Journal Staff Writer
The smell of steamed vegetables lingers in the air as three female cooks shuffle alongside one other in the open kitchen. One is a young Vietnamese woman that appears to be in her 20s, the other an elderly Vietnamese woman who is only referred to as “mama.” The third looks totally out of place. She
You could hear it everywhere – on the radio and throughout the club circuit; the music was inescapable. If you were in or around the Bronx in the 1980s and early 1990s, and you were Latino, then there is a definite chance that freestyle music touched your life.
Picture yourself walking through a neighborhood with narrow cobblestone streets, where the houses are painted in bright colors, and the architecture takes you back to the 18th and 19th centuries.
