By Rupert Green

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How To Counter Crime? Wide-spread Vocational Training Programs Beats “Boots on the Ground”

The dreaded Rikers Island. Writer says the best solution is to equip young people with skills and remove them from school-to-prison pipeline. To date, ...

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Rupert Green’s Queens City Council Race: Let’s Rebuild Our Communities

[Advertorial] Jamaican-born scholar and activist, Rupert Green, is a candidate for New York City Council in District 27 in Queens (St. Albans, parts of ...

2017-09-23 11

City Council: Even Though I’ve Lost Friends Here’s Why I’m Running as Black Republican

Rupert Green. [Commentary] Five months ago I stated my intention to run for City Council in District 27 Queens (St. Albans, parts of Hollis, ...

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Why More Black Folk Should be A Part of NYC’s Juvenile Justice System Reform

[Comment] The NYC Department of Probation initiative to reform the City’s Juvenile Justice System makes a lot of sense and could generate millions of ...

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Black History Month — The So-Called Academic Achievement Gap

Black people through blood, sweat, tears opened the way for everybody–remain marginalized. Ninety-one years since Carter G. Woodson conceptualized Black History Month, New York ...

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Rupert Green: Why Black People Should Go Back Republican

Can GOP be Lincoln’s party again? [Comment] I welcome reaction from people who believe I’m wrong and why they think so when I declare ...

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How Assemblyman Vanel Can Help Empower Women Grant Writers

Clyde Vanel [Op-Ed: Open Letter] Great Start Assemblyman Clyde Vanel. Seeing how you fought and endured many fights to get where you are, you ...

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The Rise of Trump and America’s Looming Clashes

Clash at Trump tower? Democrats are already in the streets protesting.  So on Sunday, Feb 5, Republicans will reportedly meet them in the streets ...

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Clinton Shouldn’t Crowd Other Candidates out of NYC Mayoral Race

Tall order? Clinton and De Blasio [Comment] There are other candidates better suited to be mayor of New York City, not Hillary Clinton merely ...

2016-09-19 20

Mr. Dromm– Here’s How to Improve NYC’S Career and Technical Education

Dr. Green [Open Letter] To: Daniel Dromm, Educational Committee Chair NYC City Council From: Dr. Rupert Green, Author: Vocational Education/CTE in NYC School Size ...