The Long Island Advocate presents an investigative podcast by Alexandra Whitbeck… “Sex Work After Gilgo” is a three-part investigative audio series examining the relationship between
Advocates: Workplace exploitation is a national concern By Scott Brinton Despite a July 2021 Nassau County Supreme Court judgment in their favor, eight kitchen workers
By Ivan Cardona Almost everyone is familiar with the fight-or-flight response — your reaction to a stimulus perceived as an imminent threat to your survival.
By Dylan Sandas The Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center tore a gaping hole in Lower Manhattan and forever left psychic
By Urvi Gandhi Over the long Labor Day weekend, the Shinnecock Indian Nation in Southampton echoed with the beats of drums, traditional Native American music
By Yaw Bonsu The summer of champions is not done yet. Massapequa Little League supporters crowded the streets to celebrate not one, not two, but
By Scott Brinton The soccer players, all 10- and 11-year-old members of the Panteras, or Panthers, started to assemble in a semi-straight line in front
By Mark Lussier On the morning of Sept. 11, a memorial service began on the same sands where many Long Islanders stood to watch as
By Daniela Silva Muslim residents of the Town of North Hempstead called on board members to condemn a social media post by Nassau County Executive
By Kumba Jagne Among the pitter-patter of jingle dresses, heartbeat-like drumming and swirling regalia, Kaziah Robideau, spirit name Little Fish, danced with a blood-red handprint
Lawrence Middle School teachers turn out to support colleague’s son By Scott Brinton On July 16, 2016, Yianni Hatzikontos was a passenger in a car
By Jan Muserlian In the year of America’s 250th birthday, I’m celebrating my 70th. I grew up believing in the American dream. That dream was
By WRHU Staff More than 50,000 volunteers gathered at the U.S.S. Intrepid in Manhattan on Sept. 11 this year, working together to pack over 18
By Abigail Vorlicek Francesca Maria Lorenzini, an independent reporter and producer, sat in her professor’s office at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism in New
By Antonio Schoenhardt Victor Alvarado, a financial adviser for Quan Medical PLLC in Hempstead, did not know where his patient was for a month. The
By Denivia Rivera Empty salon chairs, nail polish bottles sitting on shelves, untouched blow dryers, combs and hair scissors. This is the reality for many
By Matt Gomez Throughout the country and across the New York Metropolitan area, immigrant communities are facing a range of new challenges due to the
By Alex Walsh Editor’s note: Part three in a series. Many parks along Long Island’s coast felt the brunt of Superstorm Sandy in 2012, but
By Marissa Di Vita The front driveway of Ashley Wallace’s house on Bayview Avenue West in Lindenhurst, in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy in October
