Today’s Protests Are Centuries in the Making

This was first published in the Gotham Gazette on December 29, 2014. Today’s Protests are Centuries in the Making The tragic deaths of Eric Garner, Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu offer New Yorkers an opportunity to have a real conversation about our city’s sordid racial history. Racial politics may have come a long way in a…

This is Janos.nyc

I love New York City and I love history. Born and raised here, restlessness pulled me away at first opportunity, but like every time since, the City’s energy pulled me back. The summer between my first and second year of college I interned at the Historical Signs Division of the New York City Parks Department. Then…