A Bronx high school student is pushing to pass a bill that would require closed captions in movie theaters across the state.

In new drama The Way We Talk, sign language is a tool for both communication and community. Hong Kong director Adam Wong's movie, which had its world premiere at last year's London Film Festival, ...

A little free library sits outside Heidi Ondek’s home, and the symbolism of that little wooden box on a stand doesn’t go ...

Supporters say mayoral control of public schools ensures accountability. Detractors say it’s anti-democratic. What do NYC’s ...

Arlie Russell Hochschild is a professor emerita of sociology at the University of California, Berkeley, and the author of “The Second Shift,” “Strangers in Their Own Land” and, most recently, “Stolen ...