In the last courtroom in which I sat as a potential juror, huge brass letters stretching across the front wall spelled out the words “In God We Trust.”
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By MIRIAM LEVINE HELBOK
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12/1/23
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Discover the diverse and interconnected community of greater Riverdale through the editor's perspective. Reflect on global events and local impacts while sharing stories that resonate with the neighborhood.
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By Jason Chirevas
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4/30/24
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EDITOR’S NOTE: This is crafted as an open letter to Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz
We are your Jewish constituents. We are angry and disappointed at your cynical attempt to use the tragedies starting on Oct. 7 to attack other Jews whose views differ from yours, including Jews For Racial & Economic Justice and its political arm, The Jewish Vote.
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12/1/23
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Explore the historical context and controversies of U.S. electoral politics, from alien suffrage to modern challenges like Trump v. Anderson.
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By Wim Laven
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4/30/24
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Discover the engineering insights behind the Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapse and the value of failure analysis in modern design.
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By John Richard Schrock
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4/30/24
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Our administration announced in late 2022 a historic once-in-a-generation transformation of the Willets Points neighborhood in Queens.
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4/30/24
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After the Iranian “act of war” attack against Israel, that country is now forced to defend itself.
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4/30/24
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The week of April 15 was National Work Zone Awareness Week.
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4/30/24
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Perhaps unique in the animal kingdom is humans’ ability to interpret tiny marks on clay tablets, stone, papyrus, paper, or some other material — and now on tiny screens. The ability not only to absorb the meaning of those tiny marks, but to respond to them emotionally, and to think about them.
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By Miriam Levine Helbok
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7/16/23
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Judging by the resistance and protests by many greater Riverdale residents to the proposed men’s homeless shelter on Broadway and claims the Overlook Manhattan College dorm may become another shelter, it would seem such people are not welcome here. And that’s a shame.
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7/23/23
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