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Esther Meroño, an undocumented American who was born in Spain, is an Online Organizer at Auburn Seminary and a volunteer ambassador at FWD.us. She has joined others across the country in using the hashtag #undocumentedandunafraid. Photo courtesy of Esther Meroño

OPINION: Leave our DACA program alone

January 22 | By Esther Meroño

In 2012, I sat in my room alone and listened to President...

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Steven Doloff is a Professor in the Dept. of Humanities at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. Photo courtesy of Steven Doloff

OPINION: What are you, a girl?

January 19 | By Steven Doloff

I’m on a supermarket checkout line, standing behind a man of...

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Guest Op-Ed: Extreme political correctness is lethal

January 16 | Assemblymember Dov Hikind

Despite the obvious nature of last week’s terror attacks in Paris...

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Michael Farkas, Eagle file photo by Mario Belluomo

Letter to the Editor: Brooklyn sex offender gets light sentence

January 14 | Shlomo Sprung

This letter was written in response to John Marzulli’s article titled...

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Assemblymember Dov Hikind represents Brooklyn’s District 48, which includes Borough Park and Midwood. Photo courtesy of Hikind’s office

OPINION: Today Paris, tomorrow the world, extreme political correctness is lethal

January 12 | By Assemblymember Dov Hikind

Despite the obvious nature of last week’s terror attacks in Paris...

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Rev. Dr. Herbert Daughtry has organized a gathering at City Hall, scheduled for Jan. 13, to “pray for the healing of NYC.” Photo credit: J. Conrad Williams, Jr., courtesy of House of the Lord Church

OPINION: A call for prayer, peace in time of citywide crisis

January 8 | By Rev. Dr. Herbert Daughtry

During this time of crises in our city, Mayor de Blasio is...

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Ben Krull is a New York City-based family law attorney and freelance writer. Photo courtesy of Ben Krull

OPINION: My Selma revelation

January 7 | By Ben Krull

As a 55-year-old Jewish Brooklynite I need constant reminding about...

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Charisma L. Troiano is the legal editor of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Eagle photo by Rob Abruzzese

OPINION: The battle of colors: #BlackLivesMatter vs. #BlueLivesMatter and Brooklyn

December 22 | By Charisma L. Troiano, Esq.

Two police officers left home this past Saturday expecting to return...

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Andrew Cuomo banned fracking in New York last week. AP photo

OPINION: Reject fracking, protect health in 2015

December 22 | By Heather Leibowitz, Director of Environment New York

What better gift could Governor Cuomo have given the citizens of New...

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    Cleveland Guardians' Steven Kwan (38) celebrates with teammate Will Brennan, right, at the end of Game 4 of a baseball American League Division Series against the Detroit Tigers, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024, in Detroit. The Guardians won 5-4. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
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    Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, arrives for a private audience with Pope Francis at The Vatican, Friday, Oct. 11, 2024. (Vatican Media via AP)
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    Former President Barack Obama greets attendees after speaking at a campaign rally supporting Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024, at the University of Pittsburgh's Fitzgerald Field House in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Matt Freed)
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    A man who identified himself as Jesse walks out through floodwaters of the Anclote River after Hurricane Milton hit the region, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024, in New Port Richey, Fla. (AP Photo/Mike Carlson)
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    An aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights, glows in the night sky above a road in Lietzen, eastern Germany. (Patrick Pleul/dpa via AP)
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    Devotees wait with sacrificial chickens as they prepare to enter Balkumari Temple during Dashain festival in Thimi, Bhaktapur, Nepal, Friday, Oct. 11, 2024. The festival commemorates the slaying of a demon king by Hindu goddess Durga, marking the victory of good over evil. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
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    A worker unloads goats from a boat to the shore in Saint-Marc, Haiti, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
    Photo: Odelyn Joseph/AP
    Gallery employees display a painting by Laurence Stephen Lowry called Senhouse, Maryport at Christie's auction rooms in London, Friday, Oct. 11, 2024, the painting estimated at 700,000-1,000,000 UK pounds will be auctioned in the Modern British and Irish Evening Sale on Oct.16.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
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    Small boats rests on a pier after they were unmoored during Hurricane Milton, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024, in Fort Myers, Fla. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)
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    England's Jamie Smith, center, and teammates celebrate after the dismissal of Pakistan's Saud Shakeel, right, during the fourth day of the first test cricket match between Pakistan and England, in Multan, Pakistan, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
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    Get your paddles ready because a new pickleball fa Get your paddles ready because a new pickleball facility is opening in Gowanus on Sunday. PKLYN, located on Fourth Street between Hoyt and Bond streets, will have five courts across the 18,000-square-foot facility. Founder and Managing Partner David Friedman got the idea for PKLYN during the COVID-19 pandemic. Though a long-time player, he got most interested in pickleball when he found a community of players at Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 2 and played the game daily with a regular group. Read more at the link in bio. Photos courtesy of PKLYN
    Grown adults wearing stuffed dolls and dressed as Grown adults wearing stuffed dolls and dressed as mythical anime characters took over Cadman Plaza Park in Downtown Brooklyn this summer, and it couldn’t have been more enchanting. As part of anime weekend in New York City, hundreds of fans of ‘hololive’ gathered in the park to cosplay, buy merchandise and celebrate the group’s concerts at the Javits Center and Brooklyn’s Kings Theater during Anime NYC 2024. Read more at the link in bio. Eagle photos by Mary Frost
    Prince Harry said today’s youth is in the midst Prince Harry said today’s youth is in the midst of an “epidemic” of anxiety, depression and social isolation due to negative experiences online, as he brought his campaign to help children and their parents navigate cyberspace to this week’s Clinton Global Initiative. “These platforms are designed to create addiction,” Harry, 40, said in remarks Tuesday in New York City. Read more at the link in bio. AP Photo/Andres Kudacki
    Ice skating will be back at Emily Warren Roebling Ice skating will be back at Emily Warren Roebling Plaza under the Brooklyn Bridge this winter — and while the views will still be spectacular, the skating will be more affordable.  Admission will cost just $10 for all ages and all times, with no peak pricing, and with equally-affordable skate rentals. Last year’s peak price for an out-of-town adult was as high as $25. Read more at the link in bio. Brooklyn Eagle photo by Mary Frost
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