New York’s transport planners bowed to Bronx advocates this week, scrapping a proposed elevated diversion road over the Bronx River and Starlight Park as part of the $900m Cross Bronx Bridges Project, after community protest about traffic and tree l…
On World Mental Health Day, a trio of New Yorkers from medicine and hip hop—including Chuck D—suggests we treat health and healing as hip hop’s unofficial “sixth element,” as Black, Latino, and Native American communities grapple with rising rates of mental health woes and overdoses. The data may be grim, but apparently, the beat—like hope and social commentary—goes on.
After their 2025 playoff collapse at the hands of Toronto, the New York Yankees, helmed by Aaron Boone and Brian Cashman, face pressure to do more than paper over cracks. Plans for 2026 call for a new ace to bolster the rotation, outfielders who offer more than power, and a left-handed bat—ideally with legs and a pulse. Apparently, hope in the Bronx is not, contrary to myth, an inexhaustible resource.
