Julia Reinhart
busy photographing humanity.
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The day after a gay man, Mark Carson, was shot dead on the streets of Greenwich Village, the epicenter of New York's LGBT community, 2,000 protesters and several political leaders marched the streets in protest, demanding safety for their community.
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An electrical fire on Harlem's 7th Avenue at 129th Street destroyed the shops and an apartment of two immigrant families. The flames had threatened to engulf the building, but a massive contingent of New York firefighters prevented further damage.
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After a New York State judge vacated the indictment against NYPD officer Richard Haste, accused of shooting the black teenager, Ramarley Graham, in the victim's bathroom, the Graham family vowed to fight on with their wrongful death claims.
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As Tar Sand exploitation threatens the lands of many Native American tribes, the Committee of Religious NGOs held an All Nations Prayer Ceremony at the United Nations headquarters demanding legal rights for Earth against destruction and exploitation.
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Among increased fighting in the flashpoint region of Abyei in Sudan and the recent killing of Paramount Chief Kuol Deng Kuol, a group of residents protested outside UN headquarters in New York to demand that they be allowed to join South Sudan.
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One of Norway's most successful music exports, the Kaizers Orchestra debuted its blend of alt rock and Eastern European polka in New York City at the Metropolitan Museum of Art to rave reviews. The band's next project will be a musical called Violeta
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After several incidents in New York where sports fans wound up in physical altercations with members from the LGBT community, the group Queer Rising called for a protest outside Madison Square Garden, as sports fans hastened to an NBA play-off game.
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Union workers, immigrant and civil rights' activists and other interest groups marched in solidarity down Broadway from New York's Union Square to City Hall to demand fair pay, and end to prosecution of undocumented workers, and other issues.
