Damaso Reyes
@damasoreyes
Executive & Investigative Editor @nyamnews, founding editor @nyblacklight. Living kidney donor. Media Literacy Expert. Retweets ≠ endorsements, He/His.
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Since 1994, a federal law has mandated that schools give one-year suspensions to students caught with a gun on campus. In Blacklight’s latest, we reveal how this zero-tolerance response fails to address the root causes of gun carrying. bit.ly/3Yz1zJk via @NYAmNews
The #HowManyStopsAct, requires @NYPDnews #officers to record level 1 and 2 encounters, which provide a fuller picture for researchers like Stephen Koppel and Michael Rempel of John Jay College's (@JusticeAndOpp) Data Collaborative for Justice. amsterdamnews.com/news/2025/03/1…
The hosts of the podcast “Vibe Check” talk with the AmNews about America’s past, present, and future. amsterdamnews.com/news/2025/03/1…
Broadway star LaChanze recently took the time to talk with the AmNews about her directorial debut with Alice Childress’ work “Wine in the Wilderness”n. Read more here: bit.ly/3DS9iv6
What do @IAMQUEENLATIFAH, @ArethaFranklin, @VWOfficial, @ChakaKhan, @DianaRoss, and @MariahCarey have in common? They all were born in March — #Women’sHistoryMonth. We could add several others; perhaps most notably #HarrietTubman, the great #abolitionist. amsterdamnews.com/news/2025/03/1…
As Biden nears the end of his presidency and has exercised his pardon power to include his son and 1,500 others, it is the perfect moment to revisit this plea: Biden should extend this power to collectively pardon noncriminal undocumented immigrants. amsterdamnews.com/news/2024/12/2…
BEST OF 2024: Neighborhood Navigators stems from the Manhattan District Attorney’s $6 million investment towards nonprofit the Bridge to establish outreach programs in four focus neighborhoods. See more of our best stories form this year here: amsterdamnews.com/bestof2024
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#Kwanzaa #Ujamaa (Cooperative economics): To build and maintain our own stores, shops, and other businesses and to profit from them together.
Reports indicate that businessman Richard Parsons has died. He is best known as the former CEO of Time Warner. Parsons died Thursday at age 76. amsterdamnews.com/news/2024/12/2…
Congratulations to our investigative reporter Shannon Chaffers who won the “new journalist” award from Newswomen’s Club of New York for her reporting on the exceptional challenges that gun violence survivors face with returning to work! amsterdamnews.com/news/2024/12/2…
#BREAKING: Spanish government and unions reach deal on 37.5-hour workweek Agreement to be signed on Friday morning without employers' association, which has opposed the measure catalannews.com/politics/item/…
Today we are launching the Israel-Gaza Conflict Map showing more than 1300 incidents including infrastructure damage, aid obstruction, degrading treatment and more, analysed by our team at @Cen4infoRes using digital verification techniques.
Jordan Neely’s father Andre Zachery filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Daniel Penny days before a Manhattan jury acquitted Penny for negligent homicide on Dec. 9. amsterdamnews.com/news/2024/12/1…
Educators around the country are bracing for upheaval, whether or not the president-elect follows through on his pledge to deport millions of immigrants. amsterdamnews.com/news/2024/12/1…