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Local June 23, 2026 Frontline Voices-NYS Primary Voting Guide: "The Left Has Entered The Building" by Frenchie Davis Local June 23, 2026 NY Votes-The Beltway Listens-The Musk Effect by Jenna Flanagan, Bob Hennelly and Jesse Lent Local June 22, 2026 PM Starmer Out- Roxbury Ice Update-NJ Polluter Pay? by Bob Hennelly Local June 19, 2026 Delaney Update; Carriage Horse Debate; Fair Pay For UFT Paras by Jenna Flanagan & Bob Hennelly National June 17, 2026 As The Cost Of Living Rises, Elon Musk Becomes First Trillionaire by Sal Tuszynski Global June 16, 2026 Peace With Iran By Friday? Us Healthcare Deeper In Crisis by Jenna Flanagan, Jesse Lent and Bob Hennelly National June 15, 2026 FBI Raids Ohio Voter Registration Non-Profit by Bob Hennelly Local June 10, 2026 A Lifeline For EMS & Paras? Plus A Global Heat Map For Reporters by Jesse Lent & Bob Hennelly Local June 9, 2026 Kim Denied Access To Sick Detainees by Bob Hennelly Local June 6, 2026 Advocates: Spend Rikers’ $1/2 Million-Per-Person Annual Cost on Communities by Sal Tuszynski Local June 4, 2026 Will NYCHA Survive The Mamdani Era? by Jillian Jonas National June 3, 2026 Mayor Baraka Resets Police Presence at Delaney Hall by Bob Hennelly Local June 2, 2026 Nj Primary-What’s At Stake? by Frenchie Davis National June 2, 2026 Iran Flares As Does Newark by Bob Hennelly National May 29, 2026 Delaney Hall Update: Families Say Strikers Face Retribution by Bob Hennelly Local May 28, 2026 Delaney Hall: Now The Whole World Is Watching by Bob Hennelly Local May 25, 2026 Ice Prisoners On Hunger Strike - Call To Close Delaney Hall Grows Louder by Issac Ferguson and Bob Hennelly Local May 23, 2026 Late Night Goes Dark: Gaza Update: Cuba On Edge by Bob Hennelly & Rebecca Myles National May 21, 2026 America First? Not For American Flagged Vessels by Frenchie Davis & Bob Hennelly Local May 19, 2026 LIRR Strike Day Three Plus St. John's Union Fight Update by Bob Hennelly