Black Families Are Leaving New York. Can a Pastor’s Plan End the Exodus? NYT | Top Stories By: Eliza Shapiro 3 June 2025 at 22:15 In the East New York neighborhood of Brooklyn, a pastor is devoting his time to building affordable housing for his congregation. © Jordan Macy for The New York TimesAt St. Paul Community Baptist Church in East New York, the congregation is divided between those who have won the affordable housing lottery and those debating whether to leave New York altogether.
Selling Off Our Public Lands Is a Bad Idea NYT | Opinion By: Michelle Nijhuis 16 May 2025 at 17:01 Selling off public lands threatens more than a century of progress for one of America’s most vital and popular shared experiments.