Moving Forward
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By Paul Vitello - via NYTimes

This lady is a hero.

bookmania:

Strand Books, New York. In 1927, Ben Bass opened Strand Book Store on Fourth Avenue, home of New York’s legendary Book Row. Named after the famous publishing street in London, the Strand was one of 48 bookstores on Book Row, which started in the 1890’s and ran from Union Square to Astor Place.
inothernews:

PAUSE FOR THE CAUSE   Police officers received instructions as protesters, rallying against big businesses since the weekend, slept before  demonstrating outside the New York Stock Exchange Wednesday.  (Photo: Eduardo Munoz / Reuters)

What happens when you place a megaphone in the middle of New York with instructions to “Say Something Nice”?  Watch the video here: Say Something Nice
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“The New York Police Department’s stop and frisk tactics had increased 21 percent over the past year, according to the Center for Constitutional Rights. The findings are from a departmental quarterly report that was released to Congress on Tuesday, and also show that a stunning 88 percent of those stopped were black and Latino.”