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The Guardian highlights the growing movement to save Jimmy’s Corner, a beloved Times Square bar facing eviction and symbolizing the broader fight to protect small businesses and community spaces.

CBS News highlights the ongoing fight to protect Jimmy’s Corner as its building faces sale, underscoring growing concerns over displacement and the need for commercial rent protections in New York City.

Lawmakers and community members rallied to save Jimmy’s Corner, highlighting the urgency of commercial rent protections to prevent displacement of longstanding small businesses in New York City.

Supporters rallied to protect Jimmy’s Corner, highlighting growing momentum behind commercial rent stabilization efforts to defend small businesses from displacement in New York City.

New York lawmakers are advancing legislation to regulate commercial rents, aiming to protect small businesses through lease stability, capped increases, and stronger tenant rights.

New legislation supported by The Action Lab was introduced on Monday to cap commercial rent increases and guarantee lease renewals for small businesses across New York City. The Small Business Rent Stabilization Act (S8319/A5568A) would create a Commercial Rent Guidelines Board to set maximum annual rent increases for commercial tenants and provide lease renewal rights with a default 10-year renewal term.

Sen. Julia Salazar and Assembly Member Emily Gallagher introduced a bill called the “Small Business Survival Act” in an attempt to prohibit unaffordable rent hikes and guarantee lease renewal for small businesses across New York.

Grammy-nominated musician John Forté, who was best known for his work with the Fugees and Wyclef Jean, has died. He also served on our Advisory Board and was a beloved collaborator and ally.

A new stage work by Dennis Leroy Kangalee, an Action Lab Artist in Action, explores grief, activism, and movement fracture under rising authoritarianism, using theater as a space to wrestle with the emotional and political costs of long-term organizing.

Community leaders in Bushwick unveiled a mural celebrating immigrant workers and launched a broader campaign for immigrant protection across the city.

La obra, en la esquina de las avenidas Gates e Irving, rinde homenaje a los vendedores ambulantes, que forman parte de la identidad cultural de Nueva York

Nataanii Means & ANTOINEX Speak On Indigenous Peoples' Day, Native Misconceptions, Hip Hop + More

The 16th Annual "Fist up" Film Festival gets under way this week in Berkeley. The festival includes five nights of independent films, with discussion and dialogue after. Organizers say the lineup of films amplify marginalized voices and will spark critical conversation. Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi, Fist Up Film Festival Director and Kahlil Jacobs-Fantauzzi, Fist Up Film Festival Director of Community Engagement joined us in studio to talk about what to expect.

The Latin American Foto Festival returns to venues across New York City, presenting large-scale photography that centers Latin American stories, community memory, and cultural resilience, with citywide events organized in collaboration with The Action Lab.

Check out this video interview with organizers of the Fist Up Film Festival Pop-up, Action Lab Artists in Action Fellows Eli Jacobs Fantauzzi and Kahlil Jacobs-Fantauzzi!

A new Solidarity Pledge organized by civil rights and social justice organizations invites people to stand up for immigrant communities.

As deportation threats escalate, communities across the U.S. mobilize through solidarity pledges, mutual aid networks, and know-your-rights trainings to protect immigrant families and support collective action.

A nationwide solidarity pledge organized by The Action Lab and partner groups mobilizes thousands of people to stand with immigrant communities through advocacy, mutual aid, and community defense.

Immigrant advocacy groups in New York push back against a new executive order targeting birthright citizenship, warning of its constitutional implications and potential harm to immigrant families.

A youth-led civic effort in Puerto Rico calls on young people to register and vote, combining music, art, and nonpartisan education through the Prende tu Voto (Light Up Your Vote) campaign to boost participation in upcoming elections.