Arun Venugopal
@arunNYC
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WNYC Race & Justice Reporter, guest hosted NPR's Fresh Air, wrote in the Atlantic, NYT, Guardian and so on.
New York, NY
Joined October 2010
My first piece in @TheAtlantic -- about how the U.S. engineered the conditions for certain non-white groups to thrive beginning in the 1940s.
Today, it’s easy to take Indian American success for granted, @arunNYC argues. ”What is forgotten is that before Indian Americans became a model minority, we were regarded as a problem minority.”
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The false notion that federal agents are entering Sikh houses of worship has taken hold in the Indian community via stories in India Today, Hindustan Times ("Trump officials storm gurdwaras"), NDTV & Mint, etc. It may yet happen but PLEASE verify. There's enough alarm as it is.
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RT @AndrewGiambrone: read this @arunNYC piece for nuanced reporting and analysis on the two biggest news stories in NYC this week: the Dani…
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Potential early targets of a removal effort would be the 1.3 million immigrants in New York and the nation who remain in the country despite final removal orders.
Trump has promised to “carry out the largest deportation operation in American history." Here's how that would play out on-the-ground in NYC.
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RT @FurmanCenterNYU: The fate of a controversial high-rise apartment building long proposed for a site neighboring the Brooklyn Botanic Gar…
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RT @BrandyZadrozny: The threat of widespread noncitizen voting isn’t real. It’s a conspiracy theory with racist roots, the manifestation of…
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RT @phdhingra1: Most comprehensive piece on this, by @arunNYC For Indian Americans in NY and NJ, a 2024 election cycle unlike any other htt…
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RT @DavidFBrand: Speaker Adams says the Council won't be rubberstamping City of Yes & will be drafting a "thorough housing action plan" to…
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Way before Mayor Adams, Turkey has pushed Armenian genocide denial on New Yorkers -- even in our school textbooks.
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RT @Gothamist: A new book looks at the history of free Black Brooklyn, and how it shaped the borough
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RT @BrianMannADK: An email came today because of my reporting for NPR calling me "vile and disgusting." The writer said journalists like me…
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I think the biggest surprise in this debate is how the candidates invoked Finland without once saying the word “socialism.”
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RT @jangelooff: In the process of prepping for different scenarios this week and am again struck by how times @THECITYNY broke stories abou…
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RT @RichardKimNYC: I sometimes come here to urge people to support news outlets that matter But today it's not for THE CITY The brave jou…
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RT @_charleslane: City Dept. of Correction has missed federal deadlines for investigating sexual assault 45% of the time since Mayor Adams…
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RT @JonCampbellNY: Just brutal numbers for Gov. Kathy Hochul in the new Siena NY poll, out today. 34% favorable/54% unfavorable — a 20-poi…
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RT @katie_honan: .@NYCMayor is playing catch to raise awareness about prostate cancer. He asked the gentleman from this initiative, 30 Catc…
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RT @lizkimtweets: Scoop from @michebocanegra: NYC Council opens ethics probe into member accused of biting police officer
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